Test 1 Theory (22/10/24) Flashcards
Taking a problem and solving it in a series of instructions and steps is what type of thinking
Computational thinking
What does a parallelogram mean in a flow chart
Input / output
What is the shape that needs to be around an assigned variable / anything in a flow chart that may affect the desision
A diamond
What is a Boolean statement
Where your only allowed to answer with true or false
The process of converting a numeric data type such as integer into a string data type is called
Casting
Can the string of ‘sixty eight’ be converted into an integer type
No. The computer cannot recognise that ‘sixty eight’ = ‘68’
What symbol is used for assignment
=
What programming keyword divides one number by another and returns the remainder
MOD / modulus operator
What symbol means less than
<
What symbol means greater than
>
When writing ‘greater than or equal to’ or ‘less than or equal to’ how would you write it
‘<=‘ or ‘>=‘
An OS communicates with both internal and external hardware using
Device drivers
The operating system allows the computer to interact with the user and the user to interact with the computer. What is the name given to this interface?
User interface
What is the difference between GUI and UI
GUI is a type of UI
there can be user interfaces that are not graphic, meaning you can’t see the icons and cursor, and there may be different types of GUI
Operating systems manage users by allowing user _______ to be created and deleted
Profiles
The operating system keeps track of all free disk space and decides where to _____ data
Write
T or F
Each file is saved on its own small area of the hard disk, with all of the related bytes next to eachother
False
This is because the file would be fragmented, and all the different parts of the file would be stored across separate locations which may be next to each other or may be spread out
The OS organises and maintains a hard disk with the help of what type of software
Utility software
