GCSE Computer Science Knowledge Check Jan 19
Authored by Amanda Tudor
Computers
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these contains instructions used by the CPU when a computer is booting up?
Hard Disk Drive
RAM
ROM
Cache
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which part of the CPU performs operations such as AND, OR and NOT?
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
Control Unit (CU)
Memory Address Register (MAR)
Memory Data Register (MDR)
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following types of storage media are commonly used by businesses to archive large amounts of data?
Hard Disk Drive
Optical Disc
Flash Drive
Magnetic Tape
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Processor registers temporarily hold small amounts of data needed by...
...the CPU
...the RAM
...the ROM
...the hard disk drive
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these types of storage media generally has the highest cost per Gigabyte?
Hard disk drive
Solid state drive
Magnetic tape
Optical disc
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or False? "In the Von Neumann architecture, the same memory unit is used for data and instructions."
True
False
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
ROM is...
...volatile
...non-volatile
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