chapter 3

which of the following correctly identifies the motherboard slots in this illustration?

A=RAM slots, B=CPU slots, C= expansion slots

____ readers optically scan a set of lines to identify a product.

Bar Code

What technology is making IrDA ports obsolete?

Bluetooth

Which type of port transfers data using light waves?

IrDA

this monitor technology uses light-emitting diodes which conserve power and provide a truer picture than LCD monitors

LED

This operating system comes in different "flavors" such as Mint and Ubuntu.

Linux

chapter 3 discusses several different technologies that may be used to make a mouse function, including all of the following except

Magnetic resonance imagery

___ law states that over time the number of transistors that can be placed on a chip will increase exponentially.

Moore's

Which computer monitor technology uses nanoscopic electron emitter to send electrons that illuminate a thing screen?

SED

Which of the following is the most prevalent type of monitor today?

TFT active Matrix LCD

Which of the following is not one of the cloud storage services discussed in chapter 3?

Thunderbolt

The USB port has become the most popular way to attach devices to a computer. What does USB stand for?

Universal serial bus

A newer technology trend that is emerging is the ___, which allows you to charge multiple devices simultaneously without connecting them to anything with a cable.

charging mat

Devices such as the one shown above primarily use___ as input devices.

controllers

The software program that controls the keyboard and interprets keystrokes is called a

device driver

USB sticks or thumb drives use___ memory to record data.

flash

A terabyte (TB) is 1,000____, and is a measure of ___.

gigabytes, hard drive capacity

the speed of a computer's processor is measured in

gigahertz

Which of the following is not an example of an optical disc drive

hard disk

The devices pictured above are ___ devices.

input

Keystroke logging software is a kind of

malware

RAM access speed is measured in

megahertz (MHz)

The ___ is the primary circuit board in you computer

motherboard

Read-only memory is considered

nonvolatile

A computer monitor is a _____ device

output

this type of port is built into the computer, connects a peripheral device to the serial bus, and typically accepts a 9-pin plug.

serial port

A___ is essentially a flash-based replacement for an internal hard drive.

solid-state drive

The devices pictured here are part of a ____ system

virtual reality

Wired data gloves are used as an input device for

virtual reality systems

WPAN and WBAN are protocols that are being developed for ___ devices.

wearable