Computer Basics

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Computer Basics Practice Quiz

Created by Tom Rohrbach, Spring International Language Center

This is a practice quiz to teach you about Windows-based personal computers. Read each question, then click the answer you think is correct. If your answer is wrong, try again. The quiz is designed to help you learn as you go. Good luck!

1. The computer, monitor, mouse and keyboard are examples of

2. Games, word-processors, and web browsers are examples of

3. The 'boss' or 'master control program' that makes the computer work - for example, Windows - is called the

4. The first, original 'boss' program for the IBM personal computer was called

5. The 'brain' of a personal computer - for example, a Pentium 3 or an AMD Athlon - is usually called a processor or

6. You can make your computer better and faster by buying and adding more memory. This memory is called

7. If the electricity for the computer goes off, everything in RAM will be lost (erased, gone).

8. The machine that makes a disk spin (go around and around very fast) and lets you read something from it or write something on it, is called a

9. The small device that you can use in a USB port and then put in your pocket is called a

10. The disk hidden inside the computer that holds a LARGE amount of information, including Windows and all your programs and games, is called a

11. Computers now usually have only ONE floppy disk drive. Any disk that you put in it is always called

12. The first IBM personal computer had two floppy disk drives, called A and B. So, when they started putting hard disk drives inside computers, they called them the next letter. Usually, the hard disk in any personal computer will be called

You're finished. You can do this practice quiz as many times as you wish. If there is something you still don't understand, ask another student or your teacher. When you're ready, go on to another quiz. Good luck!

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