Computer Ch :1 Hardware and Software

Ch-1 Hardware and software

Hardware

The physical parts of a computer that you can see and touch are called hardware.

Examples of hardware

Input devices

 Keyboard

Mouse

Joystick

Scanner

Web camera

 

Output devices

Monitor

Printer

Headphones 

Speaker

Processing device

 CPU

Storage devices

CD,

Hard disk

Pen drive

 

Software

Software is a set of instructions that is also called a computer program.

You cannot touch or feel software. You can only see it.

Example

Tux Paint is software.

you can listen to songs and watch videos using Windows Media Player

There are two types of software — application software and system software.

Ch:1 Hardware & Software

MCQ

1. The physical parts of a computer that you can see and touch are called___________ .

a. hardware

b. software

c. both

d. None

 

2.  Full form of IPO is ________ ?

a)  Input, Output, Process

b) Input, Process, Output

c) Information, Output, Process

d) Output, Process, Input

 

3. _________________ is an output device.

a. Key board

b. mouse

c. Printer

d. CPU

 

4. A keyboard, mouse, game controller and microphone are examples of

a) Input devices

b) Output devices

c) Applications software

d) Operating systems

 

5. The hardware inside a computer (internal) includes:

a) Motherboard, CPU, RAM, and Hard Drive

b) Monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers

c) The cloud

d) All answers are correct

 

6. CPU stands for

a) Central Processing UNIX

b) Circuit Processor Unit

c) Central Processing Unit

d) Computer Processor Unix

 

7. What is this icon?

a) My computer

b) My documents

c) Recycle bin

d) Network

 

8. While working on computer Russell has deleted one important file mistakenly. Now he wants to restore the file. From which location he can restore his file

a) My document

b) My computer

c) Any icons

d) Recycle bin

 

9. It is first screen that appears after loading the operating system.

a) Desktop

b) First screen

c) Icon

d) All of above

 

10. The small pictures on desktop are called

a)  Monitor

b) Taskbar

c) Icon

d) Button

 

11. Quick launch toolbar is called

a) Active Taskbar

b) Notification area

c) Access

d) Start menu

 

12. It enables the user to interact with the computer

a) Keyboard

b) Monitor

c) Operating System

d) All of above

 

13. _____________ bar present on the bottom of the screen

a) Title bar   

b) Task Bar

c) Status bar

d) Application bar

 

14. What is it called?

 

a) Navigation bar

b) Status bar

c) Notification bar

d) Taskbar

 

15. MS Excel, LiberOffice and OpenOffice Calc are example of __________ application.

a)  Word Processing application

b) Presentation application

c) Gaming application

d) Spreadsheet application