The Teaching Guide
Windows Specific Stuff
Macintosh Specific Stuff
Some Philosophical Matters

Introduction
Using the Mouse
Icons
windows with a small w
The Desktop Metaphor
Menus and Their Use
Dialog Boxes and Saving and Opening Files
Switching Between and Opening Applications

Kinds of Files
Folders
Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Editing Text
Powering On Your Computer
Shutting Down and Crash Recovery
Getting More Help
Shortcuts and Aliases
Deleting Files
Finding Files and Folders
Terminology


Quiz Number One
Quiz Number Two
Quiz Number Three
Crossword Puzzle
Word Search


 

Computer Basics
General Quiz #1

 

Please click on the dot to the left of the correct answer. At the bottom of the document click on Get Score and see the percentage you got right!
 

1. The most common Operating System (OS) for small computers is
Microsoft Windows
MacIntosh
Microsoft Word

2. The two parts of a computer are
Zip Drive and CD
Monitor and Keyboard
Hardware and Software

3. The Central Processor Unit (CPU) is a
Place where your files live.
Main chip on the computer that makes everything go.
Space where your computer does its processing.

4. What does RAM stand for?
Removing A Mistake
Reading Accessible Memory
Random Access Memory

5. Disk space is the
Place where the computer does the processing.
Box that holds the guts of the computer.
Place where your files live.

6. A Mega =
1 Million
10 Million
100 Thousand

7. A byte stores enough information for one
File
Keystroke (e.g.:'d')
Word (e.g.:"boy")

8. If you had a 1 Mb text file, how many keystrokes would you have?
It depends on how many words you have.
1 Million
10 Million

9. What else do we measure in Megabytes (MB)?
RAM
Disk Space
Both

10. MegaHertz (Mhz) measures
Sound
Speed
Space

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