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OVERVIEW OF COMPUTERS
Question 1. What are the five functions of a digital computer?
Question 2. What is the definition of a computer?
Question 3. What are the advantages of a computer? Describe each advantage.
Question 4. What are the disadvantages of a computer? Describe each disadvantage.
Question 5. What is computer networking used for in the following applications:
a. Business
b. Banking
c. Insurance
d. Education e. Marketing
f. Health Care g. Engineering Design
h. Military
i. Communication
j. Government
Question 6. Briefly describe the five generations of computers.
Question 7. Classify computers by their speed and computing power.
Question 8. List the five basic operations that a computer uses to convert raw data into information.
Question 9. What are the four features of the CPU?
Question 10. What ate the three components of the CPU?
Question 11. List five input devices used in a computer.
Question 12. Describe the popular output devices used in a computer.
Question 13. Describe the three types of computer memory.
Question 14. Distinguish between static and dynamic RAM.
Question 15. What are the four types of ROMs?
Question 16. What are the advantages of ROM?
Question 17. Why is the motherboard called the backbone of the computer?
Question 18. What are the four main features of the motherboard?
Question 19. Distinguish among the following main memory storage units:
a. Bit (Binary Digit) b. Nibble
c. Byte
d. Word
Question 20. What is a computer port?
Question 21. Define computer hardware and list three examples.
Question 22. If the hardware is the _______ of a computer system, then the software is its ______.
Question 23. Define computer software and describe the two types of computer software.
Question 24. Contrast data and information for computers.
Question 25. What is data processing?
Question 26. Define a computer network and discuss its characteristics.
Question 27. What is the hardware necessary to set up a network?
Question 28. List the objectives of a Computer Operating System.
Question 29. List the characteristics of a Computer Operating System.
Question 30. Distinguish between the internet and the intranet. Compare the similarities and differences of the internet and intranet.
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