Name ___________Ryan H_(1-2)_______

Activity Sheet
Answer the following questions in the space provided.

1) What are the three major steps in information flow?

Input Unit > Processing Unit > Output Unit

2) CPU is an acronym. What does it stand for?

Central Processing Unit

3) Explain briefly the role of the input unit.

The input unit gathers the information of input by the user.

4) Explain briefly the role of the CPU.

The CPU is the main processing unit which processes the information sent to
the CPU from the input and has a task which is to send the information to the
output unit.

5) Explain briefly the role of the output unit.

The output unit presents the information gathered by the input unit and then
processed by the CPU.

6) Explain briefly the role of the memory unit.

Memory unit is mostly done in the RAM. It is used to present and process
current processes and most of the instructions are placed in the memory unit
temporarily.
 7) What is software?

Software is an application that is stored inside of the computer digitally.

8) What is hardware?

Hardware is a computer piece which is an actual item inside of the computer.

IPO Examples and Chart

(Bold = Already present, Non-bold = My own examples)
The following chart is called an IPO chart. There are a few examples on the
chart. Complete the chart below and add 7 examples of your own.

Input Processing Output

5, 10 addition 15
5, 10 multiplication 50
5, 10 subtraction -5
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 addition 55
25 Square root 5
6,4,3 multiplication 72
10, 14, 99 maximum 99
10, 14, 99 minimum 10
60, 12 division 5
2 Power 2 4
2 Power 3 8
6,3 addition 9
6,3 multiplication 18
1,6 subtraction -5
9 Square root 3
5,8,9 maximum 9
5,8,9 minimum 5
24,6 division 4