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1.1 The Information Age

Authored by Amaralys Valle

Computers

8th Grade

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1.1 The Information Age
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term that refers to the operations performed by a computer to retrieve, transform, or classify information?

Input

Processing

Output

Storage

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term that refers to the saving of information on memory chips, discs, or other storage media by a computer for later use?

Input

Processing

Output

Storage

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term that refers to the information that a user physically entered into a computer by pressing a key on a keyboard, clicking a mouse, tapping a touch screen, pushing a button on a game controller, speaking into a microphone, etc.?

Input

Processing

Output

Storage

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term that refers to the information that a computer returns to a user such as images on a screen, sounds from speakers, and printed pages?

Input

Processing

Output

Storage

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term that refers to a smaller, faster, cheaper, and more durable electronic device that replaced mechanical relays, which were slow and tended to wear down over time?

Hollerith's Tabulating Machine

Transistor

Microchip

Computer

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term that refers to an early computing machine that used punched cards and metal pins. It was used to compile the 1890 US census?

Hollerith's Tabulating Machine

Transistor

Microchip

Computer

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term that refers to an electronic device that allowed entire computers to be built into a single board, replacing modules for each part of the computer?

Hollerith's Tabulating Machine

Transistor

Microchip

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