End of school contest 1

Basic unit for measuring processor speed in clock cycles per second (waves per second).

The basic unit of digital information ( a 0 or 1)

Which of the following is a peripheral device?

Who developed programs for Babbage's engines, becoming the world's first computer programmer?

Programs designed to damage and/or spy on your computer.

__________ is made up of zeros and ones.

What does ASCII stand for?

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the first _________ computer in 1976.

Always set up a secure ________ to protect your devices.

The physical parts of a computer are the

What does CPU stand for?

The IBM corporation has a long history in the development of modern computing. IBM stands for

A website with an address that starts with HTTPS is

Keyboards, mice and cameras are examples of __________ devices

An early way to store computer data was the __________.

About 1 billion clock cycles per second and a common unit of measure for modern processors.

The acronym ENIAC stands for __________.

Modern computer storage capacity (hard drives and solid state drives) is usually measured in

Which of the following devices relies on the cloud the most?

Invented in 1947, this quickly replaced vacuum tubes in early computers (much more reliable)

Cellular networks transmit ________ signals by radio to connect to the internet.

Microsoft Windows is a type of __________.

__________ - the first programmable electronic digital computer.

To go directly to a website, type it into your browser's

A port used to connect devices like keyboards and flash drives to computers quickly.

A game is running slow on your smartphone after you take a large number of photos & videos. The likely problem is

The circuit board that connects the CPU, RAM, input and output devices

How many bits in a byte?

Along with Paul Allen, __________ founded the company Microsoft in 1975.

What is the acronym for the U.S. standard by which computers represent letters and numbers?

Series of computers created by the British during WW II to help decrypt secret German messages.

What type of cable is this?

A __________, made up of 8 bits, is the amount of memory required to store a single character.

Which of the following is a peripheral device?

A __________ is the most basic part of a computer's processor.

Which of the following is an example of a cloud-based app?

Our normal numeral system is a __________ system.

Early electronic computers used __________ to create the logic gates needed for computation.

Invented in 1971, the first __________ had 2300 microscopic transitors

What type of cable is this?

Microchips implanted into pets to help identify them are a type of __________ chip.

Designed the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine, two early mechanical computer designs

Which option is responsible for what a device "remembers" (data stored for later use even is the device is turned off).

1,024 bytes is a __________.

1,024 megabytes is a __________.

USB stands for __________.

Name the base 2 number system consisting of just zeros and ones.

1,024 kilobytes is a __________.

Who built an electro-mechanical computer to help tabulate the 1890 census?

When on social media, help protect yourself from identity theft by using

Which type of computer threat encrypts user data and/or locks users out of a computer system until money is paid?

When a computer encodes information so it is only readable by someone who has the correct "key"

The computer's "active" memory where it holds the programs and data it is processing

One advantage tablet computers have over desktops is

RFID stands for __________.

A type of "built-in" memory that can't be altered or erased; it often holds boot instructions

What must computers have installed in order to control peripherals (e.g. printer, scanner, video cards, etc.)?

Select one advantage of cloud computing:

The acronym GUI stands for __________.

A large, super-high-performance computer used mainly in businesses and research labs.

Binary is a __________ system.

If you are solving math problems, then you are being a (an) __________.

When organizing your computer files, you should use

Part of the computer that "thinks" - runs programs, calculates, etc.

What type of cable is this?

Early calculating tool that worked by sliding objects like beads along a wire or groove

What type of cable is this?

On a Mac, under which menu do you find System Preferences?

Malware includes

What does RAM stand for?

People who don't like and/or don't trust new technology are known as __________.

What does GPU stand for?

A computer's programs and files are the

In 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was safe to implant _______ into people.

The acronym ROM stands for __________.

This would have been the world's first programmable computer if it had been built

Computer memory that temporarily stores copies of recently accessed data, such as web pages.

Applications (programs) run from a computer's

Allows you to click and drag files with a mouse instead of typing text into a command prompt.

What does CPU stand for?

A set of instructions a computer uses to perform a certain task.

1,024 gigabytes is a __________.

Speakers and printers are examples of __________ devices.

Part of the computer that "thinks" - runs programs, calculates, etc.

Early electronic general purpose computer the US Army used to calculate artillery firing tables

This is called the

Which type of computer does not have a built in keyboard or mouse / touchpad?

The main program that runs a computer and manages all of the other programs.