Hardware

Put the steps of the information processing cycle in the correct order, with the first step at the top.

(1) input, (2) processing, (3) output, (4) store

Which of the following are characteristics of a traditional hard drive?

-uses magnetically charged plates to store data -commonly found in desktop

Rank the storage capacities from highest to lowest. Place the highest capacity (largest) at the top.

1. Petabyte 2. Terabyte 3. Gigabyte 4. Megabyte 5. Kilobyte

In the image, what use approximately 1 byte of data?

3 - A SINGLE LETTER

Which two of the following statements are true about the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) encoding standard?

Capable of representing 26 uppercase and lowercase letters used in the English language, numbers, and many different symbols. Can represent a total of 256 characters

Nvidia

Founded in 1993, produces popular mobile device processors.

The speed of most modern processors is measured in _____.

GIGAHERTZ

Which two of the following are used for measuring typical hard drive capacities for personal computers?

GIGAbytes TERAbytes

A protocol commonly used to transfer large files from one server to another on the Internet is the ___.

HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)

Capacity

Hard drive ________ is the amount of storage you have available to save data and information.

L1 cache

Memory located DIRECTLY ON the processor itself

Which two of the following statements are correct regarding the CPU?

The CPU is integrated into a chip called a microprocessor. The CPU is located on the motherboard of the computer.

what does usb stand for

Universal Serial Bus

The loading of an operating system into the main memory of a device is called the

booting process

The three factors that impact a processor's speed are clock speed, word size, and ___ .

bus width

A high-speed storage area usually located directly on the CPU is called

cache

Select two characteristics of a solid-state drive (SSD).

extremely FAST no MOVING parts

In an all-in-one computer, such as the one pictured in the image, the motherboard is housed behind the

monitor

The system unit of a computer houses the computer's main circuit board. This circuit board, which holds the CPU, is called the

motherboard

Cache contains frequently accessed data and is ___.

much smaller than computer's RAM

A computer system in a network that is shared by multiple users is called a

server

The four basic functions of a computer are to: 1 - accept data input 2 - process data into information 3 - present output 4 - provide _____

storage

Most desktop computers come with a traditional hard drive. The purpose of the hard drive is to _______ data

store

Because a metal platter is physically spinning, hard drives have ___ .

LONGER access times

Which three of the following are common types of servers?

Network, File, Web

A set of rules for communication between devices that determine how data are transmitted and received is called a

protocol

Checking the hard drive on a device running Windows 10 can be done using the _____ app.

this PC

A coding scheme capable of representing the languages of the world, uses 16 bits to represent information.

unicode

This close-up of the side of a laptop computer. To the left of the HDMI port is a(n)___ .

(15 pin) VGA (port)

A channel over which information flows inside a digital device is called a

(computer) bus

Some computers use _____ , an 8-bit coding scheme to represent characters in a binary format.

ASCII

Popular in the 1990s, the blue port in the image is used to connect computers to monitors or televisions. It is a(n):

VGA

The number of bits that can be processed at one time during one machine cycle is a processor's _____.

WORD SIZE

Tiffany wants to remove unwanted files from her laptop's hard drive. One of the fastest ways is to use Disk Cleanup. What is the correct order of steps to use Disk Cleanup?

1. From the start button menu, Choose all programs; click ok then delete files 2. If prompted, choose the mass storage device that you want to clean up 3. In the Disk Cleanup dialog box, select the items that you want to remove 4. Click ok, then delete files

Put the steps of the boot process in the correct order. Instructions

1. The device is powered on and the CPU activates BIOS 2. the Power-On Self-Test is executed 3. the OS is loaded into RAM 4. the OS checks the registry settings and loads saved configuration settings

Storage

A hardware component that keeps data and information when the device is not powered is called a ____ device.

the coding language uses 8 bits to represent a byte of information.

ASCII

Which of the following is not part of the boot process?

Any installed anti-virus software checks the system for errors

Memory and _____ hold data used by processors

CACHE

Which two of the following statements are true about Unicode?

Capable of representing all of the world's languages 16 bit (minimum) encoding standard

Which three of the following are correct statements regarding clock speed?

Clock speed is sometimes called clock rate. Increasing the clock speed of a processor is called overclocking. The clock speed is the base speed at which the processor performs the machine cycle each second.

The windows 10 app used remove unwanted files from your computer's hard drive is called

Disk Cleanup

Which four steps are the part of the machine cycle?

Fetch, decode, execute, and store

Intel

Founded in 1968, this is the world's largest designer of computer chips. Its i5, i7, and i9 chips dominate the personal computer market.

AMD

Founded in 1969, this company's technology is featured inside most gaming consoles including the PS5.

L3 cache

Memory located NEXT TO the processor

Disk cache

Memory used to INCREASE a hard drive's efficiency

The quality of a display screen, as defined by its number of pixels, is called its

RESOLUTION

Data from the hard drive reaches the CPU ___ than data from the RAM.

SLOWER

Which two of the following would be used to store a single bit of data?

TRANSISTOR HOLE IN A PUNCHCARD

Many computers today use _____, which is a coding scheme using at least 16 bits to represent a character.

Unicode

File Server

Used for data storage.

Web Server

Used to control access to resources on the Web.

Network Server

Used to control access to resources such as printers and applications on a network.

Devices that integrate the computer case (chassis) and system components into the monitor, but have an external keyboard and mouse are called ___ computers

all-in-one

Typical SSD capacities for tablet computers or smartphones are measured in _____.

gigabytes