According to the video, INPUT DEVICES do what?

Convert physical input to binary information

Converts information to physical output

According to the video, OUTPUT does what?

Converts information to physical output

Convert physical input to binary information

When you type a letter on the keyboard, how is that letter sent to the CPU?

The keyboard draws the letter on the CPU's whiteboard

Different colors for different letters

According to the video, when the CPU understands that you typed the letter 'B', it does what?

Retrieves from memory the instructions on how to draw the letter 'B', pixel by pixel.

The CPU asks the keyboard to repeat, just to make sure there's been no misunderstanding.

The CPU waits to see if you will press 'B' again.

Re-converts the binary version of 'B' back to the physical, and pushes the key back up.

If I can't see software, what is software?

The games, the programs, the code

The rubbery parts of the computer case

When you turn the speakers down low

The data that you store on a USB drive

When you look inside of a computing device, what do you see, or what do we call the things you can see?

A vision of my dad asking me why I took the computer apart

Select all of the statements that are TRUE about a CPU.

It has circuits to do simple math and logic

It has circuits to send and receive information to and from other parts of the computer

It receives simple commands to tell it which circuit to use

What's a good explanation for the difference between hardware and software?

Hardware you can touch; software tells the computer what to do

Hardware is software that has been left outside in the sun too long

Hardware is the input, and software is the output

There is only one software application that can work on the hardware

The Operating System of a computer is... what?

The master program that manages how software uses the hardware of a computer

Special programs like Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides

Special programs that are used in the operating room of a hospital

A program that manages separate user accounts on a computer

When you think your computer is running many programs at once, in reality...

...it's the operating system that is quickly switching between programs

...it's the opposite. Many programs are causing the operating system to do whatever they want it to do.

...it's many tiny squirrels who are deciding what programs to run

...the computer is time-traveling to a point in the future when your computer has finished running your program

Microsoft Word, Google, Operating System

Microsoft Word, speakers, Snipping Tool

HOW COMPUTERS WORK

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic components of a computer?

storage

processing

input

audio

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Which of these devices is an example of OUTPUT?

microphone

printer

keyboard

mouse

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What are the little dots called that make up a monitor screen?

pixels

bits

bytes

points

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What type of memory is deleted when you turn off the computer?

ROM

RAM

hard drive

flash

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What type of code does a computer use to process sound?

secret

binary

microphone

rhythm

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pictures, movies, sounds on a computer are really just made of ___?

real people inside a box

new creative thought on a machine

the internet

combination of switches on and off

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?

temporary storage

permanent storage

memory used to start the computer

flash drive

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HOW COMPUTERS WORK

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic components of a computer?

Which of these devices is an example of OUTPUT?

What are the little dots called that make up a monitor screen?

What type of memory is deleted when you turn off the computer?

What type of code does a computer use to process sound?

Pictures, movies, sounds on a computer are really just made of ___?

What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?

Which of the following are INPUT devices?

Which of the following are STORAGE devices?

What does this part of the computer for?

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