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Year 6 Semester 1 exam study quiz (A)
Year 6 Semester 1 exam study quiz (A)
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A quiz to help you prepare for the end of semester exam.
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What is stage 2 of Dr. Snow's algorithm?
Decompose the problem.
Count the drinking pumps.
Always wash your hands thoroughly.
Identify the problem.
2
The blurred picture shows...
A power supply.
A motherboard.
A computer's digital camera.
A hard disk drive.
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3 Megabytes is equal to how many bits?
3425443
235533
2492771
25165824
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Which of the following is NOT a stage of Dr. Snow's algorithm?
Identify the problem
Perform pattern identification and hypothesis testing.
Remove the pump.
Collect data.
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A programming language that allows user to create programs using graphics rather than text.
High-level programming language.
Visual basic.
Graphical programming language.
Scratch
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Co-invented by William Shockley in 1946 the same as the vacuum tube, but using less electricity
The Amiga.
The analytical machine.
The integrated circuit.
The transistor.
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An important Persian Mathematician (AD 780-850).
Muhammad bin salman
Muhammad al-Kharizmi.
abdulla al futtaim
Bob.
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NUM1 DAT
Warn humans of imminent danger.
Output whatever value is in the accumulator.
Label this memory location as NUM1 DAT
Label this memory location as NUM1 to store data.
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Hiding the detail of a process in a procedure is called...
Dry run.
Abstract programming.
Procedural abstraction.
Iterational functions.
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Developed the first mechanical calculating machine in 1645. It used dials and geared wheels.
Ada Lovelace.
Blaise Pascal.
Tim Cahill.
Joseph-Marie Jacquard.
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Input a number from the user and copy it to the accumulator.
INP
DAT NUM
STA NUM1
HLT
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Developed in 1943, spurred on by the need to decipher encrypted messages during WW2.
Enigma.
PPAP machine.
Colossus.
Turing's Engine.
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Using repetition to create a more efficient solution is called...
Selection
Sequence
Procedure
Iteration
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URL stands for...
Uniform resource locator.
Universal resource locator.
United resource locator.
Universal research logician.
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Convert the decimal number to binary.
1000
1100
11110
1010
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How can you turn data into information?
Put it in a table.
Use a datainformator machine.
Put it on a USB.
Type it into a computer.
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The fifth generation of computers, developed from 1992 to the present.
The integrated circuit.
The antikythera.
The multi-core processor
The microprocessor.
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The first program was run on this machine in 1948. The world’s first stored-program computer.
Pascal's wheel.
Colossus
Transistor
The Manchester Baby
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Taking concepts used in the solution of a particular problem to solve another problem.
Generalisation
Procedurisation
Pasteurization
Abstraction
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The original binary ‘first generation’ computers, built from 1946-1955. They used valves.
The transistor.
Vacuum tubes.
Integrated circuits.
Analytical engines.
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The blurred picture shows...
A fan unit.
A graphics card.
RAM
A sound card.
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Wrote an algorithm for Babbage’s analytical engine to compute Bernoulli numbers.
Ada Lovelace.
Herman Hollerith.
Alan Turing.
Gottfried Wilhelm.
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The blurred picture shows....
A motherboard.
A fan unit.
RAM
CPU
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Part of a machine instruction that gives the CPU an instruction to do something.
Iteration.
Operator.
Function.
Operand.
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The part of a machine instruction that gives the CPU the memory location of the instruction
Operator
Operand
Function
Accumulator
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Hired by the US census bureau in 1890 to analyse data, and eventually formed IBM.
Ada Lovelace
Herman Hollerith
Charles Babbage
Tommy Flowers
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A programming language which is more abstracted, so easier to read and more user-friendly.
Simplified Javascript.
Friendly programming language.
Sequencing iteration.
High-level programming language.
28
Identify three early computational devices.
Hagia sophia, abacus, ishango bone.
Astrolabe, analytical engine, abacus.
Abacus, astrolabe, rosetta stone.
Ishango bone, anaytical engine, alberti cypher.
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A computer connected to a network that can request data and process services.
Host.
Pensieve.
Client.
Server.
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Working with ideas or solving a problem by identifying common patterns in real situations.
Abstraction.
Hypothesis testing.
Generalisation.
Popcorn making.
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Developed by the Greeks around 100BC. to calculate the position of the Sun and the Moon.
The Antikythera
Hagia Sophia
The abacus.
The Nectarialiki.
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A computer connected to a network that manages requests to access its digital services and data
Artefact
Host
Server
Client
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Convert (blurry) number to decimal.
18
14
20
12
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What does the circled part of the url mean?
It reveals the country, and that it is a television network.
It reveals the country, and the network it uses.
It reveals the country, and the nature of the organisation.
It reveals that it is autumn, and you are using the internet
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Made in 1946 by Dr John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania.
ENIAC
The Manchester Baby
IBM
Colossus
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What is the difference between a procedure and a function?
A procedure is useful for hiding the details of a program.
A function can return information back to the program.
Anarchy is a villain who frequently battles Batman.
A function allows for a greater range of abstraction.
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Requires the user to write code in the form of a sequence of text-based instructions.
Text-based programming language.
Fortran.
High-level programming language.
Graphical programming language.
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What does the circled part of the url mean?
The domain suffix.
It is the file path.
The domain name.
It shows this is a static page.
