Week 1

Question 1

Which component is considered the brain of the computer?

Answer 1

CPU

Question 2

CDs and DVDs use an ____ to read and write data.

Answer 2

Optical Drive

Question 3

Optical drives use _____ to read and write data onto a storage medium.

Answer 3

Lasers

Question 4

The clock speed of a CPU is measured in

Answer 4

Gigahertz

Question 5

The motherboard is the PCB that connects all the crucial components together. What does PCB stand for?

Answer 5

Printed Circuit Board

Question 6

What does DDR stand for?

Answer 6

Double Data Rate

Question 7

What are the 2 types of RAM?

Answer 7

DIMM and SODIMM

Question 8

What do DIMM and SODIMM stand for?

Answer 8

DIMM = Dual In-Line Memory Module
SODIMM = Small Outline DIMM

Question 9

1,000,000 bytes is equal to

Answer 9

1MB

Question 10

1,000,000,000 bytes is equal to

Answer 10

1GB

Question 11

1,000,000,000,000 bytes is equal to

Answer 11

1TB

Question 12

1000 bytes is equal to

Answer 12

1KB

Question 13

A Mac book pro with a processor speed of 2.5GHz, about how many clock cycles will happen in one second?

Answer 13

2.5,000,000,000

Question 14

What is the part of the computer where the operating system, applications, and data in current use are stored so that it can be quickly accessed by the CPU

Answer 14

RAM