REVIEW SHEET PACK

(2022-2023)

Y8
COMPUTING

Department of ICT/CS

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Q1. Multiple choice questions

1. This component will fetch, decode & execute instructions through a set of steps
known as instructional cycle:

CPU Core

Hard Drive RAM

2. The number of times your CPU can complete the fetch, decode & execution cycle is
known as:

The Clock Speed The Cache

Number of Cores Logic Operation

3. The higher the clock speed a CPU has, the -------------------------- it can process
instructions.
Slower Faster

4. The circuit where the CPU is located is called …………………………………………..

Motherboard Switch

5. Logic gates are ---------------------------------

Electronic Circuits Chemical Circuits

6. The uneven distribution of access to technology is known as:

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 Distributive property of subtraction Divide and Rule

Distributive property of addition Digital Divide

7. How many fetch-decode-execute cycles would you expect a 2GHz processor to
complete per second:
200 2 thousand

2 million 2 billion

8. Which of the following is the fastest clock speed?

900MHz 500KHz

10,000Hz 2.9GHz

9. JavaScript, Python or Scratch are the examples of ……………………… languages.

a) LLL
b) HLL
c) ALL

Q2. Define the following:

a. Role of Designer & Programmer:

…… ………………………………………………………………………………………….…………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

b. Gantt Chart:

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… …………………………………………..……………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Q3. Mr. Ahmad asked the project manager to show Gantt Chart for the Tasks
given to the following team members for Technology Exhibition Center 2030,
and to complete them in given timescale
Here, construct a Gantt Chart that shows the following information:
Task Duration
Produce Software specification 1 week

Write Test plans 3 weeks

Software design 2 weeks

Software code 3 weeks

Developer set starts with software 3 weeks

code
Software test 4 weeks

Q4. Write down the role of components of the CPU.

Control 2022-23
Y8-Computing unit (CU):
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Registers:
Q5. Write down the three differences between low-level and high-level
language languages.
Low-level language (LLL) High-level language (HLL)

Easy for humans to use Difficult for humans

read, write and modify

Portable Not portable

Q6.
Identify
the
Uses variables to identify Identifies location in
location memory or bu using aI
location adresses

symbols of gates given below:

I.

AND gate
II.

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Q7. Identify the logic gates below:                                     
1. An office alarm system has 2 sensors, one on a window and one on the
door. If either or both of the sensors are on the alarm is activated. 
                                   

2. If the main electric supply is OFF then the emergency light is switched ON.

                                                                                          
3. For AND Gate please complete the Truth Table given below:
Input Output

A B Z

0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1

Q8. Write down the full form of the following abbreviations?

a) MDR:

b) CIR:

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c) ACC:

d) MHz:

e) MAR:

f) CPU:

g) HLL: high level language

h) RAM: Random access memory

i) AI: Artific

j) VR:

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