Computer Basics Scavenger Hunt

What machine processes data and performs tasks according to a set of instructions?

• Smart Phone

• Computer

What type of computers control and regulate the flow of traffic?

• Stop Lights

• Traffic Lights

What is used to operate cell phones and wireless networks used to communicate with others?

• Super Computers

• Microcomputers

How many steps are used to process information?

• Four (4)

• Five (5)

What are the physical components of computer equipment called?

• Software

• Hardware

What are the instructions that tell the computer what to do?

• Software

• Hardware

(Mac)intosh and Wndows are two popular ________ sytems.

• Hardware

• Operating

__________ applications provide another way to accomplish specific tasks.

• Software

• Online

The initials "CPU" stand for the words...

• Central Printing Unit

• Central Processing Unit

__________ is the name used for a piece of hardware that works with the CPU.

• Peripheral

• Port