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Exam style questions by topic (OCR GCSE)

These questions have been written by Teach-ICT - they are NOT taken from the OCR exam papers. They are, however, written in the OCR style and specifically cover the OCR syllabus.

This means that they will provide you with additional opportunities to revise over and above the questions available on past papers.

 

1.1 Architecture

Computer systems
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Purpose and components of the CPU
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Von Neumann architecture
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Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle
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CPU performance factors
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1.2 Memory

Memory types
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1.3 Storage

Secondary storage
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1.4 Wired and Wi-Fi networks

Types of networks
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Performance of networks
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Client server & peer-to-peer
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Network hardware
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DNS, IP, URL, ISP, web hosting, the cloud
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Virtual networks
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1.5 Networks

Network topologies
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Protocols
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Packet switching
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1.6 Network security

Network threats
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Malware
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Preventing vulnerabilities
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1.7 Systems software

Operating systems
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Utility software
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1.8 Ethical and legal

Legislation
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Environment
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Privacy & technology
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Open source and closed source
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2.2 Programming techniques

String manipulation
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Data types
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Procedures & functions
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2.3 Producing robust programs

Defensive design
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Testing
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2.5 Translators and facilities of languages

Languages, translators, IDE
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2.6 Data representation

Hexadecimal numbers
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Characters
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Images
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Sound
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Compression
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