Understanding CPU Functions and Software

What are the two main parts that make a computer work?

• Hardware and Software

• Screen and Keyboard

• Mouse and Printer

• Internet and Games

What do we call the physical parts inside a computer, like circuits, chips, and wires?

• Software

• Hardware

• Programs

• Data

What are computer programs or code that run on a machine called?

• Hardware

• Circuits

• Software

• Wires

Which of these is an example of software?

• A computer mouse

• A speaker

• A video game

• A computer screen

What is the main chip that controls all the other parts of the computer?

• Memory

• Speaker

• CPU

• Keyboard

What does the CPU have inside it to handle different tasks?

• Large, complex parts

• Small, simple parts

• Only one big part

• No parts, it's just one chip

What kind of tasks can the circuits inside a CPU do?

• Only math problems

• Only send and receive information

• Math, logic, and sending/receiving information

• Only play games

What does the CPU receive to know which circuit to use for a specific job?

• Pictures

• Simple commands

• Sounds

• Colors

How are simple commands and numbers represented in a computer?

• As letters and words

• As binary ones and zeros

• As pictures and drawings

• As sounds and music

Where are the binary commands stored before the CPU executes them?

• On the screen

• In the memory

• In the speakers

• On the keyboard