Computer Systems

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These children are using a computer system at school. 
Can you see what they're doing?  They are trying to draw an elephant.  It's good isn't it?

Here's a quiz for you to try about computers.

QUIZ

1. What are the children using to draw the elephant?  Click on the circle beside the right answer.

 

 Rat

Cat

Mouse

2. The children can see what they are drawing on the screen in front of them.   What is the correct word for this screen? Monitor

TV

Elephant box

3. The children will want to save the picture at the end of the lesson so that they can finish it next lesson.  Where will it be saved or written to? Printer

Hard Disk

Monitor

4. The picture must have a name when it is saved so that it can be found again.  It might be elephant.bmp.  This name is called a? Title

Filename

Heading

5. What piece of equipment do the children use to type in the filename? CD-ROM

Tower Unit

Keyboard

6. The computer that the children are using is connected to all the others in the room using cables.  You can see some cables in the photograph.  What are computers that are connected together called? Network

Ring

Daisy chain

7. Sometimes the children can obtain information from other computers over telephone network  What is the world wide network called? Telephone system

Internet

Spiders web

8. As well as drawing, the children use the computer to write stories.  What software would they use to write stories and spell check their work? Database

Graphics program

Word processing

9. All the parts of the computer system that the children can touch and see have a common name.  This name is Software

Hardware

Nowhere

10. The children have penpals at schools in other countries.  Sometimes they write them letters and send them using the computer.  This type of letter is called Email

Female

Snail Mail

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