Name: _______________________________________________ School ID: __________________
1. Priya studies music at school. She is buying a new computer to complete her school work at home.
(a) Priya has a choice between an internal Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and an internal Solid State
Drive (SSD) to store data.
(i) Give one similarity between an HDD and an SSD.
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(ii) Explain three differences between an HDD and an SSD.
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(b) Priya needs to transfer files between the school and her home computer.
Identify one off-line storage device she could use to transport the files.
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(c) Priya is using sound editing software to record and edit different music tracks.
(i) Identify two input devices she would use for this task.
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(ii) Identify two output devices she would use for this task.
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2. Benny is a photographer and prints his photos using an inkjet printer.
(a) Benny is printing some photos and the paper gets jammed in the printer. A signal is sent to
alert the computer about the paper jam. State the name of this type of signal.
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(b) Identify one benefit and two drawbacks of Benny using an inkjet printer, instead of a laser
printer, to print his photos. Benefit
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Drawback 1 ......................................................................................................................................
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(c) State two benefits and one drawback of Benny using a laser printer, instead of an inkjet
printer, to print the letters.
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Benefit 2 ..........................................................................................................................................
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(d) Give two examples of when a printer would generate an interrupt signal.
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Many devices send interrupt signals. Identify the software in the computer that will receive and
manage all interrupt signals.
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(e) Elle uses both CDs and DVDs to store her school projects.
Give three similarities between a CD and a DVD.
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3. (a) Complete the paragraph by choosing six correct terms from the list.
Optical On-line RAM HDD Primary
SSD Secondary ROM Off-line
A computer has two different types of memory………………………………. accessed by the CPU, but it
allows a user to store data that can easily be accessed by applications. Two examples of this type
of memory are............................. and .............................. The Second type of memory is
.............................This memory is directly accessed by the CPU. It allows the processor to access
data and instructions that are stored in this memory. Two examples of memory are
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(b) RAM is considered to be one of the mandatory components of computer. It has two types Static
and Dynamic RAM. Explain both of them
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D-RAM: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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(c) Differentiate between a primary and Secondary memory. Give two examples for each type of memory.
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(d) Optical storage media can be used to store data.
Describe how the data is read from a Compact Disc (CD).
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4. (a) Two versions of IP addresses are called IPv4 and IPv6. Describe two differences between IPv4 and IPv6
IP V4 IPV6
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(b) Describe what is meant by a dynamic IP address.
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(c) Four registers are given below. For each register, give its full name and explain its function in
the fetch-decode-execute cycle
CIR: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………
Function of register: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
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MAR: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Function of register: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
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MDR: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Function of register: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……...
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PC: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………
Function of register: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………...
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1. (a) (i) Any one from:
• They are both non-volatile
• They are both secondary storage // Both not directly accessed by the CPU
• They both have a high capacity of storage
• Both have read and write abilities
(a) (ii) Any three from:
• HDD has moving parts but SSD does not
• HDD uses magnetic storage whereas SSD uses flash memory
• HDD is slower to access data than SSD // HDD has greater latency than SSD
• HDD will create noise/heat, whereas SSD runs quieter/cooler
• HDD has higher power consumption than SSD
• HDD have greater longevity/more read-write cycles whereas SDD has lower longevity/limited
number of read-write cycles
• HDD larger in physical size/heavier than SSD
• HDD is normally cheaper for the same capacity of storage as SSD
• HDD is available in a larger storage capacity than SSD
(b) Any one from:
• USB flash memory drive
• External HDD/SSD
• SD Card
• CD/ DVD / Blu-ray
(c) (i) Any two from:
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Microphone
• Touchscreen
(c) (ii) Any two from:
• Monitor / Screen
• Speakers
• Headphone
• Printer
2. (a) interrupt
• Interrupt
(b) Benefits: (Laserjet)
• Printing may be higher quality
• Can use larger paper sizes
• Can print onto different media
• No warm-up time
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Drawbacks: (Laserjet)
• Printing will be slower
• Ink is more expensive per page
• Ink can be smeared
(c) Benefits: (inkjet)
• Faster speed of printing
• Can print duplex / on both sides
• Many letters can be printed from one toner cartridge
• Can print in high volumes
Drawback (inkjet)
• Toner cartridge more expensive to buy
• More time to warm-up
• Larger footprint
(d) Any two from:(interrupt)
• Paper jam
• Out of paper
• Out of toner/ink
• Buffer full
• Awaiting input
• Print complete
• Printer ready
(e) Any three from:
• Both need a red laser to read/write data
• Both are spun to be read
• Both use spiral tracks for data
• Both are optical storage
• Both are off-line storage // both non-volatile
• Both use pits and lands to store data
3. (a) Secondary • HDD/SSD • SSD/HDD • Primary • ROM/RAM • RAM/ROM
(b) SRAM
• consists of a number of transistors and capacitors
• need to be constantly refreshed
• less expensive to manufacture than SRAM
• has a higher memory capacity than SRAM
• main memory is constructed from DRAM
• consumes less power than SRAM
DRAM
• uses flip flops to hold each bit of memory
• needs to be constantly refreshed doesn’t
• has a faster data access time than DRAM
• CPU memory cache makes use of SRAM
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(c) Primary memory is directly addressable/accessible by the CPU E.g. RAM, ROM, Cache
Secondary memory is not directly addressable/accessible by the CPU, Secondary memory is a
permanent memory E.g. HSS. SSD, CD , DVD etc.
(d)
• (Red) laser is used
• (Laser beams) shines onto surface of the disk
• It is rotated (at a constant speed) to be read
• Surface is covered in a track (that spirals from the centre)
• Data is represented on the surface using pits and lands
• Pits and lands represent binary values
• Pits reflect light back differently (to the area in between/land)
• Light is reflected back // White lines reflect light // Black lines reflect less light/absorbs light
• Sensors / photoelectric cells detect the light
4. (a)
• IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses …
• … whereas IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses.
• for example: 190.188.0.250 (IPv4) fff0:a8fb:7a88:0fff:3d22:2088:66fb:f0fa (IPv6)
• There is less risk of IP address collision with IPv6.
• IPv6 has built-in authentication.
• IPv6 is a more modern/recent IP address protocol
(b) address that is directly assigned by DHCP
(c)
CIR: current instruction register – stores the current instructions being decoded and
executed
MAR: memory address register – stores the address of the memory location currently being
read from/written to
MDR: memory data register – stores data which has just been read from memory/data and
is about to be written to memory
PC: program counter – stores the address where the next instruction to be read can be
found
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