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Information technology — First year

Hardware, memory, peripherals and storage: 25 questions with explanations.

15 randomly selected questions Pass mark: 60%

Instructions

15 questions drawn from a bank of 25. One correct answer per question. 3 points for a correct answer, 0 for an incorrect or omitted answer; maximum 45 points. Explanations are shown at the end.

A touchscreen, including its display and touch sensor, is what type of device?

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Which component performs arithmetic and logical operations in the CPU?

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How many bytes are in 1 MB under the decimal convention?

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Which of these media uses electronic flash memory?

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Which CPU component coordinates instruction execution?

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What is the role of an input or output peripheral?

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Which capacity is larger: 5 MB or 2 GB, using decimal prefixes?

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What is a logical set of fields about one entity, such as a student's details, called?

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What is logical formatting of a volume used for?

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What can magnetic tapes be used for in a business system?

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Which medium uses sequential access along a tape?

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In modern processors, where is L1 cache normally located?

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Which pair names two fundamental CPU components?

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What does restoring data from a backup mean?

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What instructions guide a computer's processing?

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