Algorithms & Programming
£100 – This type of loop repeats a set number of times or until a condition is met.
(What is a for loop?)
£100 – The part of the CPU that performs arithmetic and logic operations.
(What is the ALU?)
£100 – The number of bits in a byte.
(What is 8?)
£100 – The type of network that connects devices over a small geographic area, like a school or office.
(What is a LAN?)
£100 – The software that manages computer hardware and software resources.
(What is an operating system?)
£200 – The process of breaking a problem into smaller, more manageable parts.
(What is decomposition?)
£200 – The type of memory that is volatile and stores data currently in use.
(What is RAM?)
£200 – The binary equivalent of the decimal number 13.
(What is 1101?)
£200 – The method used to convert plaintext into ciphertext for secure communication.
(What is encryption?)
£200 – The type of software that translates high-level code into machine code line by line.
(What is an interpreter?)
£300 – This search algorithm checks each element in a list one by one.
(What is a linear search?)
£300 – The type of secondary storage that has no moving parts and is faster than HDDs.
(What is an SSD?)
£300 – The number of possible values that can be represented with 4 bits.
(What is 16?)
£300 – A type of malware that spreads by attaching itself to legitimate programs.
(What is a virus?)
£300 – A software license that allows users to modify and distribute code freely.
(What is an open-source license?)
£400 – The worst-case time complexity of a binary search.
(What is O(log n)?)
£400 – The purpose of cache memory in a CPU.
(What is to store frequently accessed data for quick retrieval?)
£400 – The two main types of data compression.
(What are lossy and lossless?)
£400 – The protocol used for securely transferring web pages.
(What is HTTPS?)
£400 – The memory management process that moves data between RAM and storage when RAM is full.
(What is virtual memory?)
£500 – The programming paradigm that uses classes and objects to structure code.
(What is object-oriented programming?)
£500 – The architecture used in most modern computers, named after a mathematician.
(What is the Von Neumann architecture?)
£500 – The hexadecimal equivalent of the binary number 10111010.
(What is BA?)
£500 – The attack type that floods a network with traffic to make a service unavailable.
(What is a DoS attack?)
£500 – The type of user interface that allows users to interact with a computer using text commands.
(What is a command-line interface?)