GENERAL CONCEPTS ABOUT COMPUTERS & HARDWARE

Choose the correct option for the following statements.

  1. Another name for a desktop computer is________.
  2. Mainframe computer
  3. Tablet PC
  4. Personal computer
  5. Parallel computer

Which one of the following is not an input device?

  1. Scanner
  2. Mouse
  3. Keyboard
  4. Speaker

This part tells the rest of the computer system to carry out specified instructions.

  1. Arithmetic Logical Unit
  2. Control Unit
  3. Microphones
  4. Read Only Memory
  5. RAM stands for ________.
  6. Random Active Memory
  7. Random Access Memory
  8. Read Access Memory
  9. Real Access Memory ACTIVITIES Activity 1

 

Module One: ALL ABOUT COMPUTERS, INTERNET & MIRCROSOFT EDGE

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words provided in the box.

RAM CPU CD-R CD-RW ROM

  1. ________has built-in programs from the manufacturer.
  2. ________ is recorded once but can be read several times.
  3. ________is often termed as the “brain” of a computer.
  4. Everything in ________ is deleted when the computer is switched off.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statements.

  1. A Microcomputer is used for large-scale chemical analysis in laboratories.

( ) TRUE

( ) FALSE

  1. The next unit of data storage after the Petabyte (PB) is the Terabyte (TB).

( ) TRUE

( ) FALSE

  1. RAM is called temporary (or volatile) storage because everything in RAM is lost when the computer is switched off.

( ) TRUE

( ) FALSE

  1. Microcomputers are the fastest and the most powerful computers in the world.

( ) TRUE

( ) FALSE