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How many colours can a computer represent if it uses 1 bit for each pixel?  A: 65,536 A:  B: 256 B:  C: 16,777,216 C:  D: 2 D: £100 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer

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ASCII is :  A: a 10 bit code representing 1024 characters A:  B: an 8 bit code representing 256 characters B:  C: a 16 bit code representing characters C:  D: a 24 bit code representing 16 mill characters D: £200 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer

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Increasing the number of bits used for the mantissa in a floating point number will :  A: increase the range A:  B: decrease the range B:  C: increase the precision C:  D: decrease the precision D: £300 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer

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Which is the odd one out?  B: ALU B:  C: registers C:  D: RAM D: £500 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer  A: control unit A:

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£1000 Question  A: Storage locations within RAM A:  B: Storage locations within the processor B:  C: Storage locations within cache C: D:D: Storage locations within virtual memory £1,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer What are registers?

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£2000 Question A:A: GHz  B: Gb B:  C: ppm C: D:D: dpi £2,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer The speed of a processor is measured in ……..?

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£4000 Question  A: To convert data from serial to parallel and vice versa A:  B: To provide a WIMP environment B:  C: To compensate for differences in operating speeds C: D:D: To store data temporarily £4,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer Which of the following is NOT a function of a peripheral device interface?

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£8000 Question  A: Client /Server A:  B: mainframe B:  C: peer to peer C: D:D: wireless £8,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer What type of network is this?

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£16000 Question  A: Easier to implement on a peer to peer network A:  B: only possible on a school network B:  C: Easier to implement on a client-server network C: D:D: impossible to implement on any network £16,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer Network security is :

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£32000 Question  A: Magnetic A:  B: Solid State B:  C: Sequential C:  D: Optical D: £32,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer What type of staorage medium is a CD- RW?

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£64000 Question  A:.xls A:  B:.doc B:  C:.ppt C:  D:.rtf D: £64,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer Which of these file formats is a standard file format?

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 A: Boot sector virus A:  B: Macro virus B:  C: File virus C:  D: Flu virus D: £125,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer Which type of virus attaches itself to an application? £ Question

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£ Question  A: File management A:  B: Memory management B:  C: Input/Output C:  D: Process management D: £250,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer Which function of the operating system allocates RAM space to programs and data?

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£ Question  A: Data Protection Act A: B: B: Copyright design and patents act  C: Computer Misuse Act C:  D: Firearms Act D: £500,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer Which Act makes it illegal to copy software?

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£1 Million Question  A: mainframe A:  B: laptop B:  C: desktop C:  D: palmtop D: £1,000,000 Question Click on the letter of the correct answer Which of the following has the slowest processor?

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