Study Guide – Week #2 - Hardware

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The USB port is a high speed parallel connection.

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The Random Access Memory (RAM) stores the boot up instructions for the computer.

True False

The blue port in the bottom center of the image below is called a.HDMI portb.USB portc.RCA port d.VGA port

The ETHERNET port is frequently used to network a computer

TRUE FALSE

The ports shown in the picture below are for a.Printer input/outputb.Video camerac.Peer to peer networkingd.Audio devices

The three white card slots in the upper left of the picture are called a.PCI card slotsb.RAM card slotsc.ROM card slotsd.CPU card slots

In the Motherboard block diagram shown on the right, the HIGH SPEED BUS is the a.SOUTHBRIDGEb.SUPER I/Oc.CPUd.NORTHBRIDGE

A motherboard is the main printed circuit board (PCB) found in computers and other expandable computer based systems

TRUE FALSE

Two main components of a MOTHERBOARD are the CPU and MEMORY

TRUE FALSE

The ink jet printer is classed as an output device.

TRUE FALSE

The CPU operation cycle isa. Decode – Fetch – Executeb. Fetch – Decode – Executec. Execute – Decode – Fetchd. None of the above

The following computer hardware does fall into the category of data storage device.a. USB Flash memoryb. Computer Hard Drivec. Random Access Memoryd. Compact Drivee. a, b, c.f. b, c, d.g. a, b, d.

The touch pad is classed as an output device.

TRUE FALSE

The MOUSE is commonly referred to as a POINTING input device.

True False

The keyboard input device uses the ASCI code to translate the keystrokes into digital signals to the computer

TRUE FALSE

Audio INPUT to the computer requires ____________ conversion before the signals can be used.a.Video to HDMIb.Analog to Digitalc.Digital to Analogd.JPEG to GIFF

The computer monitor is classed as an OUTPUT device

TRUE FALSE

A USB interface can support both Input and OUTPUT devices

TRUE FALSE

The following is/are HDMI OUTPUT device(s)a.CRT Computer Monitorb.Digital TVc.Analog Video Projectord.All of the above

A CPU performs the arithmetic functions which make a computer work.

TRUE FALSE

The processing power of a CPU is measured in a.instructions per secondb.Hertzc.Bandwidthd.Memory fetches per unit time

The two major sections of a CPU area. TCP and ALUb. BCU and IPc. ALU and CUd. IDE and IP

Computer memory is where the computer stores data temporarily during processing.

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The following computer hardware does not fall into the category of data storage device.

a. Random Access Memoryb. USB Flash memoryc. Computer Hard Drived. Compact Drive

In most cases, the computer’s C drive refers to magnetic Disc Storage

True False

Cache memory isa. very fast RAMb. Very fast USB Flashc. Very fast SD Cardd. Very fast ROM

It is possible for you to record music on a CD-ROM several times

True False

A hard drive that is advertised as having 200GB of storage holdsa. at least 200 billion bytes of dateb. at least 200 million bytes of datec. more than 200 million bits of datad. all of the above