Foundations quiz: 24 questions

24 questions from the 8 lessons of Foundations: how computers work. Each answer is explained, with a link back to the lesson it comes from, and your best score stays on this device.

Test yourself

24 questions from this course's lessons, in a random order. See what you remember, then go back to the lessons behind the questions you missed.

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What the quiz covers

  1. Bits and bytes (3 questions)
  2. Number systems: binary, octal and hexadecimal (3 questions)
  3. Negative numbers and overflow (3 questions)
  4. Bitwise operations (3 questions)
  5. Floating-point numbers (3 questions)
  6. Characters and text (3 questions)
  7. Memory: addresses, the stack and the heap (3 questions)
  8. How a program runs (3 questions)