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Computer

Total questions: 140

Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a computer?

a)

An electronic device that receives input, processes it and provides an output in the desired format.

b)

An electronic device to do homework, play video games or surf on the internet.

c)

An electronic device that receives input, stores or processes the input and provides an output in the desired format.

2.

Typing an essay in Word is an example of input.

a)

Yes, because you're inserting data into the computer.

b)

No, because you're not introducing data into the computer.

c)

I don't know.

3.

Taking a picture with the cell phone is an example of output.

a)

Yes, because it's the result of processing data.

b)

No, because it's not the result of processing data.

c)

I don't know.

4.

Printing a document is an example of output.

a)

Yes, because it is the result of processing data.

b)

No, because it's not the result of processing data.

c)

I don't know.

5.

Listening to audio through the speakers is an example of input.

a)

Yes, because you're inserting data into the computer.

b)

No, because you're not inserting data into the computer.

c)

I don't know.

6.

Listening to audio through the speakers is an example of input.

a)

Yes, because you're inserting data into the computer.

b)

No, because you're not inserting data into the computer.

c)

I don't know.

7.

Is this a valid example of the Input-Process-Output Model?

Input: Scanning picture.

Process: Editing the picture.

Output: Printed poster with picture.

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

c)

I don't know.

8.

Is this a valid example of the Input-Process-Output Model?

Input: Text and numbers typed on keyboard.

Process: Calculations performed in a spreadsheet.

Output: Bank record.

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

c)

I don't know.

9.

Check all the examples of Input Units.

a)

Keyboard

b)

Microphone

c)

Speakers

d)

Mouse

10.

Check all the examples of Output Units.

a)

Screen.

b)

Printer.

c)

Headphones.

d)

Keyboard.

11.

The control unit, arithmetic logic unit and memory are together called Central Processing Unit or CPU.

a)

Yes

b)

No.

c)

I don't know.

12.

Hardware cannot be touched, only software can be touched.

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

c)

I don't know.

13.

Software is the set of instructions or programs that make a computer function. It cannot be touched or seen.

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

c)

I don't know.

14.

Check all the characteristics of computers.

a)

Speed.

b)

Accuracy.

c)

Reliability.

d)

Versatility.

e)

Store capacity.

15.

Check all the advantages of using a computer.

a)

Computers can do the same task repetitively with the same accuracy.

b)

Computers allow you to play video games.

c)

Computers do not get tires or bored.

d)

Computers have access to the internet.

e)

Computers can take up routine tasks while releasing human resource for more intelligent functions.

16.

Check all the disadvantages of using a computer

a)

Computers only help you do homework.

b)

Computers can work many hours at a time.

c)

Computers have no intelligence. They follow instructions blindly without considering the outcome.

d)

Regular electric supply is necessary to make computers work.

17.

You use it to see people while talking to them on the Internet.

a)

webcam

b)

mouse

18.

We use it to move around the screen.

a)

mouse

b)

modem

19.

We use it to type information into a computer.

a)

tower

b)

keyboard

20.

We use it to copy documents or pictures onto a computer.

a)

screen

b)

scanner

21.

It is a device which uses a telephone line to connect computers.

a)

modem

b)

external drive

22.

It is a tall box which contains the main parts of a computer such as the hard disk and the drives.

a)

controller

b)

tower

23.

I love to listen to music while I work, so I (a)   all my favourite songs on my computer.

24.

You must always (a)   your work before you close the file.

25.

David, can you please help me (a)   this program from the Internet?

26.

I’ll (a)   a copy of the document for you.

27.

You can keep the files you need and (a)   the rest.

28.

If you want to (a)   to the Internet, click here.

29.

I can help you (a)   the photos from your digital camera to your computer, if you like.

30.

To send the email, just (a)   the ‘send’ button.

31.

For sale - Limium Camera

14 megapixels - digital zoom

Bought 2 months ago but never used

Phone Miriam: 989034521


The advert says that the camera:

a)

is a new model

b)

hasn't been turned on

c)

was used for 2 months

32.

Dear Aunt Megan,

Thanks so much for the tennis rackets! They are a great present and I use them at practise. Hope you had a great weekend! Please send me some pictures!

Thomas


Why was Thomas written the letter?

a)

To wish his aunt a nice weekend

b)

To thank his aunt for a gift

c)

To send his aunt some pictures

33.

