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Computers For Communication
Emails can get from one part of the world to another in seconds!

Computers For Communication

This quiz addresses part of the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2 in Computing. Specifically it looks at communication using email, Skype and social media in our work and our social life. It is one of 20 quizzes to help you find out about how computers work, and how they affect all our lives.

Communication means keeping in touch. Computers help us keep in touch. They also help us work together. This quiz helps you find out a little bit more about how computers and gadgets help us round the world. They make life easier. From phones to email, social media and Skype, computers let us communicate.

1.
Sasha wants to send an email to his cousin in Canada. What does Sasha need to know?
The town his cousin lives in.
The street his cousin lives on.
How old his cousin is.
His cousin’s email address.
Sasha can add his cousin’s email address to his address-book
2.
Sam’s older sister uses Facebook to keep in touch with her friends. Facebook is a type of:
Word processor
Social media
Database
Spreadsheet
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are all types of social media
3.
Computers help us to share our work. They help us to work together. Which one of these words means ‘to work together’?
Complain
Cooperate
Argue
Fall out
Who do you work with at school?
4.
What is the word 'phone' short for?
Television
Computer
Telephone
Printer
Mobile 'phones are telephones you can carry about
5.
Which one of these words means ‘keeping in touch’?
Complete
Company
Communication
Complain
Talking, texting and sharing files are all types of communications
6.
Sasha writes an email to his cousin in Canada. How long will it take for the email to get to Canada?
Years
Months
Days
Seconds
Emails and messages travel very quickly
7.
Sasha talks to his cousin in Canada. Sasha can see and hear his cousin. Which one of these services lets you talk to people and see them at the same time?
Text
Email
Skype
Word
Skype is one brand that lets you do this - there are others
8.
Luke’s Mum gets a reply to her email. She sends the reply on to her boss. What does she press to send the email on?
Forward
Delete
Attach
Scroll
Can you reply to emails? Can you forward an email to someone else?
9.
Luke’s Mum works in a busy office. She sends an email with a file added to it. The file is:
A text.
An attachment.
A reply.
A signature.
Can you attach a file to an email?
10.
What is a text?
A long story.
A history book.
A short message.
A very long message.
Twitter is the best-known text service
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - How do we communicate online?

Author:  David Bland

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