| Question | answers |
| Ram stands for _____.
a. Random Access Memory
b. Random Activation Memory
c. Read And Memory
d. Read And Manipulate | a |
| What is known as the heart of the computer?
a. motherboard
b. disk drive
c. CPU
d. interface boards | c |
| SCSI stands for ______________.
a. Small Computer System Interface
b. Standard Computer System Interface
c. Small Central Service Interface
d. Small Computer System Integrity | a |
| The serial communication equipment can be divided into:
a. simplex and full duplex
b. simplex, half duplex, and full duplex
c. half duplex and full duplex
d. none of the above | b |
| The standard for serial port that specifies 25 signal pin-male is _________
a. DTE
b. DCE | a |
| The standard for serial port that specifies 25 signal pin-female is ________.
a. DTE
b. DCE | b |
| The parallel port is a standard to connect the _______.
a. hard disk
b. printer
c. keyboard
d. scanner | b |
| which slot on the motherboard takes only a video expansion card?
A. AGP
B. PCI
C. ISA
D. CPU | a |
| Which of the following is an input device?
a. floppy disk
b. keyboard
c. monitor
d. speakers | b |
| Which of the following is an output device?
a. joystick
b. microphone
c. monitor
d. hard disk | c |
| which part is NOT an input device?
a. joystick
b. MIDI keyboard
c. mouse
d. printer | d |
| Which part is NOT an output device?
a. digital camera
b. monitor
c. printer
d. speakers | a |
| Which part of computer is known as a storage device?
a. CPU
b. headphones
c. floppy disk
d. modem | c |
| Which part of computer is NOT a storage device?
a. CD-ROM
b. hard disk
c. printer
d. zip disk | c |
| A zip disk is a storage device
a. true
b. false | a |
| A MIDI keyboard is a processor.
a. true
b. false | b |
| the three-step information process is: input, processing, and output.
a. true
b. false | a |
| which of the following is NOT an output device?
a. printer
b. monitor
c. keyboard
d. modem | c |
| Which of the following works as an output AND input device?
a. modem
b. scanner
c. mouse
d. monitor | a |
| The brain of the computer is called ______.
a. Random Access Memory or RAM
b. Central Processing Unit or CPU
c. Read-Only Memory or ROM
d. Software | d |
| One MB is equal to __________.
a. the amount of RAM in every computer
b. 1 billion bytes
c. 1024 KB
d. 1 thousand bytes | c |
| The resolution of a printer is measured in ______.
a. megabits
b. Hz
c. Dots per inch (DPI)
d. Inches (diagonal) | c |
| Windows and Macintosh computers _______.
a. are both manufactured by Motorola
b. both use Intel microprocessors
c. use the same operating system
d. are not compatible | d |
| a computer port is used to ________.
a. communicate with other computer peripherals
b. download files from the web
c. communicate with all hard drives
d. connect computers together | a |
| ROM is a ________.
a. permanent memory
b. temporary memory | a |
| DRAM chips are permanently attached to small memory expansion cards called:
a DIMM
B. SIMM
C. SRAM
D. RAM | a |
| RAM is known as ____.
a. short-term memory
b. long-term memory | a |
| RAID stands for _________.
a. Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disk
b. Redundant Array of Indispensable Disk
c. Redundant Array of Inexpensive Document
d. Redundant Act for Inexpensive Disk | a |
| What does level 5 of RAID deal with?
a. error correction data in the form of parity data
b. provides disk mirroring
c. stores parity information
d. provides data striping at the byte level | d |
| RAID is often used as __________.
A. DAS- Direct Attached Storage Devices
B. Tape-jukebox
C. MOD-Magnetic Optical Disk
D. None of the above | a |
| Which computer is the fastest?
a. PII 600MHz
b. PIII 600MHz
c. Pentium 600 MHz
d. 486 Turbo | b |
| which hard disk will be able to store more information?
a. 24 MB
b. 2400KB
c. 24 Gig
d. 240MB | c |
| In order to play music on your computer you need _______.
a. a network card and speakers
b. a sound card and speakers
c. nothing more than the internal speaker
d. a CD-ROM drive | b |
| which file extensions indicate only graphics files?
a. BMP and DOC
b. JPEG and TXT
c. TXT and STK
d. BMP and GIF | d |
| Which Windows program do you use to manage folders and files?
a. windows explorer
b. windows accessories
c. Microsoft office
d. windows control panel | a |
| Which media holds more information?
a. floppy diskette
b. DVD
c. CD-ROM
d. zip drive | b |
| what does the Second "X" in the CD-R/RW drives rating mean?
a. read from speed
b. write speed
c. re-write speed
d. all of the above | b |
| An IP address is a _____ bit number that is usually written as a series of four decimal numbers
a. 32
b. 16
c. 8
d. 48 | a |
| A server computer that can assign internet addresses automatically, without manually assigning IP addresses for each computer is called a _______.
a. DHCP
B. ISP
C. TCP
D. MAC | a |
| Which of the following are examples of read/write media?
a. locked floppies
b. unlocked floppies
c. software
d. all of the above | b |