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BIM Jeopardy: Computer Hardware, Software, and Jobs

Test your knowledge on computer hardware, software, and job roles in the exciting game of BIM Jeopardy.

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BIM Jeopardy: Computer Hardware, Software, and Jobs

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  1. Welcome to BIM Jeopardy

  2. More Hardware Jobs & Software Computer Types Hardware Storage 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 600 600 600 600 600

  3. 100 What 3 things does a computer do? Input, Processing, Output

  4. 200 What is the largest circuit board in the PC? Motherboard

  5. 300 What letter represents the diskette drive of the computer and what letter represents the hard drive? A (diskette) and C (hard drive)

  6. 400 What does RAM stand for? Random Access Memory

  7. 500 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

  8. 600 What does CPU stand for and what is it often called? Central Processing Unit The “brain” of the computer

  9. 100 What happens to a document in RAM when the power is turned off? It is lost.

  10. 200 Name two common input devices. Keyboard, mouse, scanner, touch screen, CD-ROM drive

  11. 300 Name two types of printers. laser inkjet plotter

  12. 400 Name four mouse functions. point click double click drag right click right drag scroll

  13. 500 How is the speed of a computer measured? megahertz or gigahertz

  14. 600 What is the difference between gigabyte and gigahertz? Gigabyte measures storage. Gigahertz measures speed.

  15. 100 What Operating System Software do we have in our lab? Windows 7

  16. 200 What do Network Administrators do? They ensure that a company’s network operates efficiently.

  17. 300 What do Help Desk Professionals do? They provide help to users of applications.

  18. 400 What do Web site Designers and Programmers do? They decide what websites will look like and write the code to create them.

  19. 500 Whatis software? Instructions that tell your computer what to do

  20. 600 What are the two types of software? Operating System Software and Application Software

  21. 100 What type of computer would a large business use to do huge numbers of relatively simple computations. mainframe

  22. 200 What category of computer do we have in our lab? microcomputer

  23. 300 What category of computer is the fastest problem solver? supercomputer

  24. 400 What kind of computer is used by more that one person and is often referred to as a workstation and server. minicomputer

  25. 500 What is the most commonly used microcomputer called? personal computer

  26. 600 Name the 4 categories of computers from largest to smallest: Supercomputer Mainframe Minicomputer Microcomputer

  27. 100 Personal computers operate through a number of on/off switches. What are they called? binary digits or bits

  28. 200 What is a string of 8 bits called? byte

  29. 300 What does a zero in binary code represent? A switch that is off

  30. 400 How many bytes are in a Kilobyte? 1 thousand

  31. 500 How many bytes are in a Gigabyte? 1 billion

  32. 600 What term would you use for a million bytes? Megabyte

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