AHMEDABAD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

ASSIGNMENT-1

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Grade and Section IGCSE-III - Subject: CS
Date Given on: Date of Submission:
Chapter Name /Topic CHAPTER-3

(1) Proxy‐servers and firewalls have some similar functions.

Identify two similarities and one difference between proxy‐servers and firewalls.​[3]
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(2) Storage can be described as being magnetic, solid-state or optical.

(a) Give two features of magnetic storage.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [2]

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(b) Give three features of solid-state storage.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [3]

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(c) Give one example of each type of storage.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [3]

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(3)(a) Explain two advantages for the owners of the company of storing its data in

cloud storage.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [4]

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(b) Explain one disadvantage to employees of the company storing data in the cloud.[2]

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(4) A user’s computer has a central processing unit (CPU) that has a clock speed of 2GHz.
She wants to change it to a CPU that has a clock speed of 3GHz.
(a) (i) State what is meant by clock speed.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [1]
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(ii) Explain the effect this change will have on the performance of the CPU.​ [2]

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(b) The CPU contains a memory address register (MAR).

Describe the role of the MAR in the fetch–decode–execute cycle.​ ​ ​ [2]
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(c) The CPU has a list of all the machine code commands it can process.
State the name of this list of commands.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [1]

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(5) A washing machine is an example of an embedded system.

Give two characteristics of an embedded system.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [2]
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(6) A student has a portable tablet computer.

(a) Identify two input devices that could be built into the portable tablet computer.

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(b) Identify one output device that could be built into the portable tablet computer.

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(c) Identify one type of storage device that could be built into the portable tablet computer.

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(d) Name the type of screen that could be used in the portable tablet computer.

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