| Question | Answer |
| What is the code in which all data and instructions in a computer is stored? | Binary code
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What is a device that allows a computer system to "talk" to another system directly in binary code? | Communication device
| Which is the UK law that makes it illegal to hack into a person's computer and to deliberately disrupt someone else's computer? | Computer Misuse Act 1990
| Which is the UK law that tells organisations how they must protect the personal data of real people? | Data Protection Act 1998
| What word describes something which is designed for one particular purpose? | Dedicated
| What is the name of a computer system that uses a large white board as an input/output device in a classroom? | Electronic whiteboard
| Environmental issues are concerned with what? | Whether something is good or bad for the environment
| Ethical issues are concerned with what? | Whether something is morally right or wrong in itself
| Who or what is ISO? | International Organisation for Standardisation
| What do we call something that takes data which has been processed by the computer and translates it into a human readable form? | Output device
| What does PDF stand for? | Portable document format (a file standard that displays a document accurately on any computer platform)
| What does TCP/IP stand for? | Transmission control protocol/internet protocol (a set of standards that control how data is sent across networks including the internet)
| What is a VLE? | A computer system that helps teachers by allowing them to provide learning resources to pupils and monitor their progress
| What is the definition of a computer? | A device that can input data, store data, process (manipulate) data and output data
| Computer systems have generated their own special problems, name four areas where we have to deal with these problems. | Social, economic, educational, cultural
| Define the reliability of a computer system. | The probability that a computer will produce the correct outputs over a given timeframe.
| How can reliability be improved? | By thorough design, adhering to standards, emulating a system, testing, maintenance and the use of fail safes.
| Why are professional standards required? | So that computers can share data and hardware peripherals.
| How are de facto standards developed? | Standards that develop through common usage.
| Who owns proprietary standards? | They are owned by the company/individual who developed the software/hardware.
| What is computer ethics? | A system of values that should be followed by computer users.
| Name two environmental issues associated with computers. | Old equipment ends up in landfill sites; contain toxic materials; often shipped to Third World countries for disposal; comsume large amounts of electricity |
