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Help HOW TO PLAY: When you click the start button you must enter your name before you start answering the questions. You will then answer multiple choice questions on ‘hardware and software’. You must only choose one answer per question. After you have chosen your answer, the game will tell you whether you have selected the right or wrong answer. There are two levels to this game. Back to previous page

Help LEVEL ONE HARDWARE

Help What is this? A) KEYBOARD B)JOYSTICK C)TOUCHPAD QUESTION 1

Help Which of these is an input device? A) MONITOR B)KEYBOARD C)SPEAKERS QUESTION 2 1

Help Which of the following is a specialist input device? A) TOUCHSCREEN B) KEYBOARD C)MOUSE QUESTION 3 2

Help What type of printer works by squirting ink through lots of tiny nozzles in the print head? A)THERMAL PRINTER B) DOT MATRIX PRINTER C) INK-JET PRINTER QUESTION 4 3

Help What is a touchpad used for? A) CONTROLLING ARROW ON SCREEN B) TYPING C) PRINTING QUESTION 5 4

Help What is this? A) MONITOR B) PROJECTOR C) SPEAKER QUESTION 6 5

Help What captures sound and converts it to an electrical signal? A) MICROPHONE B)PRINTER C)JOYSTICK QUESTION 7 6

Help What is an advantage of a camera? A) RESULTS CAN BE VIEWED IMMEDIATLEY A) RESULTS CAN BE VIEWED IMMEDIATLEY B) IT IS AN INCOVIENCE TO CARRY AROUND B) IT IS AN INCOVIENCE TO CARRY AROUND C) SOME CAMERAS DON’T FOCUS QUESTION 8 7

Help What type of mouse is this? A) LASER OPTICAL B)ROLLER BALL C) QWERTY QUESTION 9 8

Help Which is a visual device? A) CAMERA B) PROJECTOR C) VOICE RECOGNITION QUESTION 10 9

Help CONGRATULATIONS YOU MAY ADVANCE TO LEVEL TWO!

Help LEVEL TWO SOFTWARE

Help What is software? A) GENERAL TERM GIVEN TO A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAN BE RUN ON COMPUTER HARDWARE A) GENERAL TERM GIVEN TO A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAN BE RUN ON COMPUTER HARDWARE B) SOFT VERSION OF HARDWARE C) APPLE MAC COMPUTER QUESTION 11

Help Which of the following is one of the main operating systems? A)SKYPE B) MICROSOFT WINDOWS C) GOOGLE QUESTION 12 1

Help What does an operating programme do? A) VIEWS IMAGES B) PLAYS MUSIC C) DEALS WITH SECURITY MAKING SURE PEOPLE WHO LOG IN HAVE THE CORRECT PASSWORD C) DEALS WITH SECURITY MAKING SURE PEOPLE WHO LOG IN HAVE THE CORRECT PASSWORD QUESTION 13

Help Which of the following is one of the main types of user interface? A)HUMANS B) COMMAND DRIVEN C) YOUTUBE QUESTION 14

Help What are graphical interfaces? A) THE WAY MOST OF US INTERACT WITH A COMPUTER A) THE WAY MOST OF US INTERACT WITH A COMPUTER B) PICTURES C) A CAMERA QUESTION 15

Help What is application software? A)COMPUTER SCREEN B) A PROGRAMME THAT IS CAPABLE OF DOING A SPECIFIC JOB B) A PROGRAMME THAT IS CAPABLE OF DOING A SPECIFIC JOB C) TYPING ON KEYBOARD QUESTION 16

Help What is special purpose software? A)GENERAL SOFTWARE B) SOFTWARE THAT IS DEVELOPED FOR A PARTICULAR APPLICATION B) SOFTWARE THAT IS DEVELOPED FOR A PARTICULAR APPLICATION C) HARDWARE THAT IS SIMILAR TO SOFTWARE C) HARDWARE THAT IS SIMILAR TO SOFTWARE QUESTION 17

Help What is a utility programme? A)UNUSEFUL PROGRAMME B) PRINTER C) SMALL PROGRAMME THAT DOES SOMETHING USEFUL C) SMALL PROGRAMME THAT DOES SOMETHING USEFUL QUESTION 18

Help What is data portability? A) THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER DATA FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER WITHOUT HAVING TO RE-ENTER DATA A) THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER DATA FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER WITHOUT HAVING TO RE-ENTER DATA B) TRANSFER DATA FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER HAVING TO RE-ENTER DATA B) TRANSFER DATA FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER HAVING TO RE-ENTER DATA C)DATA THAT IS IN A READ ONLY DOCUMENT C)DATA THAT IS IN A READ ONLY DOCUMENT QUESTION 19

Help What is the definition of importing? A)SINGING INTO AN INPUT DEVICE B) TAKING DATA FROM ONE APPLICATION AND USING IT IN ANOTHER PROGRAMME B) TAKING DATA FROM ONE APPLICATION AND USING IT IN ANOTHER PROGRAMME C)RECORDING ON A DIGITAL CAMERA QUESTION 20

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