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Question:The best description of a port:. Module which stores data Way for the peripheral to connect to the computer Station where bus on the motherboard drop off data Drawing utensil in the DTP. Question: Which of the following statements are TRUE with regard to Expansion cards?.
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Question:The best description of a port: Module which stores data Way for the peripheral to connect to the computer Station where bus on the motherboard drop off data Drawing utensil in the DTP
Question: Which of the following statements are TRUE with regard to Expansion cards? • Credit card used for shopping • TV game cards • Separate boards containing circuitry to control peripherals • Card used to represent picture on the screen
Question:Which of the following are ports? • COM, LPT, WAN • MAN, LAN , USB • COM, LPT, USB • BIOS, CMOS, LPT
Question: The LPT port is the port most frequently used to connect the PC to the ... • CPU • Screen • Printer • Mouse
Question: The hard drive is made up of ... • Clusters, Track and registers • Tracks, RAM and ROM • Platters, read-writte heads and a single access arm • The I/O bus
Question: The speed of the hard drive is determined by ... • The program counter containing the address of the next introdution • The speed of the cache memory • Access time of the video card and data transfer rate of the drive • Access time of the hard drive and data transfer rate of the drive
Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE with regard to computer modules? • Easy to see and hold • Easy to change and interchange • Are program • Are expensive
Question:Which of the following statements is TRUE? • The COM port is a parallel port • The LPT port connect the mouse to the CPU • The LPT is a serial port • The LPT port connects the PC to a printer
Question:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? • The USB port allows up to 127 devices to be chained into one port. • The keyboard plugs direct into the motherboard • The printer plugs into the serial port • The AGP graphic card plugged into a AGP port is faster than a graphic card plugged into a PCI port
Question :Access time ... • Is influenced by the new INTEL AGP card • Convert an address indicating the physical position on the disk. • Is how long it takes to locate a piece of information and make it available to the computer for processing. • Affects the computer capacity to store data
Question: Circuit board that provides additional capabilities for a computer: • Adapter • Motherboard • Sound card • Video card
Question: Device connected to and controlled by a computer, but external to the computers' central processing unit. • Motherboard • Peripheral device • Video card • Sound card
Question: Large circuit board containing the computer's central processing unit, microprocessor chips, RAM and expansion slots is called the ... • Motherboard • Expansion card • Hard disk interface • Adapter
Question: "The Pentum microprocessor has a 32-bit architecture. The speed of the computer is influenced by this architecture.' Which of the following statements has the most bearing on the statement? • The width of a register influences speed • Defraging a system speed up a computer • Large amounts of RAM speeds up a computer • The RAM of video card influences speed
Question:The speed of the hard drive is determined by ... • The number of registers that CPU has • Access time of the hard drive and data transfer rate of the the drive • The width of the data bus • The width of the address bus
Question:An organised collection of information on a disk like a word-processor document or a program, is referred to as a(n) ... • File • Kilobyte • Record • Address
Question: Electronic standard for the connection of a hard disk to a computer: • Double speed drive • Hard disk interface • SCSI • Access time
Question:Large capacity data storage medium for computers, on which information is stored at extremely high density in the form of tiny pits: • Optical disk • Floppy disk • Stiffy disk • Hard disk drive
Question: Socket that enables a computer processor to communicate with an external device: • Port • Register • Motheboard • Keyboard
Question:A microprocessor is one type of ultra-large-scale integrated ... • Circuit • Motherboard • Memory • Cache
Question:On the motherboard (the)….... is the temporary computer memory area in which data can be stored • RAM • Expansion slot • ROM BIOS • Math-co processor
Question:The fastest of the memory types listed: DRAM, EDO RAM, ROM, SRAM • DRAM • ROM • EDO RAM • SRAM
Question: Stored in RAM when the computer is switched off: Stored in RAM when the computer is switched off: • Programs • Data • BIOS • Nothing
Question: Part of a system used to store data and programs either permanently or temporarily: • Port • Cache • Register • Memory
Question:Carry digital information throughout the chip and computer: • Clocks • Registers • Circuit • Buses
Question:Which of the following statements is FALSE? • SRAM is used for cache • DRAM is used for normal primary memory • SDRAM is replacing EDO RAM in most new computer • DRAM is used for cache memory
Question:People who want to troubleshoot hardware and software problems study and obtain a(n) ... • A+ certificate • B.Sc degree • B+ certificate • CNE
Question:Cache memory ... • Is special high speed memory designed to accelerate processing instructions to CPU. • Carry signals that tell memory if the CPU wants to read or write • Decode the instruction • Convert signal into digital format
Question:Unit of measurement, composed of bits and bytes, that can be stored in one memory location name: • Bit • Word • Byte • Kb
Question:The instruction cycle involves:A. Fetching the next instruction to be executed from memory to the CPU.B. Control unit decodes the instruction.C. Data is transferrred.D. The instruction is executed. • A, B, C, D • B, C, D, A • D, A, B, C • C, B, D, A
Question:Which type of ROM is being referred to?- The BIOS on this ROM can be upgraded by making used of software (flashing): • PROM • EPROM • ROM • EEPROM
Question:What is being referred to? - An electronic pathway along which signals can be sent from one part of a computer to another. • Cache • Slot • Wire • Bus
Question:Component of the CPU that decodes, synchronises and executes program instructions: • Arithmetric/logic unit • SIMN • Control unit • BIOS
Question:Set of wires running from the CPU to RAM: • City Tramways bus • Data bus • Address bus • System bus
Question:If you had an internal modem, into which part of the motherboard would you slot the card? • SIMM • Expansion slot • Central processing unit • Bus
Question:The fastest type of video cards suitable for the latest version of Quake: • 3 D • 2 D • AGP • Standard
Question:Most sound cards use the ... connection slots: • ISA • USB • SCSI • PCI
Question: The extension of a sound file: • .avi • .wav • .jpg • .midi
Question: CPU processing functions regulator that produces a pulse at regular intervals: • Cache • Bus • Megahertz • System clock
Question:Read-write heads, platters and single access arms are found in ... • ROM • Hard drives • Packets • Cylinders
Question:What implications does video editing have on secondary storage? • Make no difference • Need great deal of secondary storage space • Uses space more efficently and helps reduce the size of secondary storage. • Impossible to store on a home system.
Question:Which of the following architecture features did these Internet journalists require? • Large amounts of RAM, fast processor and good video card • Fast processor,sound card and large screen • Good web program • Voiced activated software
Question:... memory is volatile. • External • Secondary • ROM • RAM
Question:Bus that connects the CPU and memory, providing a pathway to the computer's peripherals: • Data bus • Address bus • System bus • Golden Arrow bus
Question:The computer platform which developed the GUI interface: • IBM • Apple • Acorn • BBC
Question:The smallest unit of information that a computer can handle: • Byte • Bit • Word • Mb
Question:The video card directly influences ... The video card directly influences ... • A virtual community • The quality of gaphics and color on a screen • Download speed from the internet • Virtual memory
Question: of a computer refers to the unique combination of hardware components that will meet the requirements of a user. • Latency • Configuration • Plug and play • Interfacing
Question:Bus system that has expansion slots on the motherboard: • Open bus system • Close bus system • System clock • System 7