How Computers Work Assessment

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Answer the questions by typing either a, b, c or d in the white boxes

Question 1 A mouse is an example of a?

a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and Output Device

Your Answer: a L 0

Question 2 A printer is an example of a?

a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and Output Device

Your Answer: K 0

Question 3 A OMR is an example of a?

a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and Output Device

Your Answer: K 0

Question 4 A touchscreen on a iPad is an example of a?

a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and Output Device

Your Answer: K 0
Question 5 A CD is an example of a?
a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and OutputDevice

Your Answer: K 0

Question 6 Which one of the following would you not find in a Computer?
a Graphics card
b RAM
c CPU
d Tracker ball

Your Answer: K 0

Question 7 What Does CPU stand for?

a Central Processing Unit
b Computer Processing Unit
c Central Packing Unit
d Computer Picking Unit

Your Answer: K 0

Question 8 What does RAM do?

a It stores programmes
b It controls the computer graphics
c It cools the CPU down
d It temporarily stores what you are currently doing

Your Answer: K 0

Question 9 Why would someone buy a Solid State Drive?

a They are cheap
b They store a large amount of information
c They allow you to access information very quickly
d They cool the computer down

Your Answer: c L 0
Question 10 When you save a word document what piece of hardware is it saved on?
a The RAM
b The Hard Drive
c The CD ROM
d The Motherboard

Your Answer: K 0

Question 11 What hardware is often referred to as the "Brain" of a Computer?

a The Motherboard
b The Monitor
c The CPU
d The Graphics Card

Your Answer: K 0

Question 12 What device does the CPU, Graphics Card and Netword Card slot into?
a The Keyboard
b The Motherboard
c The Hard Disk
d The Power Supply

Your Answer: K 0

Question 13 What does "VDU" Stand for?

a Virus Detection Unit
b Viral Display Unit
c Virtual Digimon Unit
d Visual Display Unit

Your Answer: K 0

Question 14 True or False, Hard drives are often more expensive than Solid State Driv
a 1
b 0
 Your Answer: K 0

Michael would like the play the latest Call of Duty game on his PC, howev
Question 15 slowly and often crashes when he plays it. What piece of hardware coul
and get the game to work?
a The Graphics Card
b The mouse
c The OMR
d The Sound Card

Your Answer: K 0

Question 16 An Anti-Virus programme is an example of what type of software?

a Utility Software
b Application Software
c System Software
d None of the above

Your Answer: K 0

Question 17 Which of the following is an example of Application Software?

a Windows 8
b iOS
c Disk Defragmenter
d Microsoft PowerPoint

Your Answer: K 0

Question 18 Microsoft Windows 7 is an example of System Software (True or False)

a 1
b 0

Your Answer: K 0

Question 19 The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout?

a Ring Network
b Bus Network
c Star Network
 d Matrix Network

Your Answer: K 0

Question 20 The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout?

a Ring Network
b Bus Network
c Star Network
d Matrix Network

Your Answer: K 0

Question 21 The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout?

a Ring Network
b Bus Network
c Star Network
d Matrix Network

Your Answer: K 0

Question 22 What is an advantage of Bus Network?

a It is cheap to install an additional PC
b It is very expensive
c If one PC breaks the rest will still work
d Data is less likely to corrupt

Your Answer: K 0

Question 23 What is a disadvantage of a Star Network?

a They can be expensive
b They are slow
c When one PC breaks the rest will not break
d You could get attacked by Smurfs

Your Answer: K 0

Question 24 What is this a picture of?

 a A Router
b A Switch
c A Desk Top computer
d A SNES

Your Answer: K 0

Question 25 Where are the files saved of the schools network?

a A File Server
b A USB Memory Stick
c An SD Card
d A Mobile Phone

Your Answer: K 0

Question 26 Which of the following represents the letter “A” in binary?

a 10111
b 10000
c 00001
d 01001

Your Answer: K 0

Question 27 What letter of the Alphabet is “01110” in binary code?

a A
b G
c F
d N

Your Answer: K 0

Question 28 What does “0001101111011011000010101101000010110010” say?

a Course
b Computer
c College
d Westfield

Your Answer: K 0
Question 29 What type of wire could you use to connect a network together?
a Cat5e
b DAD54
c WESTCAB2
d WireActive Cables

Your Answer: K 0

Question 30 What is the correct process of a computer?

a Input -> Output -> Process
b Output -> Input -> Process
c Process -> Input -> Output
d Input -> Process -> Output

Your Answer: d L 0

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Name: 0

Answer the questions by typing either a, b, c or d in the white boxes

Question 1 A mouse is an example of a?

a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and Output Device

Your Answer: a L 0

Question 2 A printer is an example of a?

a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and Output Device

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 3 A OMR is an example of a?

a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and Output Device

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 4 A touchscreen on a iPad is an example of a?

a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and Output Device

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 5 A CD is an example of a?
a Input Device
b Output Device
c Storage Device
d Both Input and OutputDevice
Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 6 Which one of the following would you not find in a Computer?
a Graphics card
b RAM
c CPU
d Tracker ball

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 7 What Does CPU stand for?

a Central Processing Unit
b Computer Processing Unit
c Central Packing Unit
d Computer Picking Unit

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 8 What does RAM do?

a It stores programmes
b It controls the computer graphics
c It cools the CPU down
d It temporarily stores what you are currently doing

