KS1 Computers | Used in Jobs and at Work

Computing Quiz - Computers For Work (Questions)

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 how computers are used in places of work and to do certain jobs. It is one of 20 quizzes to help you find out about how computers work, and how they affect all our lives.

Computers help you learn. They are also fun to play games on. They also keep us in touch. They let us get lots of information from the internet. But computers are also very important for doing jobs. Computers help us to do lots of different jobs. They are used in schools, shops, offices, factories and other places of work. This quiz looks at some uses of computers.

Teachers use computers a lot. Some schools even use _________ to take the register.

[ ]	Printers
[ ]	Computers
[ ]	Calculators
[ ]	Radios

Accountants are people who add up money. They use ___________ to help them.

[ ]	Calculators
[ ]	Fridges
[ ]	Televisions
[ ]	Food mixers

Shops use computers. Sam’s Mum has a trolley full of food. She takes it to the check-out. The shop assistant _____ the food.

[ ]	Eats
[ ]	Squashes
[ ]	Scans
[ ]	Paints

In offices people write a lot using computers. They ____ the words on a keyboard.

[ ]	Paint
[ ]	Print
[ ]	Type
[ ]	Stamp

Libraries have lots and lots of books. They keep a list of all their books on a computer. Which one of these is a long list on a computer?

[ ]	String
[ ]	Database
[ ]	River
[ ]	Train

Lots of factories use computers to help make things. The computers control the machines. The machines are _________.

[ ]	Automated
[ ]	Silly
[ ]	Cheap
[ ]	Crazy

Nurses and doctors use computers in _________.

[ ]	Hospitals
[ ]	Churches
[ ]	Warehouses
[ ]	Parks

Sam’s Mum buys a coat in a shop. She does not hand over money. How does she pay for the coat?

[ ]	With marbles.
[ ]	With chocolate coins.
[ ]	With a card.
[ ]	With counters.

Space rockets are controlled by _________.

[ ]	Dogs
[ ]	Cats
[ ]	Dragons
[ ]	Computers

10.

Sam’s Mum uses a sat-nav in her car. It helps her find her way around. What does the sat-nav use to make it work?

[ ]	The wind.
[ ]	The Sun.
[ ]	The Moon.
[ ]	A computer.

Computing Quiz - Computers For Work (Answers)

Teachers use computers a lot. Some schools even use _________ to take the register.

[ ]	Printers
[x]	Computers
[ ]	Calculators
[ ]	Radios

Does your school use a computer to take the register, or does the teacher mark your name in a book?

Accountants are people who add up money. They use ___________ to help them.

[x]	Calculators
[ ]	Fridges
[ ]	Televisions
[ ]	Food mixers

Accountants also use computers

Shops use computers. Sam’s Mum has a trolley full of food. She takes it to the check-out. The shop assistant _____ the food.

[ ]	Eats
[ ]	Squashes
[x]	Scans
[ ]	Paints

Every time something is scanned, the computer makes a blip noise

In offices people write a lot using computers. They ____ the words on a keyboard.

[ ]	Paint
[ ]	Print
[x]	Type
[ ]	Stamp

Can you use a keyboard to type words?

Libraries have lots and lots of books. They keep a list of all their books on a computer. Which one of these is a long list on a computer?

[ ]	String
[x]	Database
[ ]	River
[ ]	Train

Shops also keep long lists of everything they sell

Lots of factories use computers to help make things. The computers control the machines. The machines are _________.

[x]	Automated
[ ]	Silly
[ ]	Cheap
[ ]	Crazy

Robots are automated machines

Nurses and doctors use computers in _________.

[x]	Hospitals
[ ]	Churches
[ ]	Warehouses
[ ]	Parks

There are lots of computers in hospitals

Sam’s Mum buys a coat in a shop. She does not hand over money. How does she pay for the coat?

[ ]	With marbles.
[ ]	With chocolate coins.
[x]	With a card.
[ ]	With counters.

Sam’s Mum pays using a card and a special code. The computer works out how much she has to pay

Space rockets are controlled by _________.

[ ]	Dogs
[ ]	Cats
[ ]	Dragons
[x]	Computers

Rockets, planes, ships, trains - they all use computers

10.

Sam’s Mum uses a sat-nav in her car. It helps her find her way around. What does the sat-nav use to make it work?

[ ]	The wind.
[ ]	The Sun.
[ ]	The Moon.
[x]	A computer.

You guessed it - that uses a computer, too!