Computer Systems Homework

Which of these items are software?

• A keyboard

• A program for editing images

• The operating system

• A file containing an image

• A browser

Which of these items are software?

• A mouse

• An astronomy program

• A browser

• A screen

• The operating system

Which of these items are hardware?

• A keyboard

• A program for editing images

• A mouse

• The operating system

Which of these items are hardware?

• A screen

• A file containing an image

• A browser

• A wireless network adapter

• An astronomy program

Which of the following are programs?

• A word processor

• An operating system

• An image

• The processor (CPU)

Which of these are of operating systems

• Windows

• Word

• Linux

• OneNote

What does a processor (CPU) do?

• Stores programs

• Stores data

• Executes programs

• Executes data

• Processes data

What does the main memory (RAM) do?

• Stores programs

• Stores data

• Executes programs

• Executes data

• Processes data

What is stored in storage devices?

• Hardware components

• Programs

• Data

• None of the others. The term ‘storage’ is misleading

Which of the devices below are input devices.

• Mouse

• Keyboard

• Printer

• Microphone

• Speaker