GENERAL CONCEPTS ABOUT COMPUTERS & HARDWARE
Choose the correct option for the following statements.
- Another name for a desktop computer is________.
- Mainframe computer
- Tablet PC
- Personal computer
- Parallel computer
Which one of the following is not an input device?
- Scanner
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Speaker
This part tells the rest of the computer system to carry out specified instructions.
- Arithmetic Logical Unit
- Control Unit
- Microphones
- Read Only Memory
- RAM stands for ________.
- Random Active Memory
- Random Access Memory
- Read Access Memory
- 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
- ________has built-in programs from the manufacturer.
- ________ is recorded once but can be read several times.
- ________is often termed as the “brain” of a computer.
- Everything in ________ is deleted when the computer is switched off.
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statements.
- A Microcomputer is used for large-scale chemical analysis in laboratories.
( ) TRUE
( ) FALSE
- The next unit of data storage after the Petabyte (PB) is the Terabyte (TB).
( ) TRUE
( ) FALSE
- RAM is called temporary (or volatile) storage because everything in RAM is lost when the computer is switched off.
( ) TRUE
( ) FALSE
- Microcomputers are the fastest and the most powerful computers in the world.
( ) TRUE
( ) FALSE