ICT exam questions (practice) Flashcards

1
Q

when was Alan born?

A

23rd June 1912

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2
Q

where was he born

A

maida vale

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3
Q

where did alan go to school

A

kings collage 1931 to 1934 (3yrs)

princeton uni 1936 to 1938

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4
Q

what subject did he study

A

mathamatics

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5
Q

what work was done at Bletchley park in ww 2

A

britains main decryption establishments

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6
Q

where was bleachley park

A

buckinghamshire

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7
Q

why did germany use enigma

A

to send secure messages

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8
Q

what was the ‘bombe’ what did it do

A

cracked enigma

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9
Q

who was joan clarke

A

an english cryptanalyst and numismatist she was a good friend to alan then his fiancée then alan ended up breaking up with her

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10
Q

how did he die?

A

suiside using syanide poisining

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11
Q

how old when he died

A

41 yrs

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12
Q

why was turing test shut down after 16 hrs

A

it was being mean via its twitter account

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13
Q

ethernet cable advantage

A

faster than wifi
longer distances compared to wifi
cant be hacked wirelessly

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14
Q

disadvantages ethernet cables

A

cant move easily
limited by number of sockets for wires
wires cost money

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15
Q

3G moble tower

advantage

A

no need for wires

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16
Q

3G moble towers

disadvantage

A

slower than wires
limited range
could be hacked if data is not encrypted or scrambled

17
Q

underwater cables
called
how is data passed

A

optic fibre cables

data as beams of light down thin tubes

18
Q

how much international traffic goes where

A

97%

under the sea

19
Q

optic fibre cables

advantage

A

data travels at speed of light

cheaper than sending satellites

20
Q

optic fibre cables

disadvantage

A

can be brocken

21
Q

URL
what is it
stands for

A

internet adress

uniform resource locator

22
Q

website adress

has 3 parts what are they

A
  1. protocol
  2. domain name
  3. file or folder
23
Q

website adress set out like

A

https://wwwEXAMPLE.co.uk/WEB

24
Q

HTML

stands for

A

hyper
text
markup
language

25
Q

CSS

A

cascading style sheet