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Task I. Quiz-game "Do you know more about computers"? (Divide into two groups and give answers to even (1 gr.) and odd (2 gr.) question numbers.)

PART 1

1. What is a computer?

2. What is the computer's main function?

3. What is hardware?

4. What is software?

5. What are the main functional units of a digital computer?

6. What is a binary number system?

7. What is the function of the CPU?

8. What two functional units does the CPU consist of?

9. What components does control unit include?

10. What is the ALU function?

11. What is the function of CU?

12. What storage devices do you know?

13. What is the purpose of input / output devices?

14. Name devices used for inputting / outputting information.

15. What is a scanner used for?

16. What types of printers do you know?

17. What is modem and what is it used for?

18. What is the difference between PC and large computer systems?

19. What are the main spheres of PC applications?

20. What professions are in great need of computers?

21. What does "a computer-literate" person mean?

PART 2

1. What was the very first calculating device?

2. Who invented the first calculating machine?

3. How was the first calculating machine called?

4. What was the first means of coding data?

5. When and where was the transistor invented?

6. What advantages did the transistor have over the vacuum tube?

7. When was the integrated circuit invented?

8. What scales of integration are known to you?

9. What corporation was the first to produce computers?

10. In what fields were the first computers used?

11. What was the name of the first digital computer?

12. Who built the first digital computer?

13. What is ENIAC? Decode it.

14. Who contributed the idea of storing data and instructions in binary code?

15. When did the first personal computer appear?

16. What were computers of the first generation based on?

17. What invention contributed to the appearance of the second generation computers?

18. What was the essence of the third computer generation?

19. What is the basis of the fourth computer generation?

PART 3

1. How old were you when you learnt about the computer?

2. What are the reasons for buying home computers?

3. Do you like playing on the computer?

4. What are your favorite video games (shoot'em-up, walk-through, role-playing games, or intellectual games)?

5. How often do you work with the computer?

6. Does good knowledge of English help to operate you the computer better?

7. Do you agree that English is a lifetime study and may serve a variety of purposes? What are they?

8. Who can be called a computer wizard? Do you attribute his/her success to hard work or talent?

9. Are you a computer wizard or a "dummy"? Prove it.

10. Why do you think you'll be good for a computer work?

Task II. What do these abbreviations and acronyms stand for? Decode them.

PC; CU; ALU; CPU; IBM; DOS; CRT; ROM; RAM; IC; LSI; VLSI; CD-ROM; I/O; CAI; CAD; CAM; DVD; GUI; MB; GB; LCD; LAN; IT; DTP; OS; VCR; WWW; HDD; BIOS.

Task III. Quiz: Computers and the Net.

1. Make sure you ___ your computer before you leave the office.

a) close b) shut down c) restart d) lock up

2. How long are you going to be ___ the Internet? I need to phone.

a) at b) in c) to d) on

3. Oh no! This stupid computer has ___ again!

a) crashed b) broken down c) had an accident d) failed

4. There is a ___ in the computer program somewhere.

a) glitch b) bug c) error d) mistake

5. I can spend the whole weekend just ___ the Net.

a) sailing b) swimming c) surfing d) windsurfing

6. Now we have broadband, we're ___ to the Internet 24 hours a day.

a) joined b) infected c) connected d) attached

7. Web-browser is the software that allows you to ___.

a) explore the Net b) eavesdrop c) send a fax d) save a file

8. To open a file, just ___ on it with the mouse.

a) press b) cluck c) hit d) click

9. Virus is a ___.

a) flaw b) poison c) bug d) digital infection

10. The emoticon;–) means ___.

a) I'm flirting b) I didn't like it c) I'm being ironic d) I'm a programmer

11. In the film Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise enters a high-security area with the help of a computer ___.

a) monitor b) programmer c) cracker d) burglar

12. Shareware means ___

a) hand-me-down clothing b) free hardware c) server d) trial software