Mod 2 Quiz

Hyper Threading allows a single processor or processor core to handle two independent sets of instructions...

What are the two common types of processors used in computers?

RAID 0 is referred to as Disk Striping.

Which of the following is not one of the commonly used display types in monitors.

A Data Bus sends information back and forth between two or more components.

SSDs (Solid State Drives) use flash memory to store data.

The form factor refers to the physical dimensions as well as certain, connectors, screw holes and other positions...

What voltage does the red wire maintain on the Mini Power Connector and the SATA power connector?

What is the voltage for the orange wire on the SATA power connector?

Motherboard chipsets are one or more discrete integrated circuit (IC) chips that support the CPU's interfacing...

220-240VAC is the voltage range found across the world in power outlets.

Which of the following assemblies is not considered a component of a laser jet printer?

Supercomputers are designed for specialized applications requiring immense amounts of mathematical calculations.

Name the two types of flash memory.

Mainframe computer systems are used for major applications that require a lot of processing.

The PCI-E (PCI Express) power connector is a 6 pin or 8 pin connector for PCIe slots on the motherboard.

Mainframe computers perform many programs at once whereas supercomputers perform few programs as fast as possible.

The Memory Bus is the communication pathway between the CPU and the main memory?

What are the two types of printer feeding methods?

The two types of drivers are generic drivers and device specific drivers.

Non-parity systems have fault tolerance.

Error Correcting Code (ECC) allows a single bit error to be corrected, which means the system can continue...

SMSS is responsible for creating the user-mode environment that provides the visible interface to users.

Parity can’t correct system errors, but because parity can detect errors, it can make the user aware of memory errors...

Which of the following is not part of the Bus System?

What does SRAM stand for?

A device driver is defined as the interface between the hardware and the operating system.

Which of the following is not one of the common types of printers?

RAID 1 is referred to as Disk Mirroring/Duplexing.

The four primary types of portables are notebooks, subnotebooks, rugged notebooks and smart phones.

POST tests the computer’s processor, memory, chipset, video adapter, disk controllers, disk drives, keyboard, and ...

RJ-45 is the standard jack and connector used in support of local area network connections.

RAID 6 is referred to as Disk Striping with Extra Parity.

The Boot Loader is a routine that reads the disk drive looking for a valid Master Boot Record (MBR).

Random Access Memory (RAM) is a volatile, permanent storage location for a computer that can be accessed randomly...

The Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) connector is a standard 16 pin power supply connector for peripherals.

Flash Memory is a special type of solid-state memory chip that requires no power to maintain its contents.

The BIOS Setup provides the system configuration and setup program.

Exposing/Writing is the process where selected areas of the photosensitive drum are discharged to ground by the laser.

Which of the following are video interfaces?

All of the following form factors are modern form factors except for:

Select all of the choices that are considered the major types of optical technology standards.

A Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) switch is a software device that controls multiple computers on a single computer.

What LED is used to clear the photosensitive drum for the next print cycle?

NAND flash works more like dynamic RAM (DRAM).

The range of voltage found in AC power outlets in the United States is 110-120V.

What are the sub classifications of desktops?

What is used by any low-level system that needs to function independently of the operating system?

The Processor Bus is the communication pathway between the CPU and the Motherboard Chipset.

What is the central module of the operating system?

A smart card is a plastic card embedded with a computer chip which stores and transacts data between users.

Multi-core technology simulates two processors in a single core.

The black wire is ground in any power connector.

L3 cache is best suiuted to processors with four or more cores.

L1 cache is external to the processor chip.

Select all of the following that are steps in the printing process.

What are the classifications of computers?

HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) store data in a volatile magnetic format.

The 24-pin power connector is the main power connector for the motherboard.

What is a CAC?

How many levels of Cache Memory are there?

A computer is a programmable device that can store, retrieve, and process data.

RAID 0+1 is a Nested RAID and referred to as Nested, Mirrored Stripes.

Select all of the following options that are considered USB devices.

RAID 5 is referred to as Disk Striping with Distributed Parity.

RAID 10 is a Nested RAID and referred to as Nested, Striped Mirrors.

Which of the following is not a component of the Motherboard Chipset?

The part that allows for a printer to print double-sided is called a duplicator.

Which part of the printer is negative charge applied to?

What is the software that is embedded on hardware?

An Address Bus is used to carry addressing information to describe the memory location the data is sent to or from.

L2 cache is external to the processor chip.

RJ-11 is the standard jack and connector used in support of telephone/modem connections.

The Shell is the outermost layer of a program.

The master boot record (MBR) is always located on the first sector of the disk. This is identified as:

Basic Input/Output System is a...

What voltage does the yellow wire maintain on any power connector?

Resolution indicates the amount of detail a monitor can render.

Which of the following is not a way the POST gives warnings or erros?

What does DDR SDRAM stand for?

Minicomputers are less powerful than a microcomputer and more powerful than a mainframe.

A Command Bus is used by the CPUs for communicating with other devices within the computer.

Select all of the areas from which device drivers may come from.

BIOS refers to the collection of actual drivers used to act as an interface between the OS and the computer HW...

The shell interacts with the kernel through system commands.

_____ ______ is a volatile, intelligent, high-speed storage buffer that acts as go between for the CPU and main memory.