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NCCE Computer Systems Revision Test

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does RAM stand for?
a)
Random All Memory
b)
Read All Memry
c)
Random Access Memory
d)
Read Access Memory
2.

What does volatile mean?

a)

Data is lost when the power is turned off

b)

Data is NOT lost when the power is turned off

3.

Which component receives its instructions directly from the RAM?

a)

Motherboard

b)

BIOS

c)

CPU

d)

Hard Drive

4.
What does CPU stand for?
a)
Critical Processing Unit
b)
Core Processing Unit
c)
Common Processing Unit
d)
Central Processing Unit
5.
A keyboard is ______.
a)
input
b)
output
6.
A monitor is ______
a)
input
b)
output
7.
What is Hardware?
a)
Computer Instructions or Data
b)
Physicals parts of a Computer
8.
Programs that are digital and you cannot physically touch. They give instruction to the computer.
a)
keyboard
b)
mother board
c)
hardware
d)
software
9.
An example of the computer's hardware would be ...
a)
MS Word
b)
MS Publisher
c)
Keyboard
10.

A computer's Operating System

a)

Manages the software on your computer.

b)

Manages the hardware on your computer

c)

Coordinates all of the actions of your computer

d)

All of the above

11.

Hardware and Software do not have to work together.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Examples of hardware are:

a)

Keyboard

b)

Microsoft word

c)

Mouse

d)

Ssystem Unit

e)

Grand theft Auto

13.
Microsoft excel is an example of _________________ Software.
a)
Spreadsheet
b)
Word Processing
c)
Presentation
d)
Reference
14.
Your sister is living in Italy. What type of Software would you need to keep in touch with her?
a)
Reference
b)
Multimedia
c)
Spreadsheet
d)
Communication
15.
Microsoft PowerPoint is an example of _____________ software
a)
Presentation
b)
Word Processing
c)
Spreadsheet
d)
Reference
16.
Windows Media Player is an example of ________________ software.
a)
Spreadsheet
b)
Reference
c)
Presentation
d)
Multimedia
17.
Your friends are busy playing Minecraft. What type of software is Minecraft?
a)
Communication
b)
Entertainment
c)
Word Processing
d)
Spreadsheet
18.

Which component is the brain of the computer?

a)

CPU

b)

RAM

c)

Hard drive

d)

Motherboard

19.

Identify the component that stores the information being accessed by the CPU.

a)

RAM

b)

Hard Drive

c)

Power Supply

d)

Motherboard

20.

Which type of hard drive has no moving parts?

a)

RAM

b)

Motherboard

c)

Magnetic Drive

d)

Solid State Drive (SSD)

21.

When you open more programs, which two things would expect to happen?

a)

RAM usage would increase because more programs are currently in use.

b)

RAM usage would increase because more data now needs to be stored.

c)

CPU usage would increase because more things need to be processed.

d)

Network usage would increase because more things need to be downloaded.

22.

In addition to increased CPU and RAM usage, what would you expect to be increase when you are streaming a video?

a)

Hard disk usage

b)

Network usage

c)

Swap file usage

d)

Firewall usage