Basic Computing Knowledge

What does a computer allow you to do?

• Type documents and send email
• Browse the Internet
• Store and retrieve data
• All of the above

The cloud allows you to ________.

• access your email from any computer with an Internet connection
•  automatically back up your data
• easily bring your files with you
• do all of the above

A mouse can connect to the computer with a ________ connection.

• USB
• PS/2
•  Bluetooth
•  All of the above

If a Windows program has become unresponsive, which keys do you press to open the Task Manager?

• Shift, Tab, Enter
• Home, Control, Shift
• Space bar, F1, Tab
• Control, Alt, Delete

What is software?

• Anything connected to the computer that is soft
• Anything connected to the computer that you can touch
• Any set of instructions that you can work with
• Any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do

The CPU is called the Central Processing Unit and is the brains of the computer.

• True
• False

A speaker and a printer are input devices.

• True
• False

__________ is basically anything you can touch with your fingers.

• Hardware
• CPU
• Network
• Software

What is this called?

• CPU
• Screen
• Mouse
• Box

What part of the computer do you use to type?

• Desktop
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Cursor