Post on 18-Jan-2018
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What 3 things does a computer do?
Input, Processing,
Output
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What is the largest circuit board in the PC?
Motherboard
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What letter represents the diskette drive of the computerand what letter represents the hard drive?
A and C
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What does RAM stand for?
Random Access Memory
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Name 4 computer hardware components
Monitor, mouse, keyboard, hard disk, diskette drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, modem, printer, scanner, speaker,
CPU, motherboard, power supply, bus & expansion slots
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What does CPU stand for and what is it often called?
Central Processing UnitThe “brain” of the computer
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It is lost.
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What happens to a document in RAM when the power is turned off?
Name two common input devices.
Keyboard, mouse, scanner, touch screen, CD-ROM drive
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Name two types of printers.
laserinkjetplotter
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Name four mouse functions.
pointclick
double clickdrag
right clickright drag
scroll
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How is the speed of a computer measured?
megahertz or gigahertz
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What is the difference between gigabyte and gigahertz?
Gigabyte measures storage.Gigahertz measures speed.
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What Operating System Software do we have in our lab?
Windows XP
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What do Network Administrators do?
They ensure that a company’s network operates efficiently.
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What do Help Desk Professionals do?
They provide help to users of applications.
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What do Web site Designers and Programmers do?
They decide what websites will look like and write the code to create them.
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What is software?
Instructions that tell your computer what to do
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What are the two types of software?
Operating System Softwareand
Application Software
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What type of computer would a large business use to dohuge numbers of relatively simple computations.
mainframe
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What category of computer do we have in our lab?
microcomputer
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What category of computer is the fastest problem solver?
supercomputer
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What kind of computer is used by more that one personand is now called a workstation and server.
minicomputer
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What is the most commonly used microcomputer called?
personal computer
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Name the 4 categories of computers from largest to smallest:
SupercomputerMainframe
MinicomputerMicrocomputer
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Personal computers operate through a number of on/off switches.What are they called?
binary digitsor
bits
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What is a string of 8 bits called?
byte
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What does a zero in binary code represent?
A switch that is off
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How many bytes are in a Kilobyte?
1 thousand
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How many bytes are in a Gigabyte?
1 billion
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What term would you use for a million bytes?
Megabyte
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