SMS MESSAGE - RECEIVED 09:13

Hi Mum! Can we give Maggie a lift to the concert tonight? We need to pick her up from her house, so we should leave home earlier than usual. We are also bringing her back home. Jenny


Jenny...

a)

says she's going to the concert with Maggie's mum.

b)

asks her mum to take her and Maggie to the concert.

c)

tells her mum she will be home earlier than usual.

34.

WANTED: PART-TIME WORKER

The café needs someone to work in the afternoons three days a week. The pay is 10£ per hour. Perfect for students. No experience is needed.


What is true about the job?

a)

You don't need to have experience.

b)

It's not appropriate to students.

c)

You must work every day.

35.

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY - CHESS

We've decided to offer chess lessons again this year. If you're interested, please fill in the form and give it to Mr Gibbs. We aldo need written permission from your parents.


The notice informs that...

a)

parents should talk to Mr Gibbs.

b)

parents must agree to their children taking the lessons.

c)

this is the first time the school offered chess lessons.

36.
Who is the father of Computer?
a)
Mike Brown
b)
Charles Babbage
c)
Tim cook
d)
Bell
37.
Keyboard is ......... device?
a)
An Output
b)
An Input
c)
Software
d)
Memory
38.
Monitor is ........ device?
a)
An Input
b)
An Output
c)
CPU
d)
Both 1 & 2
39.
Basic parts of Computer?
a)
Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, & CPU
b)
Memory, Software, Hardware, & System
40.
Microsoft word is used for?
a)
Painting
b)
Drawing
c)
Typing
d)
Hunting
41.
Which of the following is a presentation program?
a)
MS Word
b)
MS Excel
c)
MS PowerPoint
d)
None  of the above
42.
_______________ is known as the brain of a computer.
a)
Monitor
b)
Keyboard
c)
CPU
d)
System
43.
Name the Web browser?
a)
Google Chrome
b)
Internet Explorer
c)
Mozilla Firefox
d)
Safari
44.
Name the Web browser?
a)
Safari
b)
Google Chrome
c)
Internet Explorer
d)
Mozilla Firefox
45.
Choose an example of an Output Device?
a)
The Keyboard
b)
Speakers
c)
The mouse
46.
Choose an example of an Input Device?
a)
Speakers
b)
The Screen
c)
The Keyboard
47.
When you sit in front of the screen, you must?
a)
Slouch over the keyboard
b)
Sit upright
c)
Sleep
48.
You cannot insert pictures in PowerPoint?
a)
True
b)
False
49.
Name this Icon?
a)
MS Excel
b)
MS Word
c)
MS PowerPoint
d)
None of the above
50.
WWW stands for?
a)
Wibble Wobble Wibble
b)
World Wide Web
c)
World Wide Wise
d)
Wonderful Willie Wonka
51.
Computers cannot be used to........
a)
Play music
b)
Play games
c)
Control traffic lights
d)
Change diapers
52.
Which of the following is a storage device?
a)
Hard Disk
b)
USB Disk
c)
Floppy Disk
d)
  All of the above
53.
I have 6 messages in my ............
a)
Mobile
b)
Server
c)
Inbox
d)
Computer
54.
This computer is small enough to fit on your lap and is very portable.
a)
Laptop
b)
Tower
c)
  Computer
d)
Motherboard
55.
How many generations of computers we have?
a)
6
b)
7
c)
4
d)
5
56.

What is this?

a)

This is the right click

b)

This is the scroll

c)

This is the left click

d)

This is the CPU

57.

What is this?

a)

This is the right click

b)

This is the scroll

c)

This is the left click

d)

This is the CPU

58.

What is this?

a)

This is the keyboard.

b)

This is the USC driver

c)

This is the monitor

d)

This is a computer

59.

What is this?

a)

This is the right click

b)

This is the scroll

c)

This is the left click

d)

This is the CPU

60.

It is the picture on the desktop.

a)

Wallpaper

b)

Recycle Bin

c)

Icon

d)

taskbar

61.

It is a rectangle at the bottom of the desktop.

a)

menu bar

b)

task bar

c)

start button

d)

wallpaper

62.

It is a rectangle at the bottom of the desktop.

a)

menu bar

b)

task bar

c)

start button

d)

wallpaper

63.

