CHAPTER 5 + 6 + 7 ITE115 EXAM 2
What are two disadvantages?
ACCESS SPEED, FILