1. The Big Wheel: Computer Challenge
Created By
Heather Allen

2. Tennessee Curriculum Standards
The Student will operate and maintain the workstation
1.1 The student will interpret computer and keyboarding terminology.
1.2 The student will manage the computer system and related software.
1.3 The student will demonstrate appropriate lab safety skills.
Tennessee Curriculum Standards

3. The Big Wheel 4 3 Instructions: 1) Divide into Teams of 4
2) Ask a Question to a Team
3) If correct, click the
Spin Wheel Button to
choose the number of
points that team will
receive.
4) Type points from wheel into
Team Score Box
5) Continue until out of
questions.
6) Use the to move
to the next slide
7) Use the to move to the
previous slide.
8) Use the to go to the
game board 4 3

4. The Big Wheel Team Scores Spin Wheel Points Team One Team Two
Team Three
Team Four
Team Five
Team Six
Team Seven
Team Eight
Spin Wheel
Points

5. Game Board 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

6. What is the name of the most popular search engine?Q1

7. Google A1

8. What do we call this? Q2

9. Mouse A2

10. A computer and surrounding area that has been configured to perform a certain set of tasks is called. Q3

11. Workstation A3

12. An __________is a software program that runs on your computer?Q4

13. Application A4

14. What is the program people use to access the World Wide Web?Q5

15. Browser A5

16. An area on the computer screen that displays information for a specific program is called?Q6

17. Window A6

18. MCI WorldCom, Sprint, GTE, and UUNET are major providers of what communication network?Q7

19. Internet A7

20. Pages that make of the World Wide Web are called?Q8

21. Webpages A8

22. What are two of the primary input devices used with today’s computers?Q9

23. Keyboard & Mouse A9

24. What are names of at least two search engines that we use to search the internet?
Q10

25. Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com

26. What are the left hand home keys?
Q11

27. ASDF
A11

28. What are the right hand home keys?
Q12

29. JKL;
A12

30. These parts make up what type of instrument; motherboard, CPU, memory, hard drive, and video card?
Q13

31. Computer
A13

32. What do we call this?
Q14

33. The _______ displays the computer's user interface and open programs, allowing the user to interact with the computer, typically using the keyboard and mouse.
A14

34. The _______ displays the computer's user interface and open programs, allowing the user to interact with the computer, typically using the keyboard and mouse.
Q15

35. Monitor
A15

36. What two options do you have to open an application?
Q16

37. Start Menu or Short cuts on your desktop

38. What are two ways that the mouse tracks movement on a computer screen?
Q17

39. Ball or an optical beam of light.

40. What is the Microsoft application we use to make spreadsheets?
Q18

41. Excel
A18

42. What is the Microsoft application we use to make slide shows and presentations?
Q19

43. PowerPoint
A19

44. What Microsoft application do we use to type documents?
Q20

45. Word
A20