Exercise 11. Vocabulary. Part I

Look at the sentences, and then choose the best option to complete the sentences by clicking on the choices below. When you have finished, click on "answers" at the bottom of the page.

Questions 1-15.
1. What does PC stand for?
a. personal computer b. premium calculator c. Packard-Compaq d. processor/calculator
2. Information from the PC is displayed on the -
a. monitor b. showspace c. graphic d. VGAs
3. While it is running the computer keeps information in the -
a. bull. b. boar. c. ram. d. stallion.
4. A removable 3.5 inch disk of 1.44 mb is called a -
a. black disk b. hard disk c. software disk d. floppy disk
5. CD stands for -
a. carryable data b. compact disk c. convertable disk d. circular data
6. The different ways of storing information are called -
a. methods b. mechanics c. materials d. media
7. The part of the computer that does the calculations is the...
a. chip b. reckoner c. pentacle d. fan
8. Something which is a part of a machine is a ... .
a. peripheral b. mechanical c. component d. overall
9. Writing instructions for a computer is called ...
a. ordering b. initiating c. programming d. filing
10. Another name for 'bits of information' is ...
a. quantum b. data c. programs d. RAM
11. To write a CAPITAL letter, you press the ....... key.
a. Large b. Lower case c. Topper d. Shift
12. A small keyboard is called a -
a. boardette b. keypad c. miniboard d. keyino
13. To delete what you have just written, press the ..... key.
a. goback b. undo c. backspace d. wiper
14. If something changes because of what you do, it is ..
a. changeable b. imitative c. mutable d. interactive
15. Something you can take out of your computer is -
a. extricable b. removable c. unfixed d. unhinged

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