Transcript Which of the following is NOT a type of motherboard

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 40wire 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?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Monitor
CPU
RAM
ROM
The capacity of your hard drive is
measured in
Gigabytes
b) MHz
c) Mbps
d) 52X
a)
How much information can a CD
(Compact Disk) usually store?
150 Mb
b) 650 Mb
c) 10 Mb
d) 1.4 Mb
a)
What is the permanent memory built
into your computer called?
CD-ROM
b) ROM
c) CPU
d) RAM
a)
Which device allows your computer to
talk to other computers over a telephone
line as well as access the internet?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Hard Drive
Modem
CD-ROM drive
RAM
How is access time measured on
SDRAM memories?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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?
1. Credit card used for shopping
2. TV game cards
3. Separate boards containing circuitry
to control peripherals
4. Card used to represent picture on the
screen
Question:Which of the following are
ports?
1.
2.
3.
4.
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
...
1.
2.
3.
4.
CPU
Screen
Printer
Mouse
Question: The hard drive is made up of ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
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 ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
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?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Easy to see and hold
Easy to change and
interchange
Are program
Are expensive
Question:Which of the following
statements is TRUE?
1.
2.
3.
4.
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?
1.
2.
3.
4.
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 ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
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:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Adapter
Motherboard
Sound card
Video card
Question: Device connected to and controlled
by a computer, but external to the computers'
central processing unit.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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 ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
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?
1.
2.
3.
4.
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 ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
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) ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
File
Kilobyte
Record
Address
Question: Electronic standard for the
connection of a hard disk to a computer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Optical disk
Floppy disk
Stiffy disk
Hard disk drive
Question: Socket that enables a computer processor
to communicate with an external device:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Port
Register
Motheboard
Keyboard
Question:A microprocessor is one type
of ultra-large-scale integrated ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
Circuit
Motherboard
Memory
Cache
Question:On the motherboard (the)….... is the
temporary computer memory area in which
data can be stored
1.
2.
3.
4.
RAM
Expansion slot
ROM BIOS
Math-co processor
Question:
The fastest of the memory types listed:
DRAM, EDO RAM, ROM, SRAM
1.
2.
3.
4.
DRAM
ROM
EDO RAM
SRAM
Question: Stored in RAM when the
computer is switched off:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Programs
Data
BIOS
Nothing
Question: Part of a system used to
store data and programs either
permanently or temporarily:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Port
Cache
Register
Memory
Question:Carry digital information
throughout the chip and computer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Clocks
Registers
Circuit
Buses
Question:Which of the following
statements is FALSE?
1.
2.
3.
4.
SRAM is used for cache
DRAM is used for normal primary
memory
SDRAM is replacing EDO RAM in
most new computer
DRAM is used for cache memory
Question:
People who want to troubleshoot hardware and
software problems study and obtain a(n) ...
+
1. A
2.
3.
4.
certificate
B.Sc degree
+
B certificate
CNE
Question:Cache memory ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
Is special high speed memory designed to
accelerate processing instructions to CPU.
Carry signals that tell memory if the CPU
wants to read or write
Decode the instruction
Convert signal into digital format
Question:Unit of measurement, composed of
bits and bytes, that can be stored in one
memory location name:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Bit
Word
Byte
Kb
Question:The instruction cycle involves:
A. Fetching the next instruction to be executed from
memory to the CPU.
B. Control unit decodes the instruction.
C. Data is transferrred.
D. The instruction is executed.
1.
2.
3.
4.
A, B, C, D
B, C, D, A
D, A, B, C
C, B, D, A
Question:Which type of ROM is being referred to?The BIOS on this ROM can be upgraded by making
used of software (flashing):
1.
2.
3.
4.
PROM
EPROM
ROM
EEPROM
Question:What is being referred to? - An
electronic pathway along which signals can be
sent from one part of a computer to another.
Cache
2. Slot
3. Wire
4. Bus
1.
Question:
Component of the CPU that decodes, synchronises
and executes program instructions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Arithmetric/logic unit
SIMN
Control unit
BIOS
Question:Set of wires running from
the CPU to RAM:
1.
2.
3.
4.
City Tramways bus
Data bus
Address bus
System bus
Question:If you had an internal modem,
into which part of the motherboard
would you slot the card?
1.
2.
3.
4.
SIMM
Expansion slot
Central processing unit
Bus
Question:The fastest type of video cards
suitable for the latest version of Quake:
1.
2.
3.
4.
3D
2D
AGP
Standard
Question:Most sound cards use the ...
connection slots:
1.
2.
3.
4.
ISA
USB
SCSI
PCI
Question: The extension of a sound
file:
1.
2.
3.
4.
.avi
.wav
.jpg
.midi
Question: CPU processing functions
regulator that produces a pulse at
regular intervals:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Cache
Bus
Megahertz
System clock
Question:
Read-write heads, platters and single
access arms are found in ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
ROM
Hard drives
Packets
Cylinders
Question:What implications does
video editing have on secondary
storage?
1. Make no difference
2. Need great deal of secondary storage
space
3. Uses space more efficently and helps
reduce the size of secondary storage.
4. Impossible to store on a home system.
Question:Which of the following
architecture features did these
Internet journalists require?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Large amounts of RAM, fast
processor and good video card
Fast processor,sound card and large
screen
Good web program
Voiced activated software
Question:... memory is volatile.
1.
2.
3.
4.
External
Secondary
ROM
RAM
Question:Bus that connects the CPU and
memory, providing a pathway to the
computer's peripherals:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Data bus
Address bus
System bus
Golden Arrow bus
Question:
The computer platform which developed
the GUI interface:
1.
2.
3.
4.
IBM
Apple
Acorn
BBC
Question:The smallest unit of
information that a computer can handle:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Byte
Bit
Word
Mb
Question:The video card directly influences ...
The video card directly influences ...
1.
2.
3.
4.
A virtual community
The quality of gaphics and color
on a screen
Download speed from the
internet
Virtual memory
Question: of a computer refers to the unique
combination of hardware components that
will meet the requirements of a user.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Latency
Configuration
Plug and play
Interfacing
Question:Bus system that has
expansion slots on the motherboard:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Open bus system
Close bus system
System clock
System 7