INSY 2303 LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔3-D graphics - ✔✔are based on vectors stored as a set of instructions describing the
coordinates for lines and shapes in a three-dimensional space.
✔✔Vectors - ✔✔Lines and curves that form simple shapes
✔✔Rendering (3D Graphics) - ✔✔In graphics software, the process of created a 3D
image by covering a wireframe drawing and applying computer-generated highlights
and shadows
✔✔Ray Tracking (3D Graphics) - ✔✔A technique by which light and shadows are added
to a 3D image
✔✔instruction set - ✔✔The collection of instructions that a CPU is designed to process
✔✔Software - ✔✔The instructions that direct a computer to perform a task, interact with
a user, or process data
✔✔Software application - ✔✔Computer programs that help a user perform a specific
task such as word processing
✔✔Software operating systems - ✔✔The software that controls the computers use of its
hardware resources, such as memory and disk storage space
✔✔form factor - ✔✔The configuration of a computer's system unit; examples include
tower, mini-tower, and cube.
✔✔Mainframe - ✔✔Is a large and expensive computer capable of simultaneously
processing data for hundred or thousands of users. Its processing circuitry is housed in
a closet-sized cabinet
✔✔Supercomputer - ✔✔At the time of construction, one of the fastest computers in the
world
✔✔Mainframe vs Supercomputer - ✔✔Supercomputers are used for complicated tasks
such as breaking codes, mainframes are used for large organizations to process large
amounts of data
✔✔Server - ✔✔A computer or software on a network that supplies the network with data
and storage
, ✔✔CPU - ✔✔(Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system,
which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
✔✔ALU - ✔✔(Arithmetic Logic Unit) The part of the CPU that performs arithmetic and
logical operations on the numbers stored in its registers
✔✔Control Unit - ✔✔The part of the microprocessor that directs and coordinates
processing.
✔✔Clock speed - ✔✔Indicates the speed of microprocessor clock, a timing device that
sets the pace for executing instructions
✔✔RAM - ✔✔(Random access memory) computer memory circuitry that holds data,
program instructions, and the operating system while the computer is still on
✔✔Ram is considered - ✔✔The primary place data will go on your computer
✔✔ROM - ✔✔(Read only memory) refers to one or more integrated circuits that contain
permanent instructions that the computer uses during the boot processes)
✔✔Virtual Memory - ✔✔A computer's use of hard disk storage to simulate RAM.
✔✔Multi-Core Processor - ✔✔A microprocessor that contains circuitry for more than
one processing unit
✔✔Storage Media - ✔✔where a computer keeps data, instructions, and information
✔✔Magnetic Storage - ✔✔Mainly used for desktops and laptops, storage with a hard-
drive representing by magnetizing microscopic particles on a disk
✔✔Optical Storage - ✔✔A technology that records data as light and dark spots on a
CD, DVD, or other optical media
✔✔Solid State Storage - ✔✔A technology that records data and stores it in a
microscopic grid of cells on a nonvolatile, erasable, low-power chip
✔✔cloud storage - ✔✔A storage area that is located on a remote server, usually on the
Internet, rather than on a local storage device.
✔✔volatile storage - ✔✔Temporary storage, such as in random access memory. When
the power is off, the data in volatile storage is cleared out.
✔✔non-volatile storage - ✔✔Storage which does not lose its contents when the power
is removed, such as ROM and flash drives
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔3-D graphics - ✔✔are based on vectors stored as a set of instructions describing the
coordinates for lines and shapes in a three-dimensional space.
✔✔Vectors - ✔✔Lines and curves that form simple shapes
✔✔Rendering (3D Graphics) - ✔✔In graphics software, the process of created a 3D
image by covering a wireframe drawing and applying computer-generated highlights
and shadows
✔✔Ray Tracking (3D Graphics) - ✔✔A technique by which light and shadows are added
to a 3D image
✔✔instruction set - ✔✔The collection of instructions that a CPU is designed to process
✔✔Software - ✔✔The instructions that direct a computer to perform a task, interact with
a user, or process data
✔✔Software application - ✔✔Computer programs that help a user perform a specific
task such as word processing
✔✔Software operating systems - ✔✔The software that controls the computers use of its
hardware resources, such as memory and disk storage space
✔✔form factor - ✔✔The configuration of a computer's system unit; examples include
tower, mini-tower, and cube.
✔✔Mainframe - ✔✔Is a large and expensive computer capable of simultaneously
processing data for hundred or thousands of users. Its processing circuitry is housed in
a closet-sized cabinet
✔✔Supercomputer - ✔✔At the time of construction, one of the fastest computers in the
world
✔✔Mainframe vs Supercomputer - ✔✔Supercomputers are used for complicated tasks
such as breaking codes, mainframes are used for large organizations to process large
amounts of data
✔✔Server - ✔✔A computer or software on a network that supplies the network with data
and storage
, ✔✔CPU - ✔✔(Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system,
which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
✔✔ALU - ✔✔(Arithmetic Logic Unit) The part of the CPU that performs arithmetic and
logical operations on the numbers stored in its registers
✔✔Control Unit - ✔✔The part of the microprocessor that directs and coordinates
processing.
✔✔Clock speed - ✔✔Indicates the speed of microprocessor clock, a timing device that
sets the pace for executing instructions
✔✔RAM - ✔✔(Random access memory) computer memory circuitry that holds data,
program instructions, and the operating system while the computer is still on
✔✔Ram is considered - ✔✔The primary place data will go on your computer
✔✔ROM - ✔✔(Read only memory) refers to one or more integrated circuits that contain
permanent instructions that the computer uses during the boot processes)
✔✔Virtual Memory - ✔✔A computer's use of hard disk storage to simulate RAM.
✔✔Multi-Core Processor - ✔✔A microprocessor that contains circuitry for more than
one processing unit
✔✔Storage Media - ✔✔where a computer keeps data, instructions, and information
✔✔Magnetic Storage - ✔✔Mainly used for desktops and laptops, storage with a hard-
drive representing by magnetizing microscopic particles on a disk
✔✔Optical Storage - ✔✔A technology that records data as light and dark spots on a
CD, DVD, or other optical media
✔✔Solid State Storage - ✔✔A technology that records data and stores it in a
microscopic grid of cells on a nonvolatile, erasable, low-power chip
✔✔cloud storage - ✔✔A storage area that is located on a remote server, usually on the
Internet, rather than on a local storage device.
✔✔volatile storage - ✔✔Temporary storage, such as in random access memory. When
the power is off, the data in volatile storage is cleared out.
✔✔non-volatile storage - ✔✔Storage which does not lose its contents when the power
is removed, such as ROM and flash drives
