Remington High School Technology



Computer Applications Class

Computer Literacy Test Review 1.0

Mr. Hesseltine

Matching:

Match the information below with the correct term. Place the correct letter to the left of the correct term.

RAM Copying software and selling it to others

Copy Protection Put on disks to keep from being used illegally

Bit Example of software

Pirating Memory is used to run programs

Printer, Monitor, CPU Smallest piece of info. that a computer uses

Expansion Slot Systems that work well together

Compatible Memory that you can only read

CD/DVD Examples of hardware

Manual A benefit to owning the programs yourself

ROM Can be used to expand memory

Motherboard All the key parts of computer are hooked

up here

Short Answer:

Answer each question below with a short answer. Be sure that you supply enough information to answer the each question thoroughly.

A CPU”s speed is measured in ?

What do the initials C.P.U. stand for?

The “Enter” on the keyboard is similar to what other key on the keyboard?

What are expansion slots used for?

What are the two types of monitor output? (Circle Two)

Monochrome Pixelatonomy 64 Box of Crayons

EtchaSketch Color The New Deal

What do the initials R.A.M. stand for?

What do the initials R.O.M stand for?

A hard drives size is measure in ?

What is a byte?

What causes you to lose unsaved work when your computer turns off?

RAM ROM (Circle One)

On which type of hardware would you find a pixel?

ASCII is a code that is used to translate alphanumeric code

into information for binary processing. True or False?

What are the two numbers that computers can understand?

What is the purpose of a computer processor?

What decade did the computer “ENIAC” begin to operate?

What did Charles Babbage do that was so important to computers?

Cross out the colors that are NOT the primary computer colors:

Red Green Yellow Blue

Purple Grey #000000 #FFFFFF

Fetch, Decode, and Execute are the three functions of what?

True/False:

A CPU’s speed is measured in hertz.

RAM is short term memory used to run programs that you have open.

The monitor is considered to be a type of hardware.

RAM is an example of something that can go into an

expansion slot.

Technology tends to get smaller and less expensive as it improves.

There is a battery inside the CPU used to run the clock when

the power is off.

“CPU” stands for Computerized Programming Unit.

Magnets can scramble the information on a disk.

It is legal to make several copies of your favorite game.

Extreme heat causes a hard drives platters to stick together.

The only way to get on the Internet is to use a router or hard-wired phone line to the Internet.

Pirating is when someone buys you software from a foreign country.

Sandpaper is a great tool to clean a CD or DVD.

Pixels are tiny dots located on computer monitors and the television.

You can only gain access to the Internet on computers.

Listing and Short Answer:

Answer the questions below by listing the correct response. Answer all questions as thoroughly as possible.

What are five things that could damage software, CD’s or DVD’s?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What is something that you could install into an expansion slot?

1.

What are four types of hardware?

1. 2. 3. 4.

Circle the faster processor:

1. 600 MHz (Megahertz) 2. 6.3 GHz (Gigahertz)

What are the two types of internal memory on the motherboard?

(Circle Two)

RAM PC IBM ROM Crainiostics

What is the one key item that is always located on a

Apple/Macintosh computer desktop?

Place a number beside each unit of memory, putting them in

order from least to greatest in terms of size. 1=smallest 5=largest

Gigabyte Byte Bit Kilobyte Megabyte

Circle the larger hard drive:

1. 10 GB (Gigabyte) 2. 1000 MB (Megabyte)

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