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Total questions: 22

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Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the input device for fourth generation

a)

Keyboard

b)

Punch cards

c)

Monitor

d)

Mouse

e)

Scanner

2.

Second generation computers used

a)

Vacuum tubes

b)

Microprocessors

c)

Transistors

d)

Integrated circuits

3.

Who is the Father of Computers?

a)

Lady Ada Lovelace

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Grace Hopper

d)

John Mauchly

4.
What device do you use to protect the internal components of a computers?
a)
A computer case
b)
A hard drive
c)
A keyboard
d)
A mouse
5.

The main processor: every instruction goes through it.
a)
Motherboard
b)
CPU
c)
Operating System
6.

Show what the software is doing.
a)
Input Devices
b)
Output Devices
7.

A special kind of electric switch with low and high settings that can be used to represent numbers, words, pictures, ect.
a)
Bits
b)
Software
c)
Transistors
8.

Master program that manages the interactions between hardware and software.
a)
Software
b)
Operation System
c)
Hardware
9.

Stores information for the operation of a computer; similar to short-term memory.
a)
ROM
b)
REM
c)
RAM
d)
MAR
10.

Interpret the instructions from the software.
a)
Processors
b)
Transistors
11.

Holds the main components of a computer in place.
a)
CPU
b)
Operation System
c)
Motherboard
12.

Basic unit of binary information.
a)
Hertz
b)
Bits
13.

The physical components of a computer.
a)
Software
b)
Operating System
c)
Hardware
14.

A unit of frequency equal to 1 cycle per second.
a)
Bits
b)
Hertz
15.
Which term best describes a digital scanner?
a)
Input hardware
b)
Output hardware
c)
Input Software
d)
Output Software
16.
Which of the following is considered software?
a)
Central Processing Unit
b)
Operating System
c)
Random Access Memory
d)
Graphics Chip
17.

CPU

a)

supplies power to the components

b)

the heart of the computer, connects all the components

c)

connects the hard drive to the motherboard

d)

the brain of the computer, executes all the programs

18.

hard drive

a)

plays dvds

b)

storage for all software and files on the computer

c)

allows the computer to "think"

d)

cools the CPU

19.

CPU Fan

a)

sits on top of the heat sink, and draws heat away from the CPU so it doesn't overheat

b)

cools the entire computer

c)

acts like the CPUs assistant

d)

sits directly on top of the CPU, and cools the CPU while it is working

20.

heat sink

a)

stores all software and files

b)

helps lower the temperature of the CPU by distributing heat on its fins

c)

supplies power to the CPU

d)

helps lower the temperature of the CPU with its fan blades

21.

DVD/CD Drive

a)

a disc for watching movies or listening to music

b)

streams video

c)

the disc contained on a hard drive

d)

writes data onto removable discs, or reads data off of the disc.

22.

How many bits in a byte?

a)

8

b)

14

c)

72

d)

16