Software
Data
Operating systems
von Neumann computer
Hardware
100
Stores running programs and other types of data on computers.
What is memory
100

The number of bytes in 3 KiB

What is a 3072 bytes

100

These are two functions of an operating system

What is an 1) memory management, 2) user account management, 3) security, 4) file management, human-computer interface, 5) multitasking, 6) peripheral management

100

This is where the programs are stored/loaded from in the von Neumann computer

What is memory/RAM

100

This is one of the 3 types of touchscreen technology

What is 1) resistive, 2) capacitive, or 3) infra-red

200

Performs the maths in the CPU

What is the Arithmetic/Logic Unit (ALU)

200

These are two applications of hexadecimal

1) HTML Colours
2) Memory Dumps
3) MAC addresses
4) IPv6

200

Having more than one program open at a time

What is multitasking

200

These are the parts of the von Neumann computer

What are ALU, CU, memory, and I/O

200

This is the type of printer best used for printing many black and white copies quickly

What is laser printer

300
A five step process that summarizes how computers run.
What is the Fetch/Execute cycle
300

These are two components that make up the size (and quality) of a sound file

What is sample resolution and sample rate

300

These are the two types of human computer interfaces

What are GUI and CLI

300

These are 5 registers

What are PC, MAR, MDR, CIR, and ACC

300

This is one advantage that HDD has over SSD

What is can do more writes. Useful for servers.

400

The CPU can only read this kind of language

What is machine code

400

These are two kinds of ways to encode text data

What is ASCII and Unicode

400

This is one advantage and one disadvantage of virtual memory

What is 1) can have more programs open than RAM to handle them, 2) can slow down the computer with constant loading pages into/out of storage

400

These are the directions of the buses

What are unidirectional for address, bidirectional for data, and either for control

400

These are the names of 4 sensors

What are 1) temperature, 2) light-level, 3) sound level, 4) magnetic, 5) pressure, 6) pH, 7) gas, 8) humidity/moisture

500

These are 4 different things that cause an interrupt to happen

What is 1) error (like trying to read memory that's reserved), 2) user input, 3) printer buffer empty, and 4) virtual memory page needed but not in memory

500

This is a lossly method for compressing text (explain)

What is 1) assign a bit value to characters, 2) set corresponding bit value to character in a table, 3) store the bit sequence (of bit values)


Like A can be 10011 (which is much shorter than 8 bits)

500

These are 3 examples of utility software

What are 1) anti-virus, 2) encryption, 3) back-up software, defragmentation, 4) screensaver

500
This is a description of the fetch portion of the FDE cycle

What is 1) address in PC is sent to MAR, value in PC is incremented, address in MAR is sent along address bus, "read" signal is sent along control bus, and the instruction in memory is sent along data bus to MDR, finally instruction in MDR is sent to CIR

500

These are 3 things that the CPU in a digital camera or mobile phone when taking a photo

What is 1) handles auto zoom, 2) removes red eye, 3) auto flash, 4) adjusts shutter speed (because of light level), adjusts size of image