1.  Tour a computer room or a business in operation.

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 2.  List and briefly describe the following items:

     a.  3 types of Input Devices

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     b.  3 types of Output Devices

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     c.  2 types of Storage Devices

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 3.  Write a brief description of the different jobs performed by the computer
     personnel, such as operators, programmers, schedulers, and systems analysts.

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 4.  Describe the difference between a batch system and an online system.

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 5.  Describe the difference between a bit and a byte.

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 6.  Describe the difference between RAM and ROM.

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 7.  Identify the difference between a systems programmer and an applications
     programmer.

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 8.  Draw flowchart of a simple input/output operation.

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 9.  Do one of the following:

     a. ___  Research the prospects for a career in computer sciences in your area,
             listing 5 possible sources of employment.

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     3)  __________________________________   4)  __________________________________

     5)  __________________________________

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     b. ___  Write an essay of at least 500 words on the history of the computer industry.

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     c. ___  Keep a list for 1 month of all the ways a computer affects your life,
             such as bills received in the mail, tickets from cash registers, coded
             prices on packages, etc.

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