Y8 Understanding Computers Assessment

Which of the following is computer hardware?

• Monitor

• Keyboard

• Scanner

• All of the above

Which of the following is an input device?

• Monitor

• Mouse

• Printer

• CD ROM

Which of the following is an output device?

• Keyboard

• Hard Disc

• CD ROM

• Monitor

Which of the following is a storage device?

• CD ROM

• Laser printer

• RAM (Random Access Memory)

• A scanner

Which of the following is an input device?

• A digital camera

• a speaker

• a flash drive

• an inkjet printer

Which of the following is an output device?

• A lift button

• A joystick

• A laser printer

• A scanner

Which of the following is computer software?

• Touch screen

• Microsoft Windows

• Printer

• Floppy disc

A CD ROM is...

• a magnetic storage device read by magnetised read-write head

• an optical storage device read by a laser beam

• a flash memory storage device

• a magnetic storage device read by a laser beam

On a CD ROM ...

• data is written in concentric circles

• you can write data to the disk more than once

• Pits and Lands are used to represent 1s and 0s

• All data is represented in ASCII

What would be a suitable device to transfer 12 photos from one PC to another?

• A USB memory stick

• A CD ROM

• A scanner

• A printer