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A yottabyte is a real (conceptual) measure of data storage
true
false
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Most phones have about more storage than the Apolo computer
500,000 times
10 times
100,000 times
100 times
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A tryanabtye is a real (conceptual) measure of storage
False
True
4
What is the motherboard?
converts power into the form that computers can use
main circuit board of the system
Allows you to add expansion cards, like video and sound
the brain of the computer
5
What could be stored in a petabyte of memory?
about 300 pictures
Facebook data
a few movies
all the data on the internet
6
What part allows me to upgrade my video card?
heat sink
motherboard
RAM
expansion slots
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A gigabyte can store
about 341 pictures
about 3410 pictures
about 341,000 pictures
about 30 pictures
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Megahertz and Gigahertz refer to
the speed of the processor
the speed of data
the amount of long term memory a computer has
the amount of temporary memory a computer has
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How much storage capacity did the Apollo spacecraft have? (according to the article)
about 100 pages
as much as my phone
about 16 pages
about 2 paragraphs
10
What is one way to make your computer faster?
more RAM
Faster hard drive
All of these
Don't use a battery--use the wall power
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Does the RAM card store information after you turn off your computer?
YES
NO
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RAM is
long term memory
short term memory
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What can be stored in one KB
about one web page
about 2 pages
about 300 pictures
about 2-3 paragraphs
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How many bits in a nibble?
6
2
4
8
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What is the CPU made out of?
none of these
Silicon
gold
copper
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What is RAM?
Long term memory
Read Only Memory
Random Apple Memory
Random Access Memory
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A processor's speed is measured in
megahertz or gigahertz
megabytes or gigabytes
ROM
RAM
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When you save a file, the computer saves it to the
hard drive
ROM
soft drive
RAM
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ROM is
short term memory
long term memory
memory added by the manufacturer
the cloud memory
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What is the CPU?
temporary memory
the brain of the computer
long term memory
the main circuit board of the computer
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What is the name of the computer part that draws heat away from the processor?
ROM
fan
RAM
heat sink
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What is the part that converts standard electrical power into the form that computers can use?
heat sink
CPU
power supply
motherboard
