Study Guide Questions

  1. A ________________ is an electronic machine that takes in data and instructions, works with the data, and puts out information.

  2. What do you call a blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character will go?   

  3. What do you call a tiny picture on the screen that represents a program, file or folder?

  4. What input device do you use to enter text and number information?

  5. What is the primary output device of a computer?   

  6. What do you call a pointing device used to control a computer?   

  7. What device do you use to get a hard copy of information off of the computer?   

  8. What do you call the physical parts of a computer?   

  9. What gives the computer instructions and tells it what to do?   

  10. What is a synonym for information?  

  11. What protects the insides of a computer?   

  12. What are the 4 main parts of a computer system?

  13. What are the 4 categories of hardware devices?

  14. What do you call the computers main storage?

  15. What do you call writing, designing, and laying out documents on a computer?

  16. What do you call the short term memory that helps your computer run faster?

  17. What is the brain of a computer?   

  18. What gets electricity to the rest of the computer?   

  19. What do you call the circuit board that ties all of the computer parts together?   

  20. What is a basic hardware device that allows computers to talk to each other?

  21. Who invented the Microprocessor?

  22. Who invented the Mouse?   

  23. Who created the Language HTML?   

  24. What are the 4 main types of data a computer works with?

  25. What does the BIOS do? Draw a picture of it.

  26. What is a synonym for People in a Computer system?

  27. What category of hardware is a scanner?

  28. What type of software is Microsoft PowerPoint an example of?

  29. What type of software is AOL Instant messenger an example of?

  30. What was the first commercial video game ever invented?

  31. Information on a disk tells the computer what to do. What part of a computer system is this?

  32. When playing a song what category of hardware devices am I using?

  33. What type of data does an MP3 player put out?

  34. What kind of error is this an example of… Tim sits down at a working computer and types in this address, http://www.coralspringmiddleschool.net, and the computer cannot find the address.   

  35. A circuit board that ties all computer components together is an example of what category of hardware devices?

  36. What type of software is Adobe Photoshop an example of?

  37. The primary output device of a computer is the ________________________.
  38. A disk is a removable type of _______________________ device.
  39. What is the first thing you should always do as you log into the computer?