Computer Hardware

Question 1

What is responsible for processing all information from programs run in your computer?

Answer 1

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

Question 2

The speed at which your processor processes information is measured in what?

Answer 2

Gigahertz (GHz)

Question 3

What hardware is found in the memory slots of the motherboard?

Answer 3

Random-Access Memory (RAM)

Question 4

What is responsible for temporary storing information created by programs and to do so in a way that makes data easily accessible?

Answer 4

RAM

Question 5

Rendering images, editing video and multitasking with multiple applications use what?

Answer 5

RAM

Question 6

What device is responsible for storing permanent and temporary data?

Answer 6

Hard drive

Question 7

What are the two different types of hard drives?

Answer 7

Traditional Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
Solid State Drives (SSD)

Question 8

What works by writing binary data onto a spinning magnetic disks?

Answer 8

Traditional hard disk drive(HDD)

Question 9

The magnetic disks that spin in a hard disk drive are called what?

Answer 9

Platters

Question 10

What type of disk drive works by storing data using static flash memory chips?

Answer 10

Solid-state drives

Question 11

What is important for 3D rendering and pro huge batches of graphic data?

Answer 11

Graphics Processor Unit(GPU)

Question 12

Computer graphic cards have at least one what?

Answer 12

GPU

Question 13

Dedicated graphics cards interface with the motherboard using what?

Answer 13

An expansion slot

Question 14

The what is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an electrical connector at the motherboard to add functionality to a computer system

Answer 14

Expansion card, expansion board, or accessory card

Question 15

The what is a computer that moves information between the internal hardware and peripheral devices?

Answer 15

Expansion Bus

Question 16

Generally, computer hardware contains what three major components?

Answer 16

1) central processing unit
2) storage
3) peripheral devices

Question 17

What hardware supports data processing?

Answer 17

CPU

Question 18

What hardware stores ephemeral programs and data for quick access in RAM?

Answer 18

Computer Memory

Question 19

What hardware supports input and output operations of the computer?

Answer 19

Peripheral devices

Question 20

What is another name for the IPOS model of computing?

Answer 20

Vonn Neumann Architecture

Question 21

What is the electronic circuit responsible for executing computer program instructions?

Answer 21

CPU

Question 22

The CPU consists of what three parts?

Answer 22

1) Arithmetic unit
2) control unit
3) processor register

Question 23

What cpu part contains circuitry that performs operations on data?

Answer 23

Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)

Question 24

Which part of the cpu contains circuitry coordinating the machine’s activity?

Answer 24

Control unit

Question 25

What part of the CPU contains data storage cells called registers?

Answer 25

Processor register

Question 26

What are the high-speed storage areas in the CPU called?

Answer 26

Registers

Question 27

All data must be stored in a what in the CPU that serves as a temporary holding place while the data is being manipulated, holds the input of the ALU and stores the results?

Answer 27

Registers

Question 28

To perform an operation on data stored in the main memory, the what transfers data from the main memory into the registers, informs the ALU which register holds the data, activates the ALU and tells which register should receive the results?

Answer 28

Control Unit

Question 29

What register holds the memory location of data that needs to be accessed?

Answer 29

Memory Address Register

Question 30

What register holds the data that is being transferred to or from the memory?

Answer 30

Memory data register (MDR)

Question 31

What register holds the ALU results?

Answer 31

Accumulator(AC)

Question 32

What register holds the address of the next program instruction to be executed?

Answer 32

Program Counter (PC)

Question 33

What register holds the current instruction during processing?

Answer 33

Current Instruction Register (CRI)

Question 34

What memory unit is sometimes referred to as primary or main memory?

Answer 34

RAM

Question 35

What type of memory is known as secondary?

Answer 35

Hard drive

Question 36

What is the term for how the data stored in RAM is lost when the computer is powered off?

Answer 36

Ephemeral

Question 37

RAM is split into what that consist of an address and contents in binary form?

Answer 37

Partition

Question 38

The RAM blank uniquely identifies the every location in the memory?

