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What is a motherboard?

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The piece of hardware that holds all of the crucial parts together

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What is a CPU and what does it do?

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The central processing unit carries out the instructions of the computer program

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What is ROM and what does it contain?

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Read-only memory contains the BIOS

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What is RAM and what does it hold?

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Random access memory holds data or files being used

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What is the Cache?

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A small amount of memory located on or near the CPU

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What is the NIC?

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The Network Interface Card

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What is a sound card and what does it do?

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An expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals in a monitor

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What is a video/ graphics card and what does it do?

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It generates output messages to display on your computer

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What does the PSU do?

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The power supply unit supplies power to the PC and gets plugged into the mains

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What is a USB and what does it do?

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The Universal Serial Bus is used to connect a computer and a device to each other

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What is a Firewire and what does it do?

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The Firewire was created by Apple and was used to connect digital recorders

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What does the HDMI do?

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It allows you to connect to high definition video and audio

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What is the VGA used for?

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It’s used to connect the analogue monitor to a PC

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What is the DVI?

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The Digital Video Interface is used to connect to a video

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How is Magnetic Storage stored?

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The data is stored in a linear Fashion

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How is Optical Storage stored?

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It’s stored in a spiral way

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How is Solid Storage stored?

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In a solid state

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What is an Input device?

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Devices that let us get information from the outside world and into a computer so it can be stored

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What is an Output device?

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Any device which can take the data stored in a digital form in a computer and turn it into another format

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What is an example of an Input device?

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A phone, microphone, scanner and webcam

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What is an example of an Output device?

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Headphones, a printer, a phone and aspeaker

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What are the disadvantages of a PC?

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It’s not portable and its bulky

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What are the advantages of a PC?

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It has high performance and it can multitask

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What are the disadvantages of a Laptop?

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It’s more likely to be damaged and its battery life can be limited

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What are the advantages of a Laptop?
It's lighter and has everything built in which means its portable
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What are the disadvantages of a Netbook?
- It has a lower RAM and CPU chip | - repairs and upgrades can be difficult because you can't access the hardware
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What are the advantages of a Netbook?
- It's very portable | - it has a longer battery life because it's smaller
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What are the advantages of a Smartphone?
- Extremely small and light | - they support a variety of apps
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What are the disadvantages of a Smartphone?
They are pricey for their size
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What are the advantages of a Tablet (Android)?
They are small and have access to a lot of apps
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What are the disadvantages of a Tablet (Android)?
- They have limited connectivity to external devices | - data can be less secure
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What is a Computer Network?
Two or more computers connected together through wifi to share data
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What is a LAN?
A Local Area Network works on a single site and has no third party users
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What is WAN?
A Wide Area Network. Computers in a WAN can be connected together using a leased line
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What are the advantages of a bus topology?
- It is the cheapest | - easiest to install
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What are the disadvantages of a bus topology?
If the bus fails, the whole network fails
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What are the advantages of a ring topology?
- Data is transferred quickly | - Its not affected by heavy traffic
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What are the disadvantages of a ring topology?
If any of the cables fail, the whole network fails
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What are the advantages of a star topology?
If one host goes down, it doesn't affect the others and its easily managed
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What are the disadvantages of a star topology?
If the central network device fails, the whole network goes down and no one can access the network
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What are the advantages of a mesh topology?
It can handle a high amount of network traffic because multiple devices can transmit simultaneously
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What are the disadvantages of a mesh topology?
It requires continuous supervision because of the redundancy present in the network
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What is a computer protocol?
The rules it has to follow to be able to communicate with another computer
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What is TCP/ IP?
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
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What is a FTP?
A File Transfer Protocol sends files over the internet
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What is a HTTP?
A Hypertext Transfer Protocol is used for sending hypertext. It is also encrypted before transmission
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What is an Ethernet Protocol ?
An Ethernet Protocol is the standard protocol for physical and data corrections between 2+ devices
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What is a DHCP?
A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to a computer
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What is an Operating System?
Its software that allows a user to run other apps on a computing device
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What happens in Batch Processing?
Programs or data are collected together to run in a batch so they are processed all together
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What happens in Interactive Processing?
Systems where tasks being run by the Operating Systems require continual exchange
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What is VOIP?
Voice Over Internet Protocol
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What are examples of Communication?
Email, Instant Messaging, Newsgroups and Social Networking
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What is Real-time Information?
Train Timetables, News Services, Traffic and Reports
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What are Download Services?
Music, Films, Upgrades and Software
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What are the advantages of Cloud Storage?
Storage and accessibility is available
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What are disadvantages of Cloud Storage?
You are more vulnerable to attacks and you don't have much security and privacy
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What is Data?
It has no structure and its raw and has no meaning
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What is Fault Detection?
Identifying a fault that has taken place
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What is Fault Diagnosis?
Identifying the piece of hardware or software that is faulty
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What is POST?
A Power On Self test appears before the operating system loads. It used to use beeps to give you information about the type of error
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What is the BIOS?
The Basic Input/ Output System tests computer hardware
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When does the Post Process begin ?
When the first part of the BIOS loads into RAM
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What is a Device Manager?
Its an important trouble-shooting tool
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What does the Device Manager do?
It displays all your installed hardware devices and allows you to view which ones have problems
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What does analyse mean?
Separate information into components and identify their characteristics discussed the pros and cons of a topic or argument and make reasoned comment
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What does assess mean?
Offer a reasoned judgement of the standard/quality of situation/skills informed by relevant facts
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What does compare mean?
Identify similarities and differences
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What does demonstrate mean?
Show in an explicit way
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What does define mean?
State or describe the nature, or meaning
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What does describe mean?
Give an account, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events
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What does determine mean?
Find out, decide, e.g. what is relevant. To find a solution by following a set of procedures or to obtain a numerical value by carrying out a series of calculations
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What does discuss mean?
Give an account that addresses a range of ideas and arguments
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What does evaluate mean?
Make a quantitative judgement taking into account different factors and using available knowledge/experience/evidence
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What does explain mean?
To give account of the purposes of reasons
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What does identify mean?
Recognise, list, name or otherwise characterise
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What does state mean?
Express in precise terms, expressed in unequivocal terms
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What does suggest mean?
Give possible alternatives, produce an idea, put forward, e.g. an ideal plan, for consideration

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