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OSI Model
What is layer 1 of the osi model ...,
What is layer 2 of the osi model ...,
What is layer 3 of the osi model ...
7
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Operating Systems
What are the key purposes of an os,
Explain managing the processor,
Explain managing the memory
9
cards
Memory Management
What are the similarities of pagi...,
What are the differences of pagin...,
What is the problem with paging a...
3
cards
Interrupts
What is polling,
What is an interrupt,
What happens with the isr interru...
6
cards
Scheduling
What is a scheduler,
What is first come first served,
What is shorted job first
6
cards
BIOS
Where are the intial start up ins...,
Where are the bios settings store...,
What happens when you turn the co...
3
cards
Device Drivers
What is a device driver
1
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Virtual Machines
What is a virtual machine,
List three examples of virtual ma...,
How do emulators work
5
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Computer related legislation
What are the eight key features o...,
What year was the data protection...,
Describe the copyright designs an...
8
cards
TCP/IP Stack
What is the tcp ip stack,
What is layer 1 of the tcp ip stack,
What is layer 2 of the tcp ip stack
6
cards
Circuit/Packet Switching
What is circuit switching,
What is packet switching
2
cards
Client-server and Peer-Peer
What are the four key points of c...,
What are the four key points of p...
2
cards
DNS (Domain name system)
What is the dns,
How does the dns work
2
cards
Networks
What is a single computer not con...,
What is a computer connected to o...,
What are five advantages of a net...
4
cards
Protocols
What is a protocol,
Give five examples of protocols a...
2
cards
LAN and WAN
What is a lan,
What is a wan
2
cards
Lossy vs Lossless
What are the three key points for...,
What are the four key points for ...,
Where is lossy compression used a...
4
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Data Structures
What are the four key points for ...,
What are the three key points for...,
How do you use records
9
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Stacks and Queues
Is a stack lifo or fifo,
How does a stack work,
Is a queue lifo or fifo
4
cards
Software Development Lifecycle
What is stage 1 of the sdlc,
What is stage 2 of the sdlc,
What is stage 3 of the sdlc
7
cards
Testing
What is black box testing,
What is white box testing,
What is alpha testing
6
cards
Programming Techniques
What are the 3 programming constr...,
What is sequence,
What is selection
9
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Development Methodlogies
What is the waterfall model,
What are the advantages of the wa...,
What are the disadvantages of the...
11
cards
LMC
What does the lda instruction do,
What does the sta instruction do,
What does the add instruction do
11
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Algorithms
0
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Fetch Decode Execute Cycle
What happens at the fetch part of...,
What happens at the decode part o...,
What happens at the execute part ...
3
cards
Parts of the CPU
What is the arithmetic logic unit,
What is the control unit,
What is the current instruction r...
12
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CPU performance
What is a core and how are cores ...,
What is clock speed,
What is pipelining
4
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Architecture
What is von neumann architecture,
What is harvard architecture
2
cards
CISC and RISC
What is risc,
What is cisc,
What are the advantages of risc
6
cards
Multi core and parallel
What is a multicore system,
What is a parallel processor system
2
cards
Databases
What does referential integrity mean,
What is a serial file,
What is a sequential file
18
cards
Normalisation
How do you get something to 1nf,
How do you get something to 2nf,
How do you get something to 3nf
3
cards
Linkers, loaders and libraries
What is a library,
What is a linker,
What is static linking
5
cards
Stages of comilation
What are the 4 stages of compilation,
What is lexical analysis,
What is syntax analysis
5
cards
Length and Dictionary encoding
What is dictionary coding,
What is run length encoding
2
cards
Encryption and hashing
What is encryption,
What is symmetric encryption,
What is asymmetric encryption
5
cards
GPUs
What is a co processor and there use,
What are gpus commonly used for,
How are gpus different from cpus
6
cards
Types of Operating Systems
What is a multi tasking operating...,
What is a multi user operating sy...,
What is a distributed operating s...
5
cards
Utilities
What is a utility program,
What are some examples of utility...
2
cards
Open vs Closed Source
What is open source software,
What is closed source software
2
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Translators: Interpreters, Compilers & Assemblers
What is a translator,
What do assemblers do,
What is the problem with assemble...
9
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Stages of compilation
What are the 4 stages of compilation,
What is lexical analysis,
What is syntax analysis
5
cards
Run length encoding and dictionary coding
How does dictionary coding work
1
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Symmetric and Asymmetric encryption
What is the definition of encryption,
How does the caesar cipher work,
What is symmetric encryption
13
cards
Methods of capturing data
What is one method of capturing d...,
How could you speed up capturing ...,
What can be used for selecting data
6
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Transaction Processing
What is transaction processing,
What is the a part of acid,
What is the c part of acid
5
cards
Referential Integrity
What is data integrity,
How does referential integrity work
2
cards
Network Security Threats
What do firewalls do,
What are two types of firewalls,
How do firewalls work
6
cards
Network Hardware
What are nics,
What are routers,
What are switches
6
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Search Algorithms
Which search algorithm requires a...,
What is the big o for linear search,
What data sets is linear search s...
4
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Tree/Graph Traversal
What is the sequence for inorder,
What is the sequence for preorder,
What is the sequence for postorder
3
cards
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