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AQA A LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE PAPER 2 EXAM QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED What is an adder? - ANSWER -A logic circuit that adds to Boolean values together What is a half adder? - ANSWER -A logic circuit with two inputs, two outputs, and two logic gates What does a half adder look like? - ANSWE...

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AQA A LEVEL COMPUTER
SCIENCE PAPER 2 EXAM
QUESTIONS CORRECTLY
ANSWERED
What is an adder? - ANSWER -A logic circuit that adds to Boolean

values together



What is a half adder? - ANSWER -A logic circuit with two inputs, two

outputs, and two logic gates



What does a half adder look like? - ANSWER -XOR gate on top AND

gate on bottom



What is a full adder? - ANSWER -A logic circuit with three inputs and

two outputs

,What is the purpose of the 3rd input in a full adder? - ANSWER

Enables the circuit to add 2 Boolean values and a carry bit from a

previous operation


A full adder circuit: - ANSWER -



What is application software? - ANSWER -Software that completes a

specific task for the user, ie web browser or word processor



What is system software? - ANSWER -Software that operates,

controls, and maintains the computer and its components, ie utility

programs or translators



What does an operating system do? - ANSWER -It hides the true

complexities of a computer from the user by creating a virtual

machine



What are the functions of an operating system? - ANSWER -Memory

management, processor scheduling, interrupt handling, i/o

management, and creating a user interface

, What do utility programs do? - ANSWER -Housekeeping tasks in a

computer such as data backup, defragmenting hard drives, data

compression, and encryption



What do library programs do? - ANSWER -They contain useful

functions that are frequently used by a program, libraries can be used

by a programmer to simplify the process of programming



What do translators do? - ANSWER -They convert programming

languages into other programming languages



What are the 3 translators? - ANSWER -Interpreter, Compiler, and

assembler



What are 2 low level programming languages? - ANSWER -Assembly

language and Machine code



What is machine code? - ANSWER -A programming language written

in binary that directly manipulates a computer's processor

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