CMT Vocab Test 1 (rotations 2014)

Question 0

BIOS

Answer 0

Input and output operations

Question 1

AGP port

Answer 1

Accelerated graphics port. Videocard to computer’s motherboard

Question 2

Bus

Answer 2

Conductors carrying data, Control signals within computer system.

Question 3

Capacitor (caps)

Answer 3

Used to store an electric charge

Question 4

CD-ROM

Answer 4

A compact disc

Question 5

Chipset

Answer 5

Circuits in electronic device such as motherboard or portable telephone

Question 6

CMOS

Answer 6

Makes low power integrated circuit

Question 7

CMOS battery

Answer 7

Keeps time and date in-check

Question 8

CPU

Answer 8

Central processing unit

Question 9

CRT display monitor

Answer 9

Cathode ray tube - containing one or more electron guns

Question 10

DVD-ROM

Answer 10

Optical memory device for a computer system

Question 11

EIDE controller

Answer 11

IDE drive controller standard

Question 12

Expansion bus

Answer 12

Input/output pathway from the CPU to peripheral devices

Question 13

Flat screen monitor

Answer 13

Modern flat-panel displays use LCD technologies

Question 14

Floppy disc drive

Answer 14

Magnetic storage for computer systems

Question 15

Hard disk drive

Answer 15

Rigid magnetic disk for storing computer data

Question 16

Impact printer

Answer 16

Prints by mechanical impacts

Question 17

Inkjet printer

Answer 17

Characters are formed by minute jets of ink

Question 18

Interrupt request/ IRQ

Answer 18

A hardware interrupt on PC

Question 19

Keyboard

Answer 19

Panel of keys

Question 20

Laser printer

Answer 20

Good-quality, printed material

Question 21

Modem

Answer 21

A combined device for modulation and demodulation

Question 22

Motherboard

Answer 22

A Printed circuit board

Question 23

NIC

Answer 23

Network interface controller (hardware)

Question 24

Parallel port

Answer 24

A connector for a device

Question 25

PCI port

Answer 25

Peripheral component interconnect

Question 26

POST

Answer 26

Power on self test

Question 27

Power supply

Answer 27

AC adapter or charger

Question 28

Printer

Answer 28

A machine

Question 29

Processor port

Answer 29

(AKA PPN) processor port network

Question 30

PS/2 port

Answer 30

Hardware interface- mouse & keyboard

Question 31

RAM

Answer 31

Random access memory

Question 32

ROM

Answer 32

Read-only memory

Question 33

Serial port

Answer 33

A computer by which a device that sends data

Question 34

Sound port

Answer 34

Sound hole in the upper sound board

Question 35

System bus

Answer 35

Single computer bus for the data transfer

Question 36

USB Port

Answer 36

Universal serial bus

Question 37

VGA Port

Answer 37

Video graphics port