CCR Midterm Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What are binary numbers? | series of 0's and 1's |
True or false, you should make sure the power is off before disconnecting the cables from the drives in your computer. | true |
Is the hard drive a software device or a hardware device | Hardware Device |
What does the acronym CD-ROM stand for | compact disk with read only memory |
What does the acronym PCI stand for? | Peripheral component interconnect |
The ribbon cables can be described as | flat cables connected to pins on the motherboard and attach to the motherboard and to the various drives |
What is a bit? | Smallest amount of data |
What is a byte? | 8 bits |
What is a molex connector | Company name of the product |
What type of cable is used for networking computers together | CAT5 |
What is the central processing unit (CPU) of the computer classified as? | the brain of the computer |
What does the acronym RAM stand for? | Random access memory |
What type of memory is RAM? | Temporary memory |
What type of memory is ROM? | Read only memory |
What type of wire did we build during our wiring lab? | Unshielded twisted pair wire |
What was the name of the connector we put on the ends of the CAT5 wire? | RJ-45 |
How many color combinations of wires are in the CAT5 wire? | 4 |
How many types of CAT5 cable are there? | 2, unshielded twisted pair and shielded twisted pair |
What was the condition of the pairs of wires when we cut back the jacket? | Twisted |
If you turn on your computer and the monitor does not go on, what should you do? | Reboot first and troubleshoot |
What can cause a computer to run slowly? | Spyware and malware |
What shape represents the internet? | The cloud |
What does the icloud do? | Secures our data by encrypting it when it is sent over the Internet |
To defrag a computer means to? | Ensure that data is arranged in the bast possible order |
Before beginning to troubleshoot your computer, what should you do? | Reboot |
What is the name of the main board of the computer? | Motherboard |
What is the central processing unit considered? | Brain of the computer |
What is the basic rule of the CCR class? | If it ain't broke, don't fix it. |
What is the POST to the computer? | It is the power on self-test. |
What is a bit? | Smallest amount of data |
What is a byte? | 8 bits |
How would you define a computer monitor? | Computer display device |
What is considered an important goal of good PC maintenance? | To end up without any spare parts |
The abbreviation PC stands for what? | Personal computer |
The abbreviation OS stands for what? | Operating system |
What converts the wall outlet electricity to the lower voltages used by the computer? | The power supply |
What device allows your computer to talk to other computers over a telephone line? | The modem |
Computer input devices | mouse, keyboard |
Memory that forgets everything when the computer is turned off? | RAM |
The job of the motherboard is? | Holds all the circuits and components together |
When saving directly to your computer where are you saving? | to the hard drive |
What allows you to display graphics on your computer? | The video card |
What does the operating system do for the computer? | Runs the programs |
The BIOS (basic input/output system) is responsible for what in the computer? | Waking up the computer |
Hardware | Physical parts of the computer |
Software | Programs |
Static charge | static electricity |
System unit | the computer itself |
Motherboard | circuit board, main board, system board |
Hard drive | Main memory storage (hardware device) |
Cold boot | first startup of the computer |
Warm boot | Control-alt-delete |
CPU | Central processing unit |
Monitor | Display device |
Keyboard | Peripheral device (input device) |
Mouse | peripheral device (input device) |
Peripherals | devices that attach on the outside of the computer |
ZIF socket | Zero insertion force |
RAM | Random access memory |
Ribbon cables | flat cables that transfer data |
Power supply | gives power to the computer |
Molex connectors | connectors at the end of the power supply |
PCI slots | Peripheral Component Interconnects |
Operating system | runs programs for the computer |
Rails | the silver bars on the back of the computer that holds the cards in place and the dust out |
SATA cables | the round cables used to attach drives etc. in the computer |
ROM | Read only memory |
Modem | used to connect to communicate through the telephone lines |
PC | Personal computer |
Explain how hardware and software are both needed for a computer to work | One is used for keeping the computer together and typically has extra peripherals that go along with it and can be touched, the other can't be touched but is also required because it allows for programs on the computer to work. |
What happens when you add too much RAM to a computer? | The computer would not boot |
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