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TED ED: What makes computers tick?

TED ED: What makes computers tick?

Assessment

Interactive Video

Computers

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Bertke

Used 1+ times

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the foundational invention that almost everything else relies upon?

the vaccume tube

the telephone

the capacitor

the transistor

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At their core, computers are

machines that make our lives more complex

machines that make us work harder

machines that perform mathematical operations

machines that are scheming to make us stupider so we can be more easily overthrown

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Computer programs consist of instructions for __________ performing these operations.

typically

electrically

telepathically

graphically

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a triode?

a system with a grid that repelled or attracted electrodes, allowing fast switching and amplification of signals

a system with a gate that repelled or attracted neurons, allowing slow switching and amplification of signals

a system that repelled or attracted electrodes, allowing the quieting of distortion caused by upper-class students

3 odes, such as 3 baby Shreks sleeping in one smelly crib

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In ONE hour, ENIAC used the amount of power of __ homes in a day!

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the advantages of transistors?

easily transported by train

they shock even more than capacitors

efficiency and compactness

how ginormous they are

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Inside, computer operations are as simple as :

tying your shoes

the flick of a switch

telling time on an old clock

eating ice cream on an August day in your favorite flavor without getting a headache

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