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 9 Why would someone buy a Solid State Drive?

a They are cheap
b They store a large amount of information
c They allow you to access information very quickly
d They cool the computer down

Your Answer: c L 0

Question 10 When you save a word document what piece of hardware is it saved on?
a The RAM
b The Hard Drive
c The CD ROM
d The Motherboard

Your Answer: 0K 0
Question 11 What hardware is often referred to as the "Brain" of a Computer?
a The Motherboard
b The Monitor
c The CPU
d The Graphics Card

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 12 What device does the CPU, Graphics Card and Netword Card slot into?
a The Keyboard
b The Motherboard
c The Hard Disk
d The Power Supply

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 13 What does "VDU" Stand for?

a Virus Detection Unit
b Viral Display Unit
c Virtual Digimon Unit
d Visual Display Unit

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 14 True or False, Hard drives are often more expensive than Solid State Drives?
a1
b0
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00

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 15 Michael would like the play the latest Call of Duty game on his PC, however it runs
a The Graphics Card
b The mouse
c The OMR
d The Sound Card

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 16 An Anti-Virus programme is an example of what type of software?

a Utility Software
b Application Software
c System Software
 d None of the above

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 17 Which of the following is an example of Application Software?

a Windows 8
b iOS
c Disk Defragmenter
d Microsoft PowerPoint

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 18 Microsoft Windows 7 is an example of System Software (True or False)

a1
b0

Your Answer: 0K 0

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The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout?
a Ring Network
b Bus Network
c Star Network
d Matrix Network

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 20 The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout?

a Ring Network
b Bus Network
c Star Network
d Matrix Network

Your Answer: 0K 0

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The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout?
a Ring Network
b Bus Network
c Star Network
d Matrix Network

Your Answer: 0K 0
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What is an advantage of Bus Network?
a It is cheap to install an additional PC
b It is very expensive
c If one PC breaks the rest will still work
d Data is less likely to corrupt

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 23 What is a disadvantage of a Star Network?

a They can be expensive
b They are slow
c When one PC breaks the rest will not break
d You could get attacked by Smurfs

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 24 What is this a picture of?

a A Router
b A Switch
c A Desk Top computer
d A SNES

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 25 Where are the files saved of the schools network?

a A File Server
b A USB Memory Stick
c An SD Card
d A Mobile Phone

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 26 Which of the following represents the letter “A” in binary?

a 10111
b 10000
c 00001
d 01001

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 27 What letter of the Alphabet is “01110” in binary code?

 aA
bG
cF
dN

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 28 What does “0001101111011011000010101101000010110010” say?

a Course
b Computer
c College
d Westfield

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 29 What type of wire could you use to connect a network together?
a Cat5e
b DAD54
c WESTCAB2
d WireActive Cables

Your Answer: 0K 0

Question 30 What is the correct process of a computer?

a Input -> Output -> Process
b Output -> Input -> Process
c Process -> Input -> Output
d Input -> Process -> Output

Your Answer: d L 0

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ent what piece of hardware is it saved on?

d to as the "Brain" of a Computer?

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How Computers Work Assessment
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Question answer Correct answer Answer Correct?
1 A mouse is an example of a? a Input Device a a
2 A printer is an example of a? b Output Device 0 r
3 A OMR is an example of a? a Input Device 0 r
4 A touchscreen on a iPad is an example of a? d Both Input and Output Device 0 r
5 A CD is an example of a? c Storage Device 0 r
6 Which one of the following would you not find in a Computer? d Tracker ball 0 r
7 What Does CPU stand for? a Central Processing Unit 0 r
8 What does RAM do? d It temporarily stores what you are currently doing 0 r
9 Why would someone buy a Solid State Drive? c They allow you to access information very quickly c a
10 When you save a word document what piece of hardware is it saved on? b The Hard Drive 0 r
11 What hardware is often referred to as the "Brain" of a Computer? c The CPU 0 r
12 What device does the CPU, Graphics Card and Netword Card slot into? b The Motherboard 0 r
13 What does "VDU" Stand for? d Visual Display Unit 0 r
14 True or False, Hard drives are often more expensive than Solid State Drives? b 0 0 r

Michael would like the play the latest Call of Duty game on his PC, however it runs very
slowly and often crashes when he plays it. What piece of hardware could he upgrade to try
15 and get the game to work? a The Graphics Card 0 r
16 An Anti-Virus programme is an example of what type of software? a Utility Software 0 r
17 Which of the following is an example of Application Software? d Microsoft PowerPoint 0 r
18 Microsoft Windows 7 is an example of System Software (True or False) a 1 0 r
19 c Star Network 0 r
The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout?
20 The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout? b Bus Network 0 r
21 a Ring Network 0 r
The following picture is example of what type of Network Layout?
22 a It is cheap to install an additional PC 0 r
What is an advantage of Bus Network?
23 What is a disadvantage of a Star Network? a They can be expensive 0 r
24 What is this a picture of? b A Switch 0 r
25 Where are the files saved of the schools network? a A File Server 0 r
26 Which of the following represents the letter “A” in binary? c 00001 0 r
27 What letter of the Alphabet is “01110” in binary code? d N 0 r
28 What does “0001101111011011000010101101000010110010” say? b Computer 0 r
29 What type of wire could you use to connect a network together? a Cat5e 0 r
30 What is the correct process of a computer? d Input -> Process -> Output d a

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