Chapter 1: Intro to the Personal Computers

Question 1

What is temporary memory that helps the CPU operate more efficently?

Accepted Answer

RAM

Question 2

What is the device shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Heat Sink

Question 3

What device is the hand holding in the picture?

Accepted Answer

RAM

Question 4

What device is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Motherboard

Question 5

What cannot be done to the information on a ROM chip?

Accepted Answer

It cannot be erased

Question 6

What is the device in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Power Supply

Question 7

Which type of interface was orginally designed for HI DEF televisions?

Accepted Answer

HDMI

Question 8

What are two factors that must be considered when choosing a computer case?

Accepted Answer

# of internal drive locations and the size of motherboard

Question 9

Which term is used to define the wires on a motherboard that move data?

Accepted Answer

Bus

Question 10

Which device is considered an input device?

Accepted Answer

Digital Camera

Question 11

When building a PC which component has the most impact when selecting a case and power supply?

Accepted Answer

Motherboard

Question 12

If you are a hardcore PC gamer, which harddrive would you want?

Accepted Answer

Solid State Drive

Question 13

Which cable connects a keyboard or mouse to a computer?

Accepted Answer

PS/2

Question 14

Which cable is a multimedia interface initially developed for TV?

Accepted Answer

HDMI

Question 15

What device is the red line pointing to?

Accepted Answer

CPU

Question 16

What is the difference between EROM and PROM?

Accepted Answer

EROM can be erased

Question 17

What cable is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

VGA

Question 18

Which type of connector is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

BNC

Question 19

What device is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Cooling Fan

Question 20

What cable is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

PS/2

Question 21

What component would connect to the motherboard through the use of a 24-pin connector?

Accepted Answer

Power Supply

Question 22

Which unit of measurement is used to indicate the hard drive speed?

Accepted Answer

Revolutions per minute

Question 23

Which type of memory is primarily used in cache memory?

Accepted Answer

SRAM

Question 24

What type of connector can by used to connect an internal hard drive to the motherboard?

Accepted Answer

SATA

Question 25

Which cable is a connector for analog video?

Accepted Answer

VGA

Question 26

The smallest piece of information in a computer?

Accepted Answer

Byte

Question 27

Which would be important for a workstation running multiple virtual machines?

Accepted Answer

Large amounts of RAM

Question 28

What cable is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Thunderbolt

Question 29

Which cable connects devices suing the mini display port adapter?

Accepted Answer

Thunderbolt

Question 30

Which activity is normally controlled by the northbridge part of the chipset?

Accepted Answer

Access to RAM

Question 31

What is the function of the power supply?

Accepted Answer

Convert AC power to lower DC power

Question 32

What electrical unit refers to the number of electrons moving through a circut per second?

Accepted Answer

Current

Question 33

What is the device in the picture?

Accepted Answer

RAM

Question 34

Which component controls the communication with the CPU and other computer parts?

Accepted Answer

Chipset

Question 35

Which cable is a connector for coaxial cables?

Accepted Answer

BNC

Question 36

Which type of cable is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Coaxial

Chapter 1: Intro to the Personal Computers

Questions 36

Chapter 1: Intro to the Personal Computers

Questions 36