Year 8:  Under the Hood

Year 8: Under the Hood

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Year 8:  Under the Hood

Year 8: Under the Hood

Assessment

Quiz

Computers

8th Grade

Hard

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Steve Diamond

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

How did Alan Turing describe a computer?

Computers will take over the world

A computer's purpose is to execute programs that operate on data.

A computer's purpose is to make life easier

Computers will let us communicate with people from around the world

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Software can be known as

Programs

The hard drive

The monitor

Volatile

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Sound, video and documents are programs

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

The operating system is

Software

Hardware

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is the main task of a general purpose computing system?

The main task is to execute programs

There is no main task. It can perform any

task prescribed by a program

The main task depends on the system.

Different systems may perform a

different main task

The main task depends on the user.

Different users may need the system to

perform a different main task

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What are the physical components of a computer called?

Hardware

Software

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Desktop, Laptop, Phone, Raspberry Pi 4, micro:bit and the Rover all contain

A Processor

Memory

Storage

Communication

All of these

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