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1.5 Activity Sheet

Answer the following questions in the space provided.

1) What is the relationship between software and hardware?

The software, which is a set of instructions that controls the hardware, gets completed
with a specific purpose, which is called a program
Software – set of instructions -program – set of completed instructions with a specific
purpose

2) What is a program?
A program is a complete set of instructions with a specific purpose

3) Give 3 examples of programs.

Video games
Viruses
Microsoft Word

4) What do computer programmers do?

Computer programmers make computer programs

5) What are the 3 levels of computer software?

System Software – Operating System – Application Software

6) What is the main purpose of system software?

System software controls the hardware and tells it how to function

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

The operating system main purpose is to control the interaction among various computer
units. The OS also manages all your programs, and shares resources between them

8) Give 2 examples of operating systems.

Windows 7
Windows 10
9) What are application programs

Programs that are made by computer programmers

10) Give two examples of application programs.

Internet explorer
Google
Chrome