Understanding Computers: Input, Processing, and Output

What are the four fundamental tasks that all computers must perform?

• Input, storage, processing, and output

• Input, calculation, storage, and display

• Storage, processing, calculation, and output

• Input, output, calculation, and storage

Which of the following is NOT an example of an input device?

• Microphone

• Printer

• Keyboard

• Mouse

How does a computer's processor handle information?

• It deletes it after use

• It manipulates it using an algorithm

• It stores it permanently

• It sends it directly to the output

What can a computer display as output?

• Only photos and videos

• Only text

• Text, photos, videos, and interactive games

• Only interactive games

When computers are connected over the internet, what happens to the output from one computer?

• It is deleted

• It becomes the input to another computer

• It is sent to a printer

• It is stored in the cloud