INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAMUI

Year 11 Curriculum

Computer Science

Unit 1: Logic & Hardware

Learning Objective 1.1

To understand basic Boolean logic and explore the three basic logic gates (AND< OR & NOT). To recognise and complete truth tables based on each logic gate.

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Learning Objective 1.2

To understand universal gates (NAND, NOR & XOR) and be able to draw logic circuit diagrams based on a given situation.

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Learning Objective 1.3

To understand the operating principle of Von Neumann architecture and the fetch decode execute cycle of the CPU.

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Learning Objective 1.4

To understand the role of each register within the CPU and what the three busses within a computer are and what roles they play.

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Learning Objective 1.5

To understand what primary storage is and explore in detail the roles of RAM and ROM.

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Learning Objective 1.6

To understand what secondary storage is and explore in detail how HDDs and SSDs are able to store data.

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Learning Objective 1.7

To understand what offline storage is and explore in detail how a number of offline devices are able to store data.

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