1.1 Quiz #2

How does a computer receive data entered by a user?

• Through the use of peripheral devices, such as mice and keyboards

• Through the use of the Internet

• Through interfaces such as a printer or computer screen

• Through data written directly to memory

• Through telepathy

What three elements are required for a computer to perform useful tasks?

• Hardware, software, and the computer user

• Keyboard, printer, and software

• The computer programmer, the user, and the technician

• Hardware, monitor, computer user

• Xbox controller, headset, and a bag of twizzlers

What is the difference between hardware and software?

• Software refers to a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work. Hardware is the set of physical components that make up the system and perform the work.

• Hardware is the term used to refer to the computer instructions that tell the computer how to work. Software is the equipment that performs the work.

• There isn't really a difference between software and hardware; they are interchangeable terms.

• In simple terms, software does all the work and hardware acts as the brain.

• Hardware acts all hard but is actually soft, whereas software is called soft but is actually quite hard.

What are peripheral devices?

• The parts of a computer system that are not contained within the case

• All of the parts of the computer that are contained within the case

• The parts of the computer that reside on the motherboard

• The parts of the computer that reside within the monitor

• The parts that connect the hip bone to the leg bone.... it connects the hip bone to the... leg bone.

How does a user receive information from a computer?

• Data is shown or displayed to the user through an output device.

• Information is interfaced using the keyboard.

• The data is transferred via the Internet.

• The data is stored on a hard drive or flash drive.

• It receives a handwritten letter in the mail.

When a computer writes data to memory and manipulates that data, the computer is said to be doing what?

• The computer is using the CPU to act on instructions from the operating system and application software.

• The computer is sending output to a monitor or printer.

• A computer cannot write data to memory.

• The CPU is operating independently from the user without input or instructions from the operating system or application software.

• The computer is jumping to the jam boogie woogie jam slam, busting the dialect because its the man in command.

Why do computers save or write data to a storage device?

• Data running on system memory is only preserved while the computer is powered up.

• A given instruction or piece of data is stored in memory to keep track of it.

• Due to recent technological advances, a computer no longer needs to use memory to save data.

• A CPU needs a cache to save memory.

• It's like those Geico commercials say, its what they do.

What is the most common use for peripheral devices in a computer?

• To enter information as input or deliver to the user as output

• To generate the graphics that show up on the monitor

• To process the input information and prepare it for output

• To store information within the computer case, to be used later

• They will scratch your back but only if you scratch theirs first

What systems use a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and memory?

• All types of computers

• Servers only

• Desktops only

• Laptops only

• C3P0 only

How is computer data defined?

• Information shared in an IT system using nothing more complicated than the binary digits 1 and 0

• Information presented as unprocessed facts and figures without any added interpretation or analysis

• Information transferred between people either through speaking or writing, using words in a structured and conventional way

• Information that references something else in design or origin

• It is defined as a small furry marsupial having a long usually prehensile tail