Name Julia Lee

1.5 Activity Sheet

Answer the following questions in the space provided.

1) What is the relationship between software and hardware?

Nothing can be done with only the hardware, and though software can still perform its job,
it can not be used by itself.

2) What is a program?
A program is specific ordered operations for a computer to perform

3) Give 3 examples of programs.

Web browsers (like Chrome)
MS Windows
Office suite

4) What do computer programmers do?

They write a program, but because it is impossible to write in binary code, they use
programming languages such as Java.

5) What are the 3 levels of computer software?

1. System software
2. OS
3. Application software

6) What is the main purpose of system software?

It controls the hardware and tells it how to function

7) What is the main purpose of an Operating System?

It controls the interaction among various computer units, and it shares resources between
programs and files.

8) Give 2 examples of operating systems.

Windows XP
Mac OS

9) What are application programs?

They are self-contained programs that performs a particular function directly for the user.
10) Give two examples of application programs.
Email
Games