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WorksheetsHow Computers Work - #5
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
According to the video, all computers do these same four things...
Input, output, CPU, and RAM
Crash, burn, hang, and virus
Input, store, randomize, and print information
Input, store, process, and output information
According to the video, INPUT DEVICES do what?
Calculates information
Convert physical input to binary information
Store information
Converts information to physical output
According to the video, MEMORY does what?
Calculates information
Convert physical input to binary information
Stores information
Converts information to physical output
According to the video, the CPU (central processing unit) does what?
Calculates information
Convert physical input to binary information
Stores information
Converts information to physical output
According to the video, OUTPUT does what?
Calculates information
Convert physical input to binary information
Stores information
Converts information to physical output
Select all of the things that are INPUT devices of your computer.
Mouse
Printer
Keyboard
Monitor
Your cat
When we talk about BINARY in computers, we are talking about what?
Binoculars
Ones and zeroes
Base-16 numbers
Two canaries
When you type a letter on the keyboard, how is that letter sent to the CPU?
As a series of dots and dashes
The keyboard draws the letter on the CPU's whiteboard
As ones and zeroes (binary)
Different colors for different letters
According to the video, when the CPU understands that you typed the letter 'B', it does what?
Retrieves from memory the instructions on how to draw the letter 'B', pixel by pixel.
The CPU asks the keyboard to repeat, just to make sure there's been no misunderstanding.
The CPU waits to see if you will press 'B' again.
Re-converts the binary version of 'B' back to the physical, and pushes the key back up.
Select all of the OUTPUT devices.
Printer
Keyboard
Monitor
Speakers
Your cat
What are the four tasks all computers do? Choose the best answer.
Red, green, blue, and alpha channel
Store information, print information, and read and write information
Input information, store and process information, and output information
Give us something to put in our bags or desktop, and go dead when we forget to charge them.
