Chapter 3 Quiz - Technology for Success (Hardware)
byte
8 bits
Solid State Drive (SSD)
A storage device that uses the same kind of memory that flash drives use but that can reach data in only a tenth of the time a flash drive requires.
Which of the following refers to a condition in which the CPU performs well but the bus speed is slow?
Bottlenecking
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Brain of the computer that performs instructions defined by software. Data travels through buses.
Jennifer recently bought a new computer to type a new manuscript she's been working on. She also stored a lot of movies on it to watch during her free time. Though the performance was good at the begining, it deteriorated quickly over a small period of time. Which of these is the most likely cause?
Declining free space on the hard drive
Which of the following is a game controller that is held with both hands and used to control movement of on-screen objects by pressing buttons and moving hardware components?
Gamepad
The hard disk drive on Joyce's laptop can store up to 500 GB of data. She usually only saves official documents and a few songs that she listens to while she works. However, when she uses more than 3 applications at the same time, her laptop responds more slowly. What should she do to optimize her storage?
Increase the RAM on her laptop so that more space for temporary storage of data is available, hence, increasing the performance
What devices do not need drivers to be manually installed, and start to function as soon as they are connected to a computer?
Plug and play devices
What is the correct way to update a device driver?
Run the update within the OS or the latest software from the device manufacturer's website
Alessandro wants to use his desktop computer to video chat with his mother. What hardware does he need to accomplish this?
Use his webcam and speakers so that he and his mother can both see and hear each other
What device do e-learning applications usually use to help users with visual impairment read digital content?
Voice synthesizer
A binary system
a number system that has just two unique digits, 0 and 1, called bits
Which of these, though not equally portable, is most powerful and usually easier to upgrade than others?
desktop computers
Tablets
less powerful than computers, easy to read the web
Control Unit (CU)
manages the instructions that travel to the processor
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
performs arithmetic operations
bit
smallest unit of data a computer can process
processor cache
stores data next to the processor so that it can easily and quickly be retrieved
