INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTERS

HOMEWORK OF CHAPTER 1
Fill the empty places Questions:
1. The World Wide Web refers to the part of the internet that presents information in
multimedia form.

2. The two main types of microcomputers are the Desktop PC which sits on the desktop, and
the Tower PC, which usually is placed on the floor.

3. “Information technology” merges computing with highspeed communications.

4. Computer is an electronic machine that accepts data and processes it into information.

5. The Internet is a worldwide network that connects hundreds of thousands of smaller

networks.

6. Multimedia refers to information presented in nontextual forms such as video, sound, and
graphics.

7. Supercomputers are high-capacity machines with thousands of processors.

8. Embedded computers, or Microcontrollers, are installed in “smart” appliances and

automobiles.

9. The kind of software that enables users to perform specific tasks is called Application
software.

10. RAM is an example of Primary storage, and a hard drive is an example of Secondary
storage.

1 1. Network is a communications system connecting two or more computers.

12. The four basic operations of all computers are input , output , processing , and
storage.

13. The general term for all the machinery and equipment in a computer system is hardware.

14. Mouse and Keyboardare the two most common input devices.

15. Thce processor chip, commonly called the CPU or a Central Processing Unit, is a tiny
piece of silicon that ontains millions of miniature electronic circuits.
16. One gigabyte is approximately over 1 billion characters.

Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Which of the following devices converts computer output into displayed images?
a. printer
b. monitor
c. floppy-disk drive
d. processor
e. hard-disk drive

2. Which of the following computer types is the smallest?

a. mainframe
b. microcomputer
c. microcontroller
d. supercomputer
e. workstation

3. Which of the following is a secondary-storage device?

a. processor
b. memory chip
c. floppy-disk drive
d. printer
e. monitor

4. Which of the following operations do not constitute one of the four basic operations followed
by all computers?
a. input
b. storage
c. programming
d. output
e. processing

5. Which is the main circuit board in the computer?

a. RAM chip (random access memory)
b. CPU processor chip (central processing unit)
c. motherboard (system board)
d. hard drive

6. A terabyte is approximately
a. one million characters.
b. one billion characters.
c. one trillion characters.
d. one quadrillion characters.

7. Speakers are an example of

a. an input device.
b. an output device.
c. a processor.
d. a storage device.

True/False Questions
1. Mainframe computers process faster than microcomputers.[T]
2. Main memory is a software component. .[F]
3. The operating system is part of the system software. .[T]
4. Processing is the manipulation by which a computer transforms data into information. .[T]
5. Primary storage is the area in the computer where data or information is held permanently. .
[F]
6. The keyboard and the mouse are examples of input devices. .[T]
7. Movies are a form of multimedia. .[T]
8. Computers are becoming larger, slower, and more expensive. .[F]
9. Modems store information. .[F]
10. A microcomputer is used to view very small objects. .[F]
11. A hard disk is an example of software. .[F]
12. Computers continue to get smaller and smaller. .[T]