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Quiz About PC Basics

This document contains a 20 question quiz about basic PC components and functions. The quiz covers topics like icons, graphical user interfaces, input/output devices, storage media like floppy disks and hard drives, memory types, printers, and networking components. It instructs students to save their completed quiz in their server folder and then allows time for typing practice games upon completion.

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Quiz About PC Basics

This document contains a 20 question quiz about basic PC components and functions. The quiz covers topics like icons, graphical user interfaces, input/output devices, storage media like floppy disks and hard drives, memory types, printers, and networking components. It instructs students to save their completed quiz in their server folder and then allows time for typing practice games upon completion.

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Quiz About

PC Basics
Middle School Computer Lab
2003-04
Question 1
The use of graphical symbols to control common computer
functions such as opening program and printing documents:

A. Laser Printer B. RAM

C. Icon D. Graphical User


Interface
Question 2
The hardware that receives and displays information coming
from the computer.

A. Gigabyte B. Hard Copy

C. ROM D. Output Device


Question 3
A portable magnetic storage medium for computer data that
allows users to access information.

A. Input Device B. Floppy Disk

C. Compact Disc D. Megabyte


Question 4
The programs or instructions that tell the computer what to do.

A. Software B. Graphical User


Interface
C. Hardware
D. Hard Disk
Question 5
A video or computer display device.

A. Laser Printer B. Monitor

C. Floppy Disk D. Hard Disk


Question 6
The hardware that is used to pass information into the
computer.

A. Compact Disc B. Mouse

C. Hard Copy D. Input Device


Question 7
Approximately a million bytes.

A. ROM B. Gigabyte

C. Megabyte D. RAM
Question 8
Approximately a billion bytes (or 1,000 megabytes).

A. Graphical User B. Megabyte


Interface
D. Monitor
C. Gigabyte
Question 9
A disc on which a laser has digitally recorded audio, video or

computer information.

A. Compact Disc B. Hard DIsk

C. Floppy Disk D. RAM


Question 10
A pointing device that moves a cursor around the screen.

A. Monitor B. Mouse

C. Icon D. Modem
Question 11
The brain of the computer or central processing unit.

A. Monitor B. ROM

C. Ink-jet Printer D. CPU


Question 12
A fixed, large-capacity magnetic storage medium for computer

data.

A. Floppy Disk B. Monitor

C. Hard Disk D. Modem


Question 13
A printer that uses both laser and photographic technology to

produce high quality output.

A. Ink-jet Printer B. Compact Disc

C. Laser Printer D. Icon


Question 14
The permanent memory that is built in your computer, which is

read only.

A. ROM B. Megabyte

C. RAM D. Hardware
Question 15
The device that allows your computer to talk to other computers

over a telephone line.

A. Software B. Modem

C. Hard Disk D. Hardware


Question 16
A type of printer that forms letters on paper by shooting tiny

electrically charged droplets of ink.

A. Gigabyte B. Compact Disc

C. Laser Printer D. Ink-jet Printer


Question 17
The computer’s working memory, sometimes called random-

access memory.

A. RAM B. Hard Disk

C. ROM D. Icon
Question 18
The physical components of the computer system.

A. Output Device B. Modem

C. Hardware D. Hard Disk


Question 19
A small picture or symbol representing a computer hardware

function or component.

A. Graphical User B. Hard Copy


Interface
D. Icon
C. Modem
Question 20
A printed copy of computer output.

A. Laser Printer B. Ink-jet Printer

C. Hard Copy D. Input Device


Bonus Question
In terms of a computer what would be the equivalent to human

DNA?

A. MAC Address B. Hard Disk

C. DNS D. ROM
End of quiz
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