an optical storage device read by a laser beam

a magnetic storage device read by magnetised read-write head

a magnetic storage device read by a laser beam

Pits and Lands are used to represent 1s and 0s

data is written in concentric circles

you can write data to the disk more than once

All data is represented in ASCII

Which of the following is likely to be held in Random Access Memory (RAM)?

A document that the user is typing in Word

Start-up instructions used when a PC is switched on

Washing programs used in a washing machine

Which of the following is likely to be held in Read Only Memory (ROM)?

Start-up instructions used when a PC is switched on

Software such as Word while a user is typing a document

A document saved by the user for permanent storage

What is the function of the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?

To fetch, decode and execute instructions

To act as a temporary data store

To act as a permanent data store

To hold computer programs while they are being executed

Moore’s Law states that:

memory capacity in a computer will double every two years

memory capacity in a computer will double every ten years

processor speed can never exceed 10GHz

processor speed depends on memory capacity

ASCII is an abbreviation for...

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

American System Code for Information Interchange

American Standard Code for Information exchange

Alternative Standard Code for Information Interchange

Why do computers need to use ASCII?

ASCII is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers.

ASCII is a code used to keep information secret

ASCII is used to save images and photos on the computer

ASCII is used to save sound and video on the computer

a code for representing characters in binary

a method of translating from denary to binary

Which of the following can be represented in ASCII?

Alphabetic characters such as A, B, C

Numeric characters such as 5, 6, 7

“Special” characters such as %,*, &

Which of the following is true?

All PCs use the ASCII code for representing characters

A space between words is a character which can be represented in ASCII

One byte of data can hold one ASCII character

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Which of the following is computer hardware?

Monitor

Keyboard

Scanner

All of the above

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following is an input device?

Monitor

Mouse

Printer

CD ROM

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following is an output device?

Keyboard

Hard Disc

CD ROM

Monitor

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a storage device?

CD ROM

Laser printer

RAM (Random Access Memory)

A scanner

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an input device?

A digital camera

a speaker

a flash drive

an inkjet printer

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following is an output device?

A lift button

A joystick

A laser printer

A scanner

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30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is computer software?

Touch screen

Microsoft Windows

Printer

Floppy disc

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Which of the following is an input device?

Which of the following is an output device?

Which of the following is a storage device?

Which of the following is an input device?

Which of the following is an output device?

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