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1.1 structure of the CPU
List of all regsiters,
What is a register,
What does the control unit do
12  cards
1.1.2 types of processor
What is the difference between co...,
Describe two limitations of paral...,
Other than graphics give two exam...
4  cards
input, output and storage
Explain what is meant by the term...,
Pros of cloud storage 3,
Cons of cloud storage 3
3  cards
Operating systems
What is the list of things the op...,
What are the types of ui,
How to does a gui provide a user ...
35  cards
driver BIOS and VMs
What is a device driver,
What is the bios,
What is post and when is it done
8  cards
1.2.3 software development
Name all the non agile methodologies,
Name all the agile methodologies,
Explain the waterfall model dont ...
16  cards
Databases
Define database,
Define an entity,
Define a table
26  cards
NORMALISATION
Define normalisation,
What level of normalisation is a ...,
Define dependency
3  cards
1.3.3 Networks
Define network,
What is the difference between ph...,
Define protocol
20  cards
Web technologies
What layer does html interact with,
What type of language is css,
What layer does css interact with
12  cards
Client server processing
Define server,
Client,
What is client side processing
10  cards
1.4.1 Data Types
How do computers encode characters 3
1  cards
1.4.2 Data Structures
What does dynamic and static mean,
Hwo does a stack work,
What are the operations for a stack
14  cards
Encryption
Why should a data sent on a compa...,
2  cards
Application Generation
Name the stages of compilation,
What happens at lexical analysis,
Define token
5  cards
1.5 Ethics and Laws
Define the purpose of the gdpr 2018,
What are the rights granted to th...,
What are the eight principles of ...
12  cards
2.1 computational thinking
Deifine abstraction,
Why is abstraction implemented,
Define preconditions
20  cards
2.2.1 Programming Techniques
What is the difference between gl...,
What is the difference of passing...,
What are the two ways to pass par...
3  cards
2.2 Computational Methods
Applications of data mining,
What is data mining,
When is backtracking used
14  cards
Exam Questions I lost marks on
Describe the purpose and html and...,
Explain one advantage of client s...,
Describe how this circuit can be ...
6  cards
2.3.1 algorithms
What is worst case average case a...,
What is worst case average case a...,
What is worst case average case a...
12  cards
1.2.4 introduction to programming
What are the four modes of memory...,
What is the opcode of the binary ...,
What is the operand of the binary...
4  cards

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