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Computer Confluence - Chapter 2 Pre-Assessment

Online Resources

• Textbook Online Study Guide.
• Check out this Video on How Stuff Works to see the inside parts of a computer

Prompts

1. Make sure that you can define each one of the key terms.
2. Construct a diagram showing how a computer works. make sure to include all of the parts that you saw in the video from How Stuff Works.
3. Define binary format. Explain why computers use binary format?
4. Identify the types of expansions a computer can have. Assess their importance.
5. Compare and contrast the difference between RAM and ROM.

Command Terms

• Assess - Asks candidates to measure and judge the merits and quality of an argument or concept. Candidates must clearly identify and explain the evidence for the assessment they make.
• Compare / Contrast - Asks candidates to describe two situations and resent the and contrast similarities and differences between them. On its own, a description of the two situations does not meet the requirements of this key word.
• Construct - Asks candidates to present a variety of information in a diagrammatic or tabular form.
• Define - Asks candidates to give a clear and precise account of a given word or term.
• Explain - Asks candidates to describe clearly, make intelligible and give reasons for a concept, process, relationship or development.

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