It is the round button on the left side of the taskbar.

a)

Program button

b)

Start button

64.

It is a button that represents an opened program.

a)

Start button

b)

Program button

65.

It is at the rightmost side of the notification area.

a)

desktop button

b)

start button

c)

program button

66.

Which parts of the window is given in the picture?

a)

sizing buttons

b)

close button

c)

menu bar

d)

sizing button

67.
a)

Title bar

b)

menu bar

c)

window border

68.

The window borders are the lines that surround a window.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

69.

Which icon given in the picture?

a)

Computer

b)

Recycle Bin

70.

Which part of the taskbar is given in the picture?

a)

Start Button

b)

Program Button

c)

Notification Area

71.

What is not a computer?

a)

an electronic machine

b)

forgot easily

c)

thinking machine

72.

What is a machine?

a)
b)
c)
73.

Steps

a)

Input ---> Process ---> Output

b)

Input ---> Output ---> Process

c)

Output ---> Process ---> Input

74.
a)

Input

b)

Process

c)

Output

75.
a)

Input

b)

Process

c)

Output

76.
a)

Graphics software

b)

Word processing software

c)

Spreadsheet software

77.
a)

Spreadsheet software

b)

Graphics software

c)

Word processing software

78.
a)

Word processing software

b)

Spreadsheet software

c)

Communications software

79.
a)

Communications software

b)

Spreadsheet software

c)

Graphics software

80.

What is a Desktop?

a)

DATA

b)

an electronic machine

c)

Screen that you can see after log on windows

81.

Can save file works

a)
b)
c)
82.

Graphics software what to do?

a)

Write

b)

create art

c)

numbers

83.

Word processing software what to do?

a)

Notes

b)

Create art

c)

Charts

84.

Spreadsheet software what to do?

a)

Charts

b)

computer to computer

c)

Write

85.

Communications software what to do?

a)

create art

b)

charts

c)

computer to computer

86.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

87.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

88.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

89.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

90.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

91.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

92.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

93.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

94.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

95.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

96.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

97.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

98.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

99.

Computer or Not A Computer?

a)

Computer

b)

Not a Computer

100.

Who is Mark Zuckerberg

a)

an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded Facebook

b)

a British technology entrepreneur and philanthropist who co-founded Facebook

c)

an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Facebook

d)

a computer hacker

101.

Who founded Google?

a)

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

b)

Larry Page and Mark Zuckerberg

c)

Larry Page

d)

Sergey Brin and Elon Mask

102.

What is Jeff Bezos famous for?

a)

Tesla Motors

b)

Google

c)

Amazon

d)

Amazonia

103.

Who helped in develop the Argus programming language?

a)

Barbara Liskov

b)

Barbara Lippett

c)

John Argus

d)

Argus Liskov

104.

The principal founder of the Microsoft Corporation is:

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Larry Page

d)

Clint Bezos

105.

Apple Inc is a multinational technology company founded by:

a)

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne

b)

Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne and Larry Page

c)

Ronald Wayne, Larry Page and Bill Gates

d)

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

106.

Computers are great machines for:

a)

repetitive tasks

b)

impossible tasks

c)

small tasks

d)

practical tasks

107.

One of the dangers of using a computer is using it too much for way too long without moving or thinking for myself.

a)

True

b)

False

108.

The 20-20-20 rule aims to help prevent and relieve digital eye strain.

a)

True

b)

False

109.

Ada Lovelace is best known for:

a)

her work on the Analytical Machine and for publishing the first algorithm

b)

her work on the first digital computer

c)

her work on developing Twitter

d)

her work on developing Mathematics for programming

110.

The basis of the first digital computer were developed thanks to huge contributions from:

a)

John Von Neumann

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Bill Gates

d)

Steve Jobs

111.

The von Neumann architecture is a computer architecture based on a 1945 description by the mathematician and physicist John von Neumann

a)

True

b)

False

112.

Alan Turing was a British computer scientist who was highly influential in the development of:

a)

formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine

b)

linear programming

c)

the mainframe computer

d)

computer ergonomics

113.

The Turing Machine, developed by Alan Turing can be considered as a model of the general purpose computer as we know it today.

a)

True

b)

False

114.

Who is the English cryptanalyst best known for her work as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War

a)

Joan Clarke

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Amy Turner

d)

Grace Hooper

115.

