stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Higher Computing Science Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Higher Computing Science
Higher Computing Science
25 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
1,051 plays
Computing#Science#Higher
Flashcards
25 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
25
Answers
1
Which form of lossless compression is capable of indexing patterns of pixels?
FLAC
Run Length Encoding
DCT
LZW
2
Where are meta tags placed within a web page?
Tail
Title
Head section
Body section
3
Which OS function is responsible for ensuring that a file does not overwrite data on Hard drive
File Management
Error Reporting
Input and output
Memory Management
4
Which of the navigation structures would be difficult to use with a website with many pages?
Web
Hierarchical
Linear
Composite
5
This compression will lower the quality and file size.
Lossall
Lossi
Lossy
Lossless
6
Name the following relationship.
Many to Many
One to One
One to Many
None of the above
7
Simultaneously storing an exact copy of all data held on a server.
Mirror backup
Onsite backup
Solid state storage
Off site backup
8
Which type of software is used to interpret client side scripts when using a website?
Word processing
Operating System
Browser
Database
9
Why do some organisations still use Digital Data Storage tapes for backup purposes?
is the only form of storage that can be accessed onsite
provides faster access than all other forms of backup
cheaper option and can be used for archiving
can be stored easily and accessed faster
10
Which of the following types of software allows someone to modify the source code?
Shareware
Open source software
Proprietary software
Freeware
11
Which of the following describes an incremental backup??
Data that has changed since the last backup of any kind
Full back up of all data
Server full back up
Copy of any data that has changed since the last full backup
12
Which of the following is an example of offline storage?
Solid State Drive
RAM
ROM
Internal Hard Drive
13
What is a primary key which uses the contents of two or more fields to create a unique value.
Foreign
Surrogate
Compound
Unique
14
Compression method involves a complex mathematical algorithm which converts RGB into 3 parts.
DCT
RLE
MP3
LZW
15
This will search every page and link on a website and creates a huge index from the read data
Search engine
Crawler
Metatag
Snake
16
What does CSS stand for?
Cascading style structure
Cascading style sheets
Contemporary site structure
Classical site structure
17
Which OS function is responsible for allocating processor time and priorities to applications?
Input/output
Resource Allocation
File Management
Memory Management
18
MP3 files are compressed using which of the following lossy compression techniques?
Intraframe
Perceptual encoding
Interframe
DCT endcoding
19
Storing files or data in memory even when they are not in use is an example of?
Storing instructions in RAM
Caching data to allow for improved response times
Uploading data to the world wide web
Saving data to ensure that a backup is created
20
When should beta testing take place?
With the clients system
At the start of the software development process
After the software development process
Prior to release
21
When should alpha testing take place?
Prior to release
After software development process
Start of software development process
On client system
22
Which kind of operating system does a mobile phone use?
Network based
Cloud based
ROM based
Disk based
23
Name the term when a table does not have a naturally occurring primary key.
Surrogate
Compound
Primary
Natural
24
Which of the following is a direct benefit of using multi-core processors?
RAM is increased
Multiple instructions can be handled simultaneously
Cache is increased
Backing storage is increased
25
This compression is simply the process of compressing each individual frame in the video.
Intraframe
b frame
Interframe
i frame
