25 Unit 7: Self-test
Find answers to this self-test at the back of the book: Answers for Self-Tests
True or false
- A vacuum tube is an electronic device that controls the flow of electrons in a vacuum.
- A transistor is an electronic component held on an integrated circuit that contains a computer’s CPU and other associated circuits.
- A magnetic drum uses arrays of small rings of magnetized material called cores to store information.
- Assembly language is like the machine language that a computer can understand, except that assembly language uses abbreviated words in place of numbers.
- Internal hardware devices are any hardware device that is located outside the computer.
- Hardware is a set of instructions or programs that tells a computer what to do or how to perform a specific task.
- Operating system (OS) is a software that controls and coordinates the computer hardware devices and runs other software and applications on a computer. It is the main part of system software and the computer will not function without it.
- Utility software is a type of system software that helps set up, analyze, configure, strengthen, maintain a computer and performs a very specific task.
Fill in the blank
- A [blank] is an electronic component that can be used as an amplifier or as a switch. It is used to control the flow of electricity in radios, TV, computers, etc.
- The [blank] is often referred to as the brain or engine of a computer where most of the processing and operations take place.
- [Blank] is a low-level programming language comprised of a collection of binary digits (ones and zeros) that the computer can read and understand.
- [Blank] is an area of computer science that dealing with the simulation and creation of intelligent machines or intelligent behave in computers.
- The [blank] language was used in first generation of computers.
- An [blank] device is a piece of hardware device which is used to enter information to a computer for processing.
- [Blank] software is designed to run a computer’s hardware and application software, and make the computer system available for use. It serves as the interface between hardware, application software, and the user.
- A [blank] driver is a software program that is designed to control a particular hardware device that is attached to a computer.
Multiple choice
- [Blank] is a small electronic circuit printed on a chip usually made of silicon that contains many its own circuit elements
- a microprocessor
- a vacuum tube
- a transistor
- an integrated circuit
- [Blank] is a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- a magnetic core
- a vacuum tube
- a magnetic drum
- an integrated circuit
- [Blank] is a physical device that is used to store data, information, and program in a computer.
- a magnetic core
- computer memory
- a magnetic drum
- an integrated circuit
- The main electronic component used in first generation of computers was:
- transistor
- CPU
- integrated