Lesson 1: What Is A Computer?
The Basic Parts and the Processing Cycle of the Computer.
- 1.Explain the Processing Cycle of the Computer. In your answer, please give details and examples.
- 2.List the four main types of hardware.
- 3.The _______ consist of hardware, software, and data working together.
- A.
Network
- B.
Computer system
- C.
Internet
- D.
Data
- E.
Email
- 4.A tool that allows a user to send a message from one person's computer to another person's computer.
- A.
Network
- B.
Computer system
- C.
Internet
- D.
Data
- E.
Email
- 5.Hardware is any part of your computer that has a physical structure, such as the computer monitor or keyboard.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The first electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), was developed in _______.
- A.
1846
- B.
1925
- C.
1946
- D.
1999
- E.
1969
- 7.The first electronic computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) measured 18 feet by 80 feet and weighed_________.
- A.
30 lbs.
- B.
33 tons
- C.
30 tons
- D.
34 lbs
- E.
33 ounces
- 8.The computer consist of two basis parts, the _________ and ____________.
- A.
Software and hardcopy
- B.
Hardcopy and hardware
- C.
Software and hardware
- D.
Data and software
- E.
Data and hardware
- 9.Software is any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The two types of computers are desktop computer and blackberry.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Information entered into the computer to be processed are called ____________.
- A.
Input
- B.
Output
- C.
Data
- D.
Mouse
- E.
Keyboard
- 12.Some of the advantages of a desktop computer is
- A.
Portability and size
- B.
Cost and easy to upgrade
- C.
Size and portability
- D.
Easy to carry and cost
- 13.What are the two most popular types of personal computers?
- A.
IBM and Heweitt Packard
- B.
Macintosh and DELL
- C.
Macintosh and Samsung
- D.
IBM and Macintosh
- E.
Gateway and IBM
- 14.What computer became the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface or GUI (pronounced gooey).
- A.
DELL
- B.
IBM
- C.
Gateway
- D.
Samsung
- E.
Macintosh
- 15.What year did the computer company introduce the computer and that became the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface or GUI (pronounced gooey).
- A.
1988
- B.
1984
- C.
1980
- D.
1994
- E.
1998
- 16.The first personal computer was produced by ______ in what year ____.
- A.
IBM, 1991
- B.
Gateway, 1981
- C.
IBM, 1981
- D.
Macintosh, 1991
- E.
DELL, 1994
- 17.What are some of the other types of computers discussed in class?
- A.
Macintosh and servers
- B.
Work station and IBM
- C.
Work stations and Gateway
- D.
Work stations and servers
- E.
Servers and IBM
- 18.A workstation is similar to a ___________.
- A.
Laptop
- B.
Desktop
- C.
Notebook
- D.
Server
- E.
Printer
- 19.A _________ computer called the iMac, which is a desktop computer that features an all-in-one design
- A.
Gateway
- B.
IBM
- C.
Macintosh
- D.
DELL
- E.
Samsung
- 20.A file server can share files and access then from any computer on the network.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.What type of devices are used to enter information into the computer.
- A.
Output
- B.
Storage
- C.
Input
- D.
Processing
- E.
Hardware
- 22.What type of devices displays or prints information produced by a computer.
- A.
Output
- B.
Storage
- C.
Input
- D.
Processing
- E.
Hardware
- 23.What type of device that processes data into information.
- A.
Output
- B.
Storage
- C.
Input
- D.
Processing
- E.
Hardware
- 24.The device (s) that saves data so it can be used again.
- A.
Ouput
- B.
Storage
- C.
Input
- D.
Processing
- E.
Hardware
- 25.The technology that enables computers to communicate between each other is called _____________.
- A.
Information technology
- B.
Data communications
- C.
Telecommunication
- D.
Data
- E.
Data information
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