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UNIT 4. DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
UNIT 4. DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
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SOCIAL STUDIES, YEAR 6, PRIMARY EDUCATION
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What is a computer?
A device that can follow instructions
A device that can store and follow instructions
A device that can store information
A device that can't store or follow instructions
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Computational thinking skills helps us to find boring solutions
False
True
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Computers have got a temporary memory, which only stores information while the computer is being used. This is the...
Hard Drive
Cloud storage
Pen Drive
RAM
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Smoke detectors are examples of digital devices
True
False
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RAM means...
Really-Amazing Memory
Ramón in English language
Router-Access Memory
Random-Access Memory
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Hard drive, pen drive or the Cloud...
stores information in different ways
receives and carries out instructions
communicates the results of the processing to the person using the device
provides the computer system with information
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The CPU...
stores information in different ways
provides the computer system with information
receives and carries out instructions
communicates the results of the processing to the person using the device
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An input unit...
receives and carries out instructions
stores information in different ways
communicates the results of the processing to the person using the device
provides the computer system with information
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What is an algorithm?
A programming language for computers
Computational thinking skills
A set of numbers and letters to design computer programs
A set of instructions or program to solve a problem or achieve a task
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Scratch TM is a PC game for children
False
True
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To write programs and understand computing, you need to develop computational thinking skills.
True
False
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Scratch TM helps children learn the basics of programming
True
False
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Computational thinking skills involve...
Answers RED and BLUE are NOT correct
Breaking a problem down into simpler parts
Answers RED and BLUE are correct
Finding a solutions to the parts one at a time
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We can use normal language that humans speak to write an algorithm for a computer program
False
True
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Computational thinking skills involve...
Breaking a problem down into more complex parts
Creating a new problem
None of the answers are correct
Finding a solutions to the complex parts of a problem, all at the same time
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What is the name of those machines that don't contain computers?
Digital devices
Portable store devices
Cloud devices
Analogue devices
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To understand how digital devices work, it's not important to know what components they contain
True
False
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To program a computer, we need...
One or more inputs and a set of instructions to produce the desired output
A series of small steps
One or more inputs for the computer to produce the desired output
A set of instructions to produce the desired output
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An output unit...
receives and carries out instructions
provides the computer system with information
stores information in different ways
communicates the results of the processing to the person using the device
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What are digital devices?
Machines that contain a computer
Tamagotchi
Analogue devices
Computers that contain a machine
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New devices aren't created all the time
True
False
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Traffic lights are examples of analogue devices
True
False
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Digital technology is constantly evolving
True
False
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We can use computational thinking skills when we've got a difficult problem to solve
False
True
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CPU means...
Christopher Perkins Union
Comic Partnership Union
Central Park Union
Central Processing Unit
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To write an algorithm for a computer program we need a special programming language
True
False
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One or more inputs AND a set of instructions to produced a desired output using a computer is known as...
Trigonometry
Algorithm
STEAM
Mathematics
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What are the basic components of a computer?
printer & scanner
smartphone and laptops
keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers & webcam
Input, output, storage, CPU, power source
