Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will introduce the operating system, which is responsible for managing the complexity of modern computing devices. Here, operating systems will serve as an additional bridge between theory and practice.

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5 Questions

Use the following words to fill in the blanks, Data, Instructions, Input, Output, Processor and Memory.
Q2.
A digital computer contains a BLANK and BLANK. (Select two)
Data
Input
Instructions
Correct answer: Memory
Output
Correct answer: Processor
Q3.
The BLANK executes simple instructions very quickly.
Data
Input
Instructions
Memory
Output
Correct answer: Processor
Q4.
A computer is a general-purpose machine. It stores its BLANK in BLANK (Select two)
Data
Input
Correct answer: Instructions
Correct answer: Memory
Output
Processor
Q5.
Everything is ultimately reduced to bits (binary digits), which individually or in groups represent information, whether BLANK or BLANK, as binary numbers. (Select two)
Correct answer: Data
Input
Correct answer: Instructions
Memory
Output
Processor

3 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is an example of an operating system?
Adobe Photoshop
Google Chrome
Correct answer: Microsoft Windows
Q2.
The processor is the component that...
controls the operation of a computing system.
Correct answer: executes program instructions
Others
stores the programs and data currently in use
Q3.
Software that monitors our computing system can help us visualise some of its complexity, which of the following can we not see measurements for?
Main memory usage
Network activity
Processor load
Correct answer: Size of the program