Year 8 - Spring 1 Assessment - Understanding Computers

Which of the following is computer hardware?

• Monitor

• Scanner

• Keyboard

Which of the following is an input device?

• A mouse

• Speakers

• DVD Player

• Printer

Which of the following is an output device?

• Keyboard

• Hard Drive

• Printer

• Blu-ray Player

Which of the following is a storage device

• RAM (Random Access Memory)

• A CPU

• ROM (Read Only Memory)

• SD Card

Which of the following is an input device?

• USB Stick

• Projector

• Webcam

• All of these

Which of the following is an output device?

• Headphones

• Graphics Tablet

• Game Controller

• Microphone

Which of the following is computer software?

• Touchscreen

• Printer

• MS Windows

• CD ROM

What would be the most suitable device to transfer 12 photos from one PC to another?

• USB stick

• CD ROM

• Scanner

• Printer

What type of computer memory temporarily stores running programs and currently used data?

• CPU

• ROM

• ASCII

• RAM

How many cycles per second in 1 kilohertz (kHz)?

• 100

• 1000

• 100,000

• 100,000,000