What is the purpose of an input device?

Allow the user to give data or info to the computer

Correctly order the early types of computers from earliest to most recent

Abacus, Analytical Engine, ENIAC, IBM Laptop

What is the operating system of a computer responsible for doing?

Managing memory allocation for all applications

What is the purpose of a storage device

Allow the computer to store info or programs

What is the simplest and most accurate definition of a computer?

Something that perform calculations by following and executing instructions

What is the purpose of an output device?

Allow the computer to display or communicate the results

What is the purpose of a network device?

Allow computers to connect and communicte

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1
Which computer innovator/pioneet is the creator of the ENIAC
Charles Babbage
Ada Lovelace
John Mauchly / Presper Eckert
Alan Turing
2
Which of the following is an application of Artificial Intelligence?
Game AI's
Recognizing handwriting
Foreign Language Translation
All of the Above
3
What is the purpose of an input device?
Allow computers to connect or communicate
Allow the computer to store info or programs
Allow the computer to display or communicate the results
Allow the user to give data or info to the computer
4
Choose what kind of device a "speaker" is?
Input Device
Storage Device
Output Device
Network Device
5
Creator of the Analytical Machine (one of the first computers that could perform calculations)
Alan Turing
Charles Babbage
Ada Lovelace
ENIAC Programmers
6
What kind of device is a web-camera?
Output Device
Storage Device
Input Device
Network Device
7
Correctly order the early types of computers from earliest to most recent
Analytical Engine, Abacus, IBM Laptop, ENIAC
ENIAC, Analytical Engine, Abacus, IBM Laptop
IBM Laptop, ENIAC, Analytical Engine, Abacus
Abacus, Analytical Engine, ENIAC, IBM Laptop
8
What does CPU stand for?
Central Processing Unit
Central Pushing Unit
Computer's Plug-In Unit
Computer Processing Unit
9
Type of network that connects computers across a large geopgraphical area
Local Area Network
Large Area Network
Wide Area Network
Geographical Area Network
10
What is the operating system of a computer responsible for doing?
Allowing the user to access the internet
Providing a way for the user to create text documents
Allowing the user to write programs
Managing memory allocation for all applications
11
The three (3) main components of a computer's hardware?
Input Devices, Output Devices, Motherboard
CPU, Flash Memory, Processor
Processor, Binary, RAM
CPU, Memory, Motherboard
12
What is the purpose of a storage device
Allows the user to give data or info to the computer
Allow the computer to display or communicate results
Allow the computer to store info or programs
Allow the user to give data or info to the computer
13
Which of the following fields use computers?
Medicine / Healthcare Industry
Video Gaming
Automotive (Cars)
All of the above
14
The device is the center of your network; sends info where it needs to go
Wireless Network Interface Card
Router
Modem
Sound Cards
15
What is the simplest and most accurate definition of a computer?
A machine that is able to solve any problem
A machine that can be programmed
Something that runs applications and accesses the internet
Something that perform calculations by following and executing instructions
16
What kind of device is a mouse?
Network Device
Input Device
Output Device
Communication Device
17
Which of the following is a brand-new application of computers (within last 5 years)
Making predictions about future events based on data from the past
None of the above
Solving mathematical equations
Analyzing data
18
What is the purpose of an output device?
Allow computers to connect and communicate
Allow computers to store info or programs
Allow the computer to display or communicate the results
Allow the user to give data or info to the computer
19
In 1613, the word "computer" was first used
False
True
20
What is the purpose of a network device?
Allow computers to connect and communicte
Allow the computer to store info and programs
Allow the computer to display or communicate results
To allow the user to give data or information to the computer
21
In 1975, the world's first portable computer was invented by Apple
True
False
22
This type of network connects computers in the same location
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Wide Area Network
Local Area Network
Metropolitan Area Network
23
Input, Processing, Output, and Storage is also known as:
Internet Processing Cycle
Computer's Processing Cycle
System Software
Information Processing Cycle
24
Law that states that the processing speed of computers should double every two years
Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act
Moore's Law
Computer Processing Speed Law of 1957
Data Protection Act
25
What kind of device is a router?
Output Device
Network Device
Communication Device
Input Device
26
What kind of device is a "floppy disk"?
Network Device
Input Device
Storage Device
Communication Device
27
User application software can be considered software that helps the "computer" perform tasks
True
False
28
System software helps "users" perform tasks
False
True
29
Which of the following is an example of a user application
Text Editor
Games
All of the Above
Browser
30
Computers were first developed to do mathmatical computations faster
False
True
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Device that connects all of the physical components of a computer together
Motherboard
System Unit
Logic Gates
RAM

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