1) who is bill gates a) he created Microsoft b) he created apple c) he created Samsung d) he is the richest man in the world e) he is a gymnast f) he is a politician 2) What operating system does the school computers have? a) android b) MAC OS c) microsoft d) linux 3) What operating system does Apple Mac have? a) Android b) MAC OS c) Microsoft d) linux 4) what operating system does Samsung phone have? a) Android b) MAC OS c) Microsoft d) Linux 5) What does an operating system allow you to do? a) enables you to print a document b) allow you to see an image on the monitor c) enables you to store files d) manages the software and hardware 6) what hardware can you find inside a computer? a) mouse b) keyboard c) graphics card d) printer 7) What does the graphics card do? a) allows you to type b) stores your files c) plays sound d) produces the images you see on your monitor 8) What is primary storage a) A keyboard b) A power lead c) cassette d) main memory RAM 9) What is RAM? a) Random only memory b) storage for files c) A mouse d) memory that is lost when you turn a computer off 10) What is ROM? a) A type of printer b) An operating system c) Memory that stays on a computer when it is turned off d) a storage device 11) What is volatile a) Memory that temporarily stays on the computer b) an OS c) a type of computer d) a type of keyboard 12) What is non volatile? a) A type of mouse mat b) Memory that stays on the computer when it is turned off c) computer lead d) USB stick 13) What technologies are used to store data? a) a scanner b) a camera c) a printer d) memory storage  14) What is secondary storage? a) a printer b) a graphics card c) a sound card d) external storage device 15) Why is secondary storage needed? a) To provide extra storage capacity b) a filing cabinet c) a brief case d) a handbag 16) What does CPU clock speed mean? a) alarm clock b) the time c) represents how many cycles per second the computer can process d) measuring gigabytes 17) What is the FDE Cycle? a) Its the basic operation instruction in a computer b) How to turn a computer on c) The process to turn on a phone d) printing pictures 18) what is the CPU's main purpose? a) to give the time b) to give instructions to other parts of the computer c) to store files d) to store apps 19) what storage device would you store a word document? a) CD b) USB stick c) memory card d) tape 20) why would you use that storage device? a) because its easier to use b) because they can work on many devices (PC, laptop)  c) because they come in all different colours d) because it has the letter U in 21) what storage device would you use to store a game? a) USB stick b) memory card c) CD d) tape 22) why would you use that storage device? a) because all game consoles will use disks b) because the back of the disk has lots of different colours c) because its easy to spell d) because its easy to use 23) what is binary? a) a type of computer b) 2 base number system c) 3 base number system 24) how do you convert binary to denary? a) add the denary and binary together b) minus the 2 numbers c) add up place values where the ones are  25) what is denary? a) 2 base number system b) 10 base number system c) 3 base number system 26) how do you convert denary to binary? a) make up a denary number by using the place values  b) divide it by 5 c) add up the place values where the 1 and 0 are 27) what is 11 in binary? a) 011010 b) 001011 c) 011010 28) What is meant by a 'character set'? a) All of the characters on a keyboard b) The characters available to a computer c) Assigns binary code to text 29) Which of these character sets allows the largest number of different characters? a) ASCII b) Extended ASCII c) Unicode 30) Which character set can represent English text using the least storage space? a) ASCII b) Extended ASCII c) Unicode 31) Which character set can represent emoji's? a) ASCII b) extended ASCII c) Unicode 32) What is meant by encryption? a) the process of decoding data in such a way that only authorised parties can access it b) the process of encoding data in such a way that only unauthorised parties can access it c) the process of encoding data in such a way that only authorised parties can access it 33) Which of these are not a method of encryption? a) The Caesar Cipher b) The Atbash Cipher c) The Sherlock Cipher 34) Who was Alan Turing? a) A British pioneer in computer science b) The man who wrote the Enigma code c) A solider in the second world war 35) What did Alan Turing do? a) Invented the computer b) Invented the machine that wrote the Enigma code c) Invented the machine that cracked the Enigma code

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