BASIC COMPUTER EDUCATION

MIDTERM EXAM

I. IDENTIFICATION: Determine the word or phrase that describes the declarative sentences.
(20 points)

1. It is the plastic and metal box that houses components such as the motherboard, CPU, hard
disks, CD-ROM drive and power supply.
2. A device that scans a drawing, photograph, or other image into a bitmapped graphics format in
the PC.
3. A computer that has features of both analog and digital computers.
4. It is the point from which user can have access to the services of a multiuser computer.
5. All the physical electronic and mechanical devices that are integrated into a computer.
6. It is a pointing device that has a small magnifying glass with cross hairs.
7. Data that are discrete or whole values.
8. A mini-mainframe computer.
9. A device used to convert telephone signals into digital data used to connect the Internet.
10. A PC that is designed to be easily carried around depending on their size.
11. What kind of computer is the IBM 650?
12. Data that are continuous values.
13. An electronic blackboard that reproduces onscreen the figures that are traced on its glass
surface with the use of a stylus.
14. The inventor of computer mouse.
15. What kind of computer is the NEC Earth Simulator?
16. The other name of microcomputer.
17. A device that reads and interprets data that are coded as lines of varying thickness.
18. A small computer that is used for send message system (SMS).
19. A game device that has buttons and arrow keys.
20. A versatile digital computer that has so many uses.

I. ENUMERATION: (10 points)

1. List 3 fundamental elements of PC
2. List 3 classifications of microcomputer
3. List 4 input devices

II. ESSAY: (20 points)

1. Why system unit is the core and center of the computer system? Explain and defend
2. Why supercomputers are the fastest, most powerful and expensive machines? Explain and
defend

“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one
must observe.”