Answer 38

Address

Question 39

In addition to RAM, what type of memory stores instructions for crucial system activities, including booting up the system and initializing different computer components?

Answer 39

Read-Only Memory (ROM)

Question 40

What is the term for various units that support the input and output functions of the unit?

Answer 40

Peripheral devices

Question 41

What is the term for the wires that serve as electrical roadways, transmitting information between the CPU and other components?

Answer 41

Buses or bus lines

Question 42

The size of the what is related to the amount of data that can be transmitted at once?

Answer 42

Buses

Question 43

Instructions are sent through what to the CPU and include how to process data and which components to use?

Answer 43

Bus lines

Question 44

What are the three different types of buses?

Answer 44

1) address buses 2) data buses 3) control buses

Question 45

Which bus carries the destination address where the data is assigned to process?

Answer 45

Address buses

Question 46

Which bus carries the data between the processor, the memory unit and the input/output devices?

Answer 46

Data buses

Question 47

Which bus carries control commands from the CPU controls and coordinates all activities within the computer system?

Answer 47

Control buses

Question 48

What are the three names for the unit that encases various components like the motherboard, CPU, RAM, power supply and other internally installed components?

Answer 48

System unit, tower, or chassis

Question 49

What is the name for the main circuit board for the computer containing soldered components that cannot be removed and sockets or slots for components that can be removed?

Answer 49

Motherboard

Question 50

What type is storage is volatile, meaning it can be lost when powered down?

Answer 50

RAM

Question 51

What type of storage is nonvolatile meaning it keeps the content whether the system is on or off?

Answer 51

ROM

Question 52

What is the brain of the computer?

Answer 52

CPU

Question 53

What sends out a pulse of electricity at regular intervals in order to operate the electronic components?

Answer 53

System clock

Question 54

System speed is measured in what two measurement?

Answer 54

Megahertz and gigahertz

Question 55

What unit of measurement converts to millions of pulses per seconds?

Answer 55

Megahertz

Question 56

What measurement converts to billions of pulses per second?

Answer 56

Gigahertz

Question 57

What is the term for sockets on the motherboard where expansion cards can be installed?

Answer 57

Expansion slots

Question 58

What is the term for sockets that allow cables to be plugged in without opening the system?

Answer 58

Ports

Question 59

What does USB stand for?

Answer 59

Universal Serial Bus

Question 60

What type of storage holds data and information permanently?

Answer 60

Secondary storage

Question 61

Floppy, hard drives, magnetic tape, and optical discs are examples of what?

Answer 61

Secondary storage

Question 62

What is the smallest unit of storage that is set to 0 or 1?

Answer 62

Bit

Question 63

A group of 8 bits forms a what?

Answer 63

Byte

Question 64

Computer storage is often measured in what three measurements?

Answer 64

Megabytes (mb), gigabytes (gb), and terabytes (tb)

Question 65

A medium sized novel contains about what size of memory?

Answer 65

1 mb

Question 66

1 gigabyte is how many megabytes

Answer 66

1024

Question 67

1 terabyte is how many gigabytes

Answer 67

1024

Question 68

1 petabyte is how many terabytes

Answer 68

1024

Question 69

What type of devices translate data into a form that the computer can understand?

Answer 69

Input devices

Question 70

Mouses and trackballs are called what kind of devices?

Answer 70

Pointing devices

Question 71

What type of devices allow a computer to send and receive data to and from other computers?

Answer 71

Communication devices

Question 72

What sends information over a phone line or coaxial cable?

Answer 72

Modems

Question 73

What sends information over dedicated network cables?

Answer 73

Network card

Question 74

What are the four types of computers?

Answer 74

Supercomputers Mainframe computers Workstation Microcomputer

Question 75

What is the biggest and fastest computers designed to process huge amounts of data ?

Answer 75

Supercomputers

Question 76

What type of computers are designed to support hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously?

Answer 76

Mainframe computers

Question 77

What type of computer is designed for a single-user that generally performs a specific job with great expertise?

Answer 77

Workstation

Question 78

What type of computer is more commonly known as a personal computer?

Answer 78

Microcomputer