Computers & Digital Etiquette

Which statement is an opinion about personal computers?

• Desktop computers are best for playing games

• Smart phones have a variety of capabilities

• Personal computers are designed for a single user

• Laptops can play movies

Transistors are to computers as ________ are to homes.

• Neighborhoods

• Architects

• Bricks

• Rooms

In what way does binary resemble a language?

• It is spoken

• It communicates information

• It uses words and letters

• It has many dialects

Which term best describes a digital scanner?

• Input hardware

• Output hardware

• Input software

• Output software

Which of the following is considered software?

• Central processing unit (CPU)

• Operating system

• Random access memory

• Graphics chip

The motherboard is most similar to what system of the human body?

• Circulatory system

• Digestive system

• Respiratory system

• Nervous system

Which statement about RAM is true?

• It is a processor

• It interprets audio data

• It holds less data than storage

• It stores data permanently

What is the flow of communication when you open a music file?

• Storage, CPU, RAM, operating system

• Operating system, CPU, storage, RAM

• CPU, RAM, operating system, storage

• Operating system, RAM, storage, CPU

What can you infer about the prefix "giga?"

• It is only used with units of time

• It is only used with units of speed

• It is smaller than "mega"

• It stands for a billion

Which action is most likely to slow down a computer's performance?

• Running many programs at the same time

• Adding more memory

• Installing a faster CPU

• Deleting large data files