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Unit 1 - What Is A Computer - Exercises

The document discusses the basic capabilities and functions of computers. It states that computers accept information through input devices, process data through logical and mathematical operations, and provide output. The document also notes that computers can store information in memory and make different types of decisions based on the instructions they are given.

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Unit 1 - What Is A Computer - Exercises

The document discusses the basic capabilities and functions of computers. It states that computers accept information through input devices, process data through logical and mathematical operations, and provide output. The document also notes that computers can store information in memory and make different types of decisions based on the instructions they are given.

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Exercises

1 Main idea

Which statement best expresses the main idea of the text? Why did you
eliminate the other choices?
1. Computers have changed the way in which many kinds of jobs are
done.
2. Instructions and data must be given to the computer to act on.
3. Computers are machines capable of processing and outputting data.
4. Without computers, many tasks would take much longer to do.

2 Understanding the passage

Decide whether the following statements are true or false (T/F) by referring to
the information in the text. Then make the necessary changes so that the false
statements become true.
T F
1. A computer can store or handle any data even if it hasn’t received
information to do so.
2. All computers accept and process information in the form of
instructions and characters.
3. The information necessary for solving problems is found in the
memory of the computer.
4. Not all computers can perform arithmetic operations, make
decisions, and communicate in some way with the user.
5. Computers can still be useful machines even if they can’t
communicate with the user.
6. There are many different devices used for feeding information in
to a computer.

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7. There aren’t as many different types of devices used for giving
results as there are for accepting information.
8. Computers can make any type of decision they are asked to.
9. Computers can work endlessly without having to stop to rest
unless there is a breakdown.

3 Locating information

Find the passages in the text where the following ideas are expressed. Give line
references as in the example below.
ll. 9 – 13 1. Computers accept information, perform mathematical
and/or logical operations and then supply new information.
……………. 2. All computers have three basic capabilities.
……………. 3. A computer is a machine that can be made to operate by
receiving signals.
……………. 4. A computer cannot work without being told what to do.
……………. 5. A computer can make three types of decisions.
……………. 6. The fundamental job of a computer is processing
information.
……………. 7. A computer can do the work of hundreds of people in a
very short time.
……………. 8. The memory of a computer is used for storing information.

4 Understanding words

Refer back to the text and find synonyms (i.e. words with a similar meaning)
for the following words
1. complex (l. 1) .
2. fundamental (l. 9) .
3. a way (l. 20) .
4. uninterested (l. 40) .
5. accomplishments (l. 45) .
Now refer back to the text and find antonyms (i.e. words with an opposite
meaning) for the following words.
1. large (l. 2) .

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2. receiving (l. 6) .
3. reject (l. 10) .
4. unusual (l. 25) .
5. small (l. 48) .

5 Word forms

Some forms of the words in 1 – 5 below were used in the text What is a
Computer. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the words.
1. operation, operate, operator, operational, operationally, operating

a. A computer can perform mathematical very quickly.


b. One of the first persons to note that the computer is malfunctioning is
the computer .
c. The job of a computer operator is to the various
machines in a computer installation.
d. The new machines in the computer installation are not yet .

2. acceptance, accept, accepted, acceptable, acceptably

a. A computer is a device which processes and gives


out information.
b. The students are still waiting for their into the
Computer Science program.
c. It is to work without a template if the flowcharts
are not kept on file.

3. solution, solve, solvable, solver

a. It may take a lot of time to find a to a complex


problem in programming.
b. A computer can a problem faster than any human
being.
c. A computer has often been referred to as a problem .

4. remark, remarkable, remarkably, remarked

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a. Today’s computers are faster than their
predecessors.
d. System analysts will often make about existing
programs so as to help make the operations more efficient.
e. There have been developments in the field of
computer science in the last decade.

5. communication, communicate, communicable, communicative,


communicably

a. A computer must be able to with the user.


b. Fiber optics is a new development in the field of .
c. Some people working in computer installations aren’t very .
because they are shy.

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