CAT Assessment January 2023

Explain a process cycle on computers.

• Data sent out from a computer to a monitor screen.

• Data sent to a computer for processing.

• Actions a processor performs (IPOS)

• Actions a processor stores on the hardware.

Explain the term input.

• Information or data sent to a computer for processing.

• Information or data not sent to a computer for processing.

• Information or data taken from the computer when not processing.

• Information or data that is not on the computer for processing.

The term "output" refers to any information processed by and sent out from a computer or other electronic devices.

• True

• False

What do you see in the picture?

• BYOD

• SOHO

• Computer software

• Computer hardware

Storage on a computer is software capable of holding information either temporarily or permanently.

• True

• False

Which statements best describe storage on a computer... (more than one answer)

• There is primary and secondary storage devices.

• It is hardware capable of holding information.

• Storage only holds information temporarily on a computer.

• An example of a primary storage device is RAM.

• An example of a secondary storage device is a hard drive.

The abreviation SOHO refers to:

• Software on,

  Hardware off

• South of Houston Street

• Small office, Home Office

• System Operation Hardware Options

An algorithm is the following (more than one answer):

• A list of instructions, procedures, or formula that solves a problem.

• Can only be created online.

• Can be proven.

• Something that always finishes and works.

This is a picture of:

• A desktop computer

• A laptop computer

• A mobile device

• A smartphone

This is a picture of...

• A desktop

• A laptop

• A smartphone

• A point of sales system