Joan Clarke had an important role in a project that decrypted Nazi Germany's secret communications. Which project was this?

a)

Enigma Project

b)

Nazi Project

c)

Encrypto Project

d)

Bit coin Project

116.

Tommy Flowers was an English engineer who worked with the British Post Office

a)

True

b)

False

117.

Tommy Flowers designed and built Colossus, which was:

a)

the world's first programmable electronic computer, to help solve encrypted German messages

b)

the world's first programmable electronic computer, to help solve complex mathematical equations

c)

the world's first printer

d)

the world's first electronic pager

118.

Grace Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy admiral. She was also a:

a)

pioneer of computer programming

b)

computer hardware scientist

c)

co-developer of the first computer

d)

pioneer of solar engineering

119.

A computer is a digital machine, good at:

a)

following a set of mathematical equations

b)

following a set of instructions called an algorithm

c)

following clever programs

d)

following a list of encrypted data

120.
Who developed the idea of a stored program computer and modern computer architecture?
a)
John Von Neumann
b)
Bill Gates
c)
Steve Jobs
d)
Tim Berners-Lee
121.
The idea developed in 1945 by Von Neumann of a computer holding both programs and the data used by the programs in memory is called the..?
a)
Stored Program Concept
b)
Memory Program System
c)
Stored Memory Concept
d)
Stored Memory Program
122.
What connects the processor and memory?
a)
Buses
b)
Cache
c)
NIC
d)
Control Unit
123.
What are the 3 parts of the Von Neumann computer architecture?
a)
Processor (CU & ALU), Memory Unit & Input/Output
b)
Processor, RAM & ROM
c)
Processor, RAM & Hard Disk
d)
Memory (CU & ALU), Hard Disk & Input/Output
124.
What are the two main parts of the processor?
a)
Control Unit & Arithmetic Logic Unit
b)
RAM & ROM
c)
RAM & Cache
d)
Control Unit & Cache
125.
Which of these is not a bus within the computer?
a)
I/O Bus
b)
Address Bus
c)
Data Bus
d)
Control
126.
Which of these is not a bus within the computer?
a)
I/O Bus
b)
Address Bus
c)
Data Bus
d)
Control
127.
Which of these buses is bi-directional?
a)
Data Bus
b)
Control Bus
c)
Address Bus
d)
Cache Bus
128.
Which bus is used to send read and write signals to a storage device such as a HDD?
a)
Control Bus
b)
Data Bus
c)
Address Bus
d)
I/O Bus
129.
The location of where data can be found in the computer memory is called the?
a)
Address
b)
Coordinates
c)
Register
d)
Cache
130.
The small high speed storage areas within the memory and processor are known as..?
a)
Registers
b)
Addresses
c)
Cache
d)
Buses
131.
The MDR, MAR, PC & CIR are all examples of..?
a)
Registers
b)
Addresses
c)
Buses
d)
Control Units
132.
Which of the following is not a register?
a)
CU
b)
MAR
c)
MDR
d)
PC
133.
What does the DDR in DDR SDRAM stand for?
a)
Double Data Rate
b)
Dynamic Data Rate
c)
Double Data Repitition
d)
Dynamic Data Repitition
134.
The full name for the RAM used in modern computers is SDRAM, what does the SD stand for?
a)
Synchronous Dynamic 
b)
Synchronous Data
c)
Secure Digital
d)
Synchronous Digital
135.

A real-time operating system

a)

allows multiple users to access a computer system at the same time

b)

allows more than one program to be running at the same time

c)

aims at executing real-time applications

136.

A distributed operating system

a)

allows multiple users to access a computer system at the same time

b)

manages a group of independent computers and makes them appear to be a single computer.

c)

These are operating systems designed to power smartphones and tablets

137.

Mobile OS

a)

xp

b)

iOS

c)

linux

138.

DOS has three essential files which are:

a)

IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, and COMMAND.COM

b)

IO.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and COMMAND.COM

c)

Kernel, Shell and Program or command

139.

Assembler

a)

translates a high level language program into a machine language program

b)

translates statements of a program into machine code.

c)

these contain basic functions which are essential for executing the program.

140.

Loader

a)

loads machine codes of a program into the system memory

b)

translates statements of a program into machine code

c)

translates a high level language program into a machine language program.