WorksheetsComputer fundamental
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Computers are made up of ________ and ________?
a)
Hardware and Software
b)
Bits and Pieces
c)
Inputs and Outputs
d)
Plastic and Metal
2.
________ is a package of instructions that tell the computer what to do also known as an application or short for app.
a)
Hardware
b)
Software
c)
Apps
d)
Input
3.
People who write software (instructions that tell the computer what to do) are called ______________.
a)
Computer Technitions
b)
Programmers
c)
Hackers
d)
Computer Scientist
4.
Hardware is the tangible, physical equipment that _______________.
a)
Used and applied
b)
Heard and seen
c)
Can be seen and touched.
d)
Imputted and outputted
5.
A program can be defined as a series of detailed step-by-step ___________ that tell the computer precisely what actions to perform.
a)
Software
b)
Inputs
c)
Applications
d)
Instructions
6.
RAM stands for?
a)
random access memory
b)
read about memory
c)
read access memory
d)
random about memory
7.
ROM stands for?
a)
random only memory
b)
read only memory
c)
recover only memory
d)
retro only memory
8.
The computer's _________ memory (ex. microchips: RAM, ROM)
a)
temporary
b)
important
c)
internal
d)
external
9.
The computer's _________ memory (ex. thumb drives, hard drives, cloud storage: ie. Dropbox)
a)
temporary
b)
internal
c)
external
d)
important
10.
ROM is _____ and RAM is __________?
a)
temporary; permanent
b)
larger; smaller
c)
smaller; larger
d)
permanent; temporary
11.
A hardware device which enables the computer to accept data is called an ______ device.
a)
RAM
b)
input
c)
ROM
d)
output
12.
A hardware device which reports computer information in a form we can understand is called an _________ device.
a)
output
b)
RAM
c)
input
d)
ROM
13.
Some devices can be both input and output devices.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
The most common example of an input device is a ___________.
a)
Monitor
b)
Mouse
c)
Headphones
d)
Keyboard
15.
Speakers are an example of an ________ device.
a)
Input
b)
RAM
c)
Output
d)
ROM
16.
All computers do processing by following a series of instructions in a software program. The computer chip that receives and carries out these instructions is called: the ____________.
a)
harddrive
b)
monitor
c)
processor
d)
motherboard
17.
CPU stands for __________.
a)
central processing unit
b)
computer processing unit
c)
central protection unit
d)
computer protection unit
18.
The CPU is often referred to as the __________ of the computer system.
a)
lungs
b)
heart
c)
backbone
d)
brains
19.
In binary a 1 represents _____.
a)
on
b)
off
c)
input
d)
output
20.
In binary a 0 represents ______.
a)
input
b)
in
c)
off
d)
output
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