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Year 12 - Computer Hardware/Software Basics
Year 12 - Computer Hardware/Software Basics
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This quiz will help students identify computer hardware/software and understand their uses.
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This is a...
Monitor
Keyboard
Scanner
Mouse
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The brains of a computer is called the...
RAM
Hard Drive
CPU
Motherboard
3
What device allows you to save a file, then take the file with you to access on another device?
Hard Drive
Camera Phone
Scanners
USB stick or Memory Card
4
When you save a file, it is permanently saved on the...
Monitor
RAM
CPU
Hard Drive
5
A motherboard...
allows all parts of your computer to communicate
is one of the most essential parts of a computer system
allows all the parts of your computer to receive power
all of these
6
The primary storage device, which spins, reads and writes one or more fixed disk platters is...
Hard Drive
Motherboard
RAM
CPU
7
True of False: Hardware is useless without software
True
False
8
Which is an example of hardware?
Hard Drive
Mouse
All of them
Mouse
9
Select three input devices your computer uses
mouse, printer, CPU
mouse, scanner, printer
mouse, keyboard, monitor
mouse, keyboard, scanner
10
This is a...
Keyboard
Computer
Mouse
Monitor
11
Hardware used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system is a(n)..
external device
CPU
output device
input device
12
CPU stands for...
Control Portal Unit
Central Processing Unit
Central Patrolling Unit
Central Proxy Unit
13
The instructions that tell the computer what to do and how to do it is called...
software
monitor
hardware
printer
14
True or False: Hardware are the physical parts of the computer, both internal and external
True
False
15
A _______ translates a HLL into machine code by reading and executing each line immediately
Assembler
Compiler
Interpreter
None of the above
16
What does PC stand for?
Politically Correct
Professional Corporation
Perennial Computer
Personal Computer
17
True or False: software is the term for any program that can be run on a computer
False
True
18
RAM stands for
Random Access Memory
Raspberries and Mayonnaise
Random Axis Monitor
Reciprocal Access Monitor
19
Which of these is
NOT
an output device?
Mouse
Speaker
Monitor
Printer
20
Which of these is a type of software?
System
Application
Compiler
All of the above
21
This is a...
Laptop
Hard Drive
Motherboard
CPU
22
Which of these is NOT an internal component of a computer...
Graphics cards
CPU
DVD
Hard disk
23
....... are software used to convert programs from one language to another
Library programs
Translators
Utility progams
Operating Systems
24
The most common type of memory found in a computer is
RAM
ROM
RIM
REM
25
This is a...
Hard Drive
Computer
Monitor
Printer
26
Which of these is a UTILITY program?
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Visual Studio
Winzip
Microsoft Office
27
The physical parts of a computer (the stuff you can touch) are called
hardware
armware
firmware
software
28
This is a....
Printer
Computer
Hard Drive
Monitor
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Application Software are programs that perform...
tasks related to running the computer
tasks that allow the user to interface with the computer
convert programs into executable instructions
tasks that would need doing even if computers didn't exist
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Any device used to send data from a computer to another device or user is called a(n)...
Input device
Output device
external device
