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Digital Devices

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 the wide range of digital devices, apps (or applications) and the rate of change. It is one of 20 quizzes to help you find out about how computers work, and how they affect all our lives.

There are lots of computers and tiny electronic machines. They store information in bits. They are digital machines or devices. When your parents were born there were very few computers. Now there are lots of computers, mobile phones, digital recorders, smart machines and other devices. There are apps available to download. Apps, or applications, are programs for computers. The rate of change is very fast. This year’s new technology is soon out of date. This quiz dips into the digital world.

1 .
Lots of machines now have tiny computers. If an engine is not working properly, a computer can tell the driver of a ___.
Car
Lorry
Bus
All three of these
Trains, ships and planes also use computers
2 .
Which one of these is a smaller computer that you can move about?
Printer
Laptop
Calculator
Spreadsheet
Do you have laptops at school? Do you have a laptop at home?
3 .
What do we call a phone that you can use almost anywhere?
Liquid
Fluid
Flexible
Mobile
Who has a mobile phone in your family?
4 .
Sam’s Mum has bought a new coat on the Internet. She says, “I bought it _____."
In a shop
At the supermarket
Online
At a market
Does anyone in your family shop online?
5 .
What is a name for a small electronic machine?
Cooker
Oven
Power station
Gadget
What is your favourite gadget?
6 .
Sam’s Mum has just __________ a new app onto her phone.
Downloaded
Parachuted
Thrown
Flown
Programs can be downloaded from the internet
7 .
Information is sent round the world. Most of this information is sent through __________.
Pipes
Wires
Satellites
Drains
Satellites are up in space, above the Earth
8 .
The first computers were very big. Then the first smaller computers were built. They were called PCs. What does PC stand for?
Police Computer
Polite Computer
Personal Computer
Powerful Computer
Some people still use PCs
9 .
A lot of mobile phones are smart phones. You can use apps and ________ on these phones.
The Internet
A knife and fork
A plate and cup
A mug and bowl
Who in your family has a smart phone?
10 .
Apps let you do all sorts of things on computers and smart phones. What is app short for?
Appearance
Appointment
Application
Applause
Which is your favourite app?
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - What is digital technology?

Author:  David Bland

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