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Question 1 of 27

1. Question
Select the most accurate definition of a ‘Computer’
- Software which takes in data, processes it and outputs the result
- A programmable machine that takes in data, processes it and then outputs the result.
- A programmable device which outputs data
- A machine which serves a useful purpose to its users
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Question 2 of 27

2. Question
What is the name of the hardware labelled “A”?
- Monitor
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- RAM
- Network Interface Card
- Sound Card
- USB Memory Stick
- Flash Memory
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Question 3 of 27

3. Question
What is the name of the hardware labelled “B”?
- Monitor
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- RAM
- Network Interface Card
- Sound Card
- USB Memory Stick
- Flash Memory
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Question 4 of 27

4. Question
What is the name of the hardware labelled “C”?
- Monitor
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- RAM
- Network Interface Card
- Sound Card
- USB Memory Stick
- Flash Memory
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Question 5 of 27

5. Question
What is the name of the hardware labelled “D”?
- Monitor
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- RAM
- Network Interface Card
- Sound Card
- USB Memory Stick
- Flash Memory
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Question 6 of 27

6. Question
What is the name of the hardware labelled “E”?
- Monitor
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- RAM
- Network Interface Card
- Sound Card
- USB Memory Stick
- Flash Memory
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Question 7 of 27

7. Question
What is the name of the hardware labelled “F”?
- Monitor
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- RAM
- Network Interface Card
- Sound Card
- USB Memory Stick
- Flash Memory
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Question 8 of 27

8. Question
What is the name of the hardware labelled “G”?
- Monitor
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- RAM
- Network Interface Card
- Sound Card
- USB Memory Stick
- Flash Memory
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Question 9 of 27

9. Question
What is the name of the hardware labelled “H”?
- Monitor
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- RAM
- Network Interface Card
- Sound Card
- USB Memory Stick
- Flash Memory
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Question 10 of 27

10. Question
What is the purpose of the Hard Drive?
- To process data and instructions.
- To store the programs and files that user is working on.
- To store programs and files for the long-term, even when the computer is switched off.
- To add extra processing power to enable faster graphics.
- To convert electrical signals to either light or radio waves in order to transmit data across a network.
- To connect all of the computer components together allowing them to communicate with one another.
- To provide power to the computer
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Question 11 of 27

11. Question
What is the purpose of the RAM?
- To process data and instructions.
- To store the programs and files that the user is working on.
- To store programs and files for the long-term, even when the computer is switched off.
- To add extra processing power to enable faster graphics.
- To convert electrical signals to either light or radio waves in order to transmit data across a network.
- To connect all of the computer components together allowing them to communicate with one another.
- To provide power to the computer
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Question 12 of 27

12. Question
What is the purpose of the CPU?
- To process data and instructions.
- To store the programs and files that user is working on.
- To store programs and files for the long-term, even when the computer is switched off.
- To add extra processing power to enable faster graphics.
- To convert electrical signals to either light or radio waves in order to transmit data across a network.
- To connect all of the computer components together allowing them to communicate with one another.
- To provide power to the computer
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Question 13 of 27

13. Question
What is the purpose of the Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)?
- To process data and instructions.
- To store the programs and files that user is working on.
- To store programs and files for the long-term, even when the computer is switched off.
- To add extra processing power to enable faster graphics.
- To convert electrical signals to either light or radio waves in order to transmit data across a network.
- To connect all of the computer components together allowing them to communicate with one another.
- To provide power to the computer
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Question 14 of 27

14. Question
What is the purpose of the PSU?
- To process data and instructions.
- To store the programs and files that user is working on.
- To store programs and files for the long-term, even when the computer is switched off.
- To add extra processing power to enable faster graphics.
- To convert electrical signals to either light or radio waves in order to transmit data across a network.
- To connect all of the computer components together allowing them to communicate with one another.
- To provide power to the computer
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Question 15 of 27

15. Question
What is the purpose of the Network Interface Card?
- To process data and instructions.
- To store the programs and files that user is working on.
- To store programs and files for the long-term, even when the computer is switched off.
- To add extra processing power to enable faster graphics.
- To convert electrical signals to either light or radio waves in order to transmit data across a network.
- To connect all of the computer components together allowing them to communicate with one another.
- To provide power to the computer
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Question 16 of 27

16. Question
What is the purpose of the Motherboard?
- To process data and instructions.
- To store the programs and files that user is working on.
- To store programs and files for the long-term, even when the computer is switched off.
- To add extra processing power to enable faster graphics.
- To convert electrical signals to either light or radio waves in order to transmit data across a network.
- To connect all of the computer components together allowing them to communicate with one another.
- To provide power to the computer
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Question 17 of 27

17. Question
What is an input device?
- It sends data to the CPU for processing.
- It sends information from the user to the CPU.
- It sends information from the CPU to the user.
- It sends data to the user from the CPU.
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Question 18 of 27

18. Question
What is an output device?
- It sends data to the CPU for processing.
- It sends information from the user to the CPU.
- It sends information from the CPU to the user.
- It sends data to the user from the CPU.
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Question 19 of 27

19. Question
Tick ALL input devices.
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Monitor
- Printer
- Scanner
- Camera
- Speaker
- Microphone
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Question 20 of 27

20. Question
Tick ALL output devices.
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Monitor
- Printer
- Scanner
- Camera
- Speaker
- Microphone
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Question 21 of 27

21. Question
When you double click on an icon to open a program, the CPU will…
- …ask the Mouse to find the program in the RAM.
- …ask the Hard Drive to load the program into RAM.
- …ask the RAM for the program to be loaded into the Hard Drive.
- …ask the RAM to load the Program which it already has in memory.
- …ask the Hard Drive to locate your documents.
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Question 22 of 27

22. Question
How does the CPU work?
- It fetches instructions from the Hard Drive, decodes them and then executes them.
- It fetches instructions from the Hard Drive, decodes them in the RAM and then executes them.
- It fetches instructions from the RAM, decodes them and then executes them.
- It fetches instructions from the RAM, decodes them in the Hard Drive and then executes them.
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Question 23 of 27

23. Question
What is the CPU also known as?
- The heart of the computer.
- The mother of the computer.
- The muscles of the computer.
- The brain of the computer.
- The soul of the computer.
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Question 24 of 27

24. Question
A 3GHz CPU will process how many instructions per second?
- 3 hundred
- 3 thousand
- 30 thousand
- 300 thousand
- 3 million
- 30 million
- 300 million
- 3 billion
- 30 billion
- 300 billion
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Question 25 of 27

25. Question
Where is the CPU located?
- Hard Drive
- RAM
- Motherboard
- GPU
- Sound Card
- PSU
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Question 26 of 27

26. Question
What does the word decode mean?
- Moving something
- Making sense of something
- Calculating something
- Making decisions
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Question 27 of 27

27. Question
What is meant by a CPU’s ‘Clock Speed’?
- Number of F-D-E cycles (instructions processed) per second.
- Number of F-D-E cycles (instructions processed) per minute.
- Number of F-D-E cycles (instructions processed) per hour.
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