Nursing Informatics – Lecture & Laboratory

Module #3 Student Activity Sheet

Name: Armee Gay C. Neri

Class number:
Section:C9 Schedule:
Date: 01/26/23

Lesson title: COMPUTER HARDWARE Materials:

Electronic gadget, pen, & notebook
Learning Targets:
At the end of the module, students will be able to: References:
1. Identify the four main functions of a computer;
2. Differentiate the two types of computer; Calano, Roel B. & Del Rio, Fernando. (2017).
3. Describe basic computer terminologies; Health informatics: An illustrative approach
4. Identify the main components of a computer; (1st ed.)
5. Familiarize the key hardware components of a computer;
6. Differentiate the types of computer as to use; and, Saba, Virginia & McCormick, Kathleen. (2006).
7. Compare the two types of database. Essential of nursing informatics (4th
ed.). McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.

Check for Understanding

After studying the main lesson, you may now answer the following multiple choice questions and provide the rationale for each item.

1. Which of the following refers to a machine that is under a program’s direction which performs four basic operations: input,
processing, output and storage?
a. Computer c. Command
b. Program d. Confirmation
Answer: A
Rationale:
Computer performs four basic operations- input, process, output, storage. These operations comprise the information
processing cycle.

2. The tool you use to type words into the computer.

a. Keyboard
b. Printer
c. USB
d. Flash drive
Answer: A
Rationale:
A computer keyboard contains all the letters of the alphabet and numbers on through nine. It operates like a typewriter keypad but
instead of moving an arm which strikes the paper, it sends an electronic impulse to the computer which displays a character on the
monitor.

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 Nursing Informatics – Lecture & Laboratory
Module #3 Student Activity Sheet

Name: Armee Gay C. Neri

Class number:
Section:C9 Schedule:
Date: 01/26/23

3. A list of instructions that tells a computer how to perform the four operations.
a. Computer c. Command
b. Program d. Confirmation
Answer: B
Rationale:
When a program is running, one special register called the program counter keeps track of which program instruction
comes next by maintaining the memory location of the next program instruction to be executed.

4. Which of the following refers to the computer’s processing circuitry, also known as microprocessor?
a. Keyboard c. Chip
b. CPU d. Motherboard
Answer: B
Rationale:
The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is a microprocessor chip that is a single piece of silicon containing millions of tiny
microscopically wired electrical components.

5. Which of the following is the computer’s main circuit board?

a. Keyboard
b. CPU
c. Chip
d. Motherboard
Answer: D
Rationale:
A motherboard alternatively referred to as the mb, mainboard, mboard, mobo, mobd, backplane board, base board, main circuit board,
planar board, system board, or a logic board on Apple computers.

6. Displays the computer's user interface and open programs, allowing the user to interact with the computer, typically using the
keyboard and mouse.
a. Monitors
b. Speaker
c. Printer
d. Storage
Answer: A
Rationale:
Monitor is an output device that displays information in a pictorial form. The monitor displays the computer's
user interface and open programs, allowing the user to interact with the computer, typically using the keyboard and
mouse.

7. Which of the following parts of the computer enables the user to hear the results of sound processing?
a. Monitors c. Printer
b. Speaker d. Storage
Answer: B
Rationale:
Speaker enables the user to hear the results of sound processing.

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 Nursing Informatics – Lecture & Laboratory
Module #3 Student Activity Sheet

Name: Armee Gay C. Neri

Class number:
Section:C9 Schedule:
Date: 01/26/23

8. Which of the following refers to a machine that lets you put documents and such on paper or generate output on paper?
a. Monitors c. Printer
b. Speaker d. Storage
Answer: C
Rationale:
Printers are information output devices that allow you to print data on paper. Or in other words, it is an output device that creates
a hard copy of the processed data or information.

9. When you save information directly to your computer you are saving to which of the following?
a. CD Drive c. DVD Drive
b. Hard Drive d. CPU
Answer: B
Rationale:
It is a special storage device on a computer that contains all information needed to operate a computer including programs, data
created by a computer user and the operating system.

10. Which of these computer components are considered input devices?

a. Keyboard c. Mouse
b. Printer d. Monitor
Answer: A
Rationale:
Keyboard is considered input devices.

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