| Question |
Answer |
| What is scientific discipline concerned with interactions between humans and workplace? |
ergonomics |
| What should you do every 15-20 minutes while using a computer? |
stretch |
| What does RSI stand for? |
Repetitive Stress Injury |
| How far away from your computer monitor should you be? |
An arm's length |
| If your workspace is not ergonomically correct for you, then you should ______________ it. |
Adapt |
| An RSI is easier to _______________ than treat. |
prevent |
| CPU stands for: |
Central Processing Unit |
| What is a program that gives the computer instructions? |
Software |
| What are devices within or attached to the CPU/tower? |
Hardware |
| What piece of software communicates between software and hardware? |
Operating System |
| What is used to organize files and programs? |
Folder |
| What is a piece of work created by using a program? |
File |
| Pictures, graphs, charts, icons, and clipart are all examples of _____________. |
Graphics |
| What are smaller boards plug into the motherboard and have a specific purpose, for drives or ports? |
expansion cards |
| What is the largest circuit board? |
motherboard |
| What converts electricity to current that works in computer? |
power supply |
| BIOS stands for? |
Basic Input Output System |
| RAM is memory that can be read and write information if you tell it to save. What does RAM stand for? |
Random Access Memory |
| What are places on outside to plug in hardware? |
Ports |
| ROM is memory that can only be read. What does ROM stand for? |
Read Only Memory |
| What is thousands of compartments that the memory chips in the computer are divided up into? |
Bit |
| What is eight bits grouped together? |
byte |
| What is equal to about 1,000 bytes? |
kilobyte |
| What is equal to about 1,000,000 bytes? |
megabyte |
| What is equal to about 1,000,000,000 bytes? |
gigabyte |
| What can hold 1.44 MB of information? |
floppy disk |
| External harddrives, jumpdrive, and CDs are all examples of ___________________. (2 words) |
storage devices |
| What reads information off of storage disks? |
disk drive |
| What holds data in the computer? |
hard drive |
| What Microsoft program is used to create slide presentations? |
PowerPoint |
| What Microsoft program is used to wordprocess? |
Word |
| What Microsoft program is used to create spreadsheets with data? |
Excel |
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