Task Monday
1 Identify four events that
take place during the fetch
– execute – decode cycle
1.1
2 Explain how increasing the
amount RAM on a
computer can improve the
computers performance
1.2
3 Explain why secondary
storage is needed
1.3
4 Define what hardware is
needed to connect a
computer to a Local Area
Network
1.4
5 List 3 factors which can
affect the performance of a
network
1.4
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
List the parts of the CPU State the difference List 5 threats posed to Explain the different
and their functions between ROM and RAM a network between the Data
1.1 1.2 1.6 Protection Act, the
Computer Misuse Act
and Copyright
1.8
What are the most Explain the need for List 5 ways a system Explain open software
important things you Virtual Memory can be protected and proprietary software
need to consider when 1.2 against the threats 1.8
choosing a Secondary posed in the above
Storage Device? question
1.3 1.6
Explain how Clock Speed, What are the three Draw a star and mesh Explain what disk
Cashe and the number of common types of topology fragmentation is
Cores affect a CPU’s storage? 1.5 1.7
performance 1.3
1.1
Define an embedded Define what a LAN and a Explain what an Explain the difference
system WAN is and explain the Operating System between custom
1.1 difference does. software and off-the-
1.4 1.7 shelf software
1.7
Give 5 examples of Explain what a client Explain how What is the purpose of
embedded system server is and explain stakeholders are Cashe memory
1.1 what a peer to peer affected by the 1.2
network is production of new
1.5 technologies
1.8
Task Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 Explain what abstraction State the 4 common Explain why it is important to Explain why logic Convert the denary
is arithmetic operators use comments and indentation gates are used. number 92 into binary
2.1 2.2 when creating scripts 2.4 2.6
2.3
2 Explain what State the 3 main Explain the difference between State 3 different types Add 0100 1001 to your
decomposition is Boolean operators iterative and final testing of translators and answer
2.1 2.2 2.3 explain how each one 2.6
operates.
2.5
3 Explain the difference Draw the logic gate Explain the difference between State 4 tools or Convert your answer into
between a bubble sort a for each Boolean a syntax error and a logical facilities available in hexadecimal
linear search and an operator error. an IDE and explain 2.6
insertion sort 2.4 2.3 how they benefit a
2.1 programmer.
2.5
4 Explain the difference Explain the difference Draw a truth table for each of Put the following Explain what the term
between a binary search between a string and the following Boolean units into order ‘overflow’ means and
and a linear search a character operators (smallest to largest ) provide an example
2.1 2.2 NOT , AND , OR Byte, nibble, bit, where overflow occurs
2.4 terabyte, megabyte, 2.6
kilobyte
2.6
5 Define the following Explain the term input Explain why data is Explain why a high Explain the difference
terms. sanitisation represented in binary form level language needs between lossy and
Sequence 2.3 2.4 to be translated into lossless compression,
Selection machine code providing advantages
Iteration 2.5 and disadvantages to
2.2 both
2.6