What Makes a Computer a Comptuer?

Which TWO of the following ar the best ways to describe a computer?

• A machine that works with information to help people with thinking tasks.

• A machine with a screen and a keyboard.

• A machine that can connect to the internet.

• A machine that inputs, outputs, stores, and processes information.

• A machine that uses electricity.

Which pair of words correctly completes this sentence?

The first human inventions helped us with ______ work. In time, people wanted to know if a machine could help with ________ work.

• manual - thinking

• physical - manual

• computer - thinking

• hard - easy

True or False:

Input is anything that tells a computer what to do.

• True

• False

Which of the following items are examples of INPUT? (Choose 3 answers)

• Keyboard or Mouse

• GPS Location

• Camera or Microphone

• Speakers or Headphones

• Recommendation of a Movie to Watch

Which of the following are examples of OUTPUT? (Choose 2 answers)

• Clicking Buttons in an App

• Signal to Control a Robot

• Entering Text (Typing) in an App

• Motion Sensor

• Speakers or Headphones

All of the following are things that a computer's processor does EXCEPT for: (choose the answer that does not belong)

• Taking information from memory.

• Manipulating and changing information using an algorithm.

• Sending information back to memory.

• Storing information to use in the future.

What type of processing is this?

If something is true, then do something else.

• If/Then

• Comparing

• Find a Match

• Counting

What type of processing is this?

Search a list or the internet for a match.

• If/Then

• Comparing

• Find a Match

• Counting

What type of processing is this?

Keeps track of how many of something there are.

• If/Then

• Comparing

• Find a Match

• Counting

What type of processing is this?

Check whether things or the same or if one is larger than another.

• If/Then

• Comparing

• Find a Match

• Counting