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Which of the following is NOT a type of motherboard expansion slot?. a) ISA b) PCI c) AGP d) ATX. Which of the following is NOT a type of computer hard drive?. a) IDE b) FDD c) SCSI d) EIDE.
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Which of the following is NOT a type of motherboard expansion slot? a) ISA b) PCI c) AGP d) ATX
Which of the following is NOT a type of computer hard drive? a) IDE b) FDD c) SCSI d) EIDE
Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the power to the system is turned off? a) CPU b) ROM c) RAM d) DRAM e) DIMM
How can you tell that a particular ribbon cable should only be used to connect a floppy drive? a) it's white b) it has a red line along one edge c) it's wider than all the other ribbon cables d) it has a twist in it
What is BIOS an acronym for? a) bootstrap initial operating system b) basic input output startup c) boot initial operating startup d) basic input output system
Which of the following is NOT a type of RAM? a) SIMM b) DIMM c) ROM d) SLIPP
What does FDISK do? a) performs low-level formatting of the hard drive b) fixes bad sectors on the hard drive c) recovers lost clusters on the hard drive d) creates partitions on the hard drive
What type of connector is used to plug a telephone line into a modem? a) COM1 b) RJ-45 c) RJ-11 d) RJ-10
What is different between AT and ATX power supplies?. a) They are identical except for their shape. b) AT supplies use a single P1 power connector while ATX uses P8 and P9 c) AT power supplies run on 120V AC current while ATX uses 220V AC d) AT supplies use P8 and P9 power connectors while ATX uses a single P1 connector.
What are the four key functions of a computer system? a) input, processing, output, and storage b) keyboard, display, memory, and disk drive c) word processing, spreadsheets, database, and contact management d) read, write, calculate, and display e) bits, bytes, words, and OSI
The hard disk drive magnetic surface is divided in concentric circles called tracks, and each track is divided into segments called sectors. What is the name given to the set of tracks that have the same spatial position on all discs present in the hard disk drive? a) Side b) Face c) Cylinder d) Head
How many information bytes can be stored in a sector? a) 128 b) 256 c) 512 d) 1024
The hard disk drive capacity is defined by its formatting pattern. We call the hard disk drive formatting pattern as: a) FAT b) VFAT c) Cluster d) Geometry
What is the maximum storage capacity on FAT-16 system? a) 504 MB b) 2 GB c) 8.4 GB d) 10 GB
Where is stored the location of the first cluster of a file? a) Directory b) FAT c) VFAT d) Inside the file itself
What happens if we install a UDMA/133 hard disk drive using a 40-wire flat-cable? a) The computer doesn't turn on. b) The hard disk drive isn't recognized by the computer BIOS. c) This installation isn't possible. d) The hard disk drive will work with a transfer rate lower than the maximum rate it supports.
What is Serial ATA? a) A hard disk drive interface. b) A new serial port standard. c) The transfering method used on SCSI hard disk drives. d) An extension to the USB bus.
What feature DOES NOT belong to Serial ATA standard? a) Serial transmission. b) 4-wire cable. c) 150 MB/s or 300 MB/s transfer rates. d) Master and Slave configuration.
What does active partition mean? a) Single partition. b) Partition with all the hard disk drive capacity. c) Partition with an operating system installed. d) Partition that will be used to boot the operating system.
Which of the following is not an input device? a) Keyboard b) Joystick c) Microphone d) Monitor
Approximately how many bytes make one Megabyte a) One Million b) Ten Thousand c) One Hundred d) One Thousand
Which part is the "brain" of the computer? • Monitor • CPU • RAM • ROM
The capacity of your hard drive is measured in • Gigabytes • MHz • Mbps • 52X
How much information can a CD (Compact Disk) usually store? • 150 Mb • 650 Mb • 10 Mb • 1.4 Mb
What is the permanent memory built into your computer called? • CD-ROM • ROM • CPU • RAM
Which device allows your computer to talk to other computers over a telephone line as well as access the internet? • Hard Drive • Modem • CD-ROM drive • RAM
How is access time measured on SDRAM memories? • From what is marked on the memory chip. • Thus a characteristic called CL, Cas Latency. • By calculating the CPU clock. • By diving the CPU clock period by what is marked on the memory chip.
What is access time? • It is the time taken by the memory to store or retrieve a piece of data. • It is the number marked on all memory chips. • It is the memory clock. • It is the transaction period between the CPU and the memory.
How RAM memory is accessed by the CPU? • Directly. • Thru the cache controller. • Thru the chipset (north bridge) or the CPU, depending on the CPU model. • Thru the south bridge chip .
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 • Expantion 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