Year 8 - Computing systems Summative assessment – Answers

Assessment – Answers
Q1. Classify the items below as either software or hardware.
Note: There may be items that fall into neither category or both categories.

A. A keyboard
B. A program for editing images
C. A mouse
D. The operating system
E. A screen
F. A file containing an image
G. A browser (a program for surfing the web)
H. A wireless network adapter (a device for connecting Hardware ACEH
wirelessly to other computers)
I. An astronomy program Software BDGI

Q2. Which of the following are programs?

Note: There may be more than one correct option. Select all that apply.

A. A word processor
B. An operating system
C. An image
D. The processor (CPU) Answer AB

Q3. What does a program consist of?

Note: Answer with a single word.

Answer Instructions

Q4. Provide two examples of operating systems.

Answer Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Raspberry Pi OS

Q5. What does a processor (CPU) do?
Note: There may be more than one correct option. Select all that apply.

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A. Stores programs
B. Stores data
C. Executes programs
D. Executes data
E. Processes data Answer CE

Q6. What does the main memory (RAM) do?

Note: There may be more than one correct option. Select all that apply.

A. Stores programs
B. Stores data
C. Executes programs
D. Executes data
E. Processes data Answer AB

Q7. Provide two examples of storage devices.

Answer Hard disks, solid-state disks, flash drives, SD cards, optical discs

Q8. What is stored in storage devices?

Note: There may be more than one correct option. Select all that apply.

A. Hardware components
B. Programs
C. Data
D. None of the above. The term ‘storage’ is misleading. Answer BC

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Q9. Classify the devices below as input or output devices.

Note: There may be devices that fall into neither category or both categories.

A. Mouse
B. Keyboard
C. Printer
D. Microphone
E. Speaker
F. Camera
G. Touchscreen Input ABDFGI
H. Processor
I. Sensors Output CEG

Q10. You turn on your computer. As soon as it’s ready, you open a file containing a document and
start editing it using a word processor.
If you take a snapshot of your system at that point, what will the processor (CPU), main
memory (RAM), and storage devices contain? Select items from the list below.

A. All the instructions contained in the word processing

program
B. All the instructions contained in the operating system
C. All the documents saved on your computer
Processor FG
D. All the programs installed on your computer
E. All the data for the document that you are editing
Memory ABE
F. The instruction that is currently being carried out
G. Data for the instruction that is currently being carried out Storage CD

Q11. What is the main task of a general-purpose computing system?

A. The main task is to execute programs.

B. There is no main task. It can perform any task prescribed by a
program.
C. The main task depends on the system. Different systems may
perform a different main task.
D. The main task depends on the user. Different users may need
the system to perform a different main task.
Answer A
Q12. Which of the following are logical operators?
Note: There is more than one correct option. Select all that apply.

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A. + (addition)
B. and (conjunction)
C. or (disjunction)
D. ⨉ (multiplication)
E. > (comparison: greater than)
F. not (negation or inversion)
G. mod (remainder) Answer BCF

Q13. If X is a logical statement, what sort of values can it have?

A. Any number
B. Any sentence that makes sense
C. Either true or false
D. Either ‘yes’, ‘no’, or ‘don’t know’ Answer C

Q14. A laptop computer has a ‘Battery low’ indicator that starts flashing red when the battery power
falls below 20%, but only if the laptop is not charging.
Fill in the following table:

Battery below 20% Charging Battery low flashing red

true true false

true false true

false true false

false false false

Which of the expressions below capture the behaviour of the ‘Battery low’ indicator?

A. Battery below 20% < Charging

B. Battery below 20% not Charging
C. Battery below 20% or Charging
D. Battery below 20% and not Charging
E. Battery below 20% only if not Charging Answer D

Q15. Is the sentence below true or false?

Complex components like the processor and the main

True or false true
memory can be created out of simple logic gates.

Q16. Are the sentences below true or false?

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A. Artificial intelligence is about creating machines that are

True or false false
more intelligent than humans.
B. Creating a machine that can walk is not artificial True or false false
intelligence because humans walk without thinking.
C. With machine learning, machines are trained how to True or false true
perform tasks by showing them examples or providing
feedback.

D. Machine learning does not involve programming. True or false false

E. The performance of machines that are trained to perform a True or false true
task is only as good as the examples that have been used to
train them.

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