How Computers Work: PRACTICE TASK

What type of work does a computer help with?

• Thinking work

• Artwork

• Programming work

• Manual labour

What are the four tasks a computer can do?

• input, storage, programming, output

• inside, storage, processing, outside

• input, storage, processing, output

• I don't know.

What is input converted to so the computer understands it?

• music

• sound

• java

• binary

What controls all parts of a computer?

• CPU

• keyboard

• operating system

• humans

What manages how the software uses the hardware?

• CPU

• keyboard

• operating system

• humans

How many digits are there in binary?

• 1

• 2

• 0

• infinite

Which can be represented using binary (1s and 0s)

• text

• pictures

• sound

• all of the above

Why are smaller computers fast?

• They have smaller circuits.

• They aren't.

• They have better batteries.

• They do not use binary.

Who is this and what did he help make? (Choose 2 answers!)

• Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs

• an operating system

• binary

An example of input is:

• looking at a picture

• printing a document

• listening to music

• typing on a keyboard