GCSE Computer Science Review
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Students of Computer Science GCSE learn how computers work, how to write programs, and how data is represented and handled by applications in this course. Python programming language will be used by students to design and write programs.

GCSE Computer Science Review
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25 Questions

1. Pharming

2. Convert the following 6 byte number into hexadecimal.

10100110:11000001:10010000:00010010:10011110:00110110

3. SQL injection

4. What is the purpose of the CPU?

5. What are the effects of using a processor with a faster clock speed?

6. Protocols are divided into layers. Why are layers used?

7. What is the purpose of embedded systems? 

8. What are the purposes of the following components in the CPU?

ALU
Control Unit
Cache

9. Process Management

10. White-Box

11. User Interface

12. What is meant when a message is described as encrypted?

13. What is the purpose of a router?

14. What does DNS stand for?

15. Device Drivers

16. Describe how an encrypted email message is sent and received.

17. Operating System

18. What is meant by the term VPN?

19. In a network what is meant by user management?

20. What is trolling?

21. What is meant by an incremental backup?

22. What is the protocol that is used to transmit data between different networks

23. Telephone (IVR) Phishing

24. What is meant by an ethical issue?

25. A large supermarket chain is setting up a new client server network. What is meant by the term ‘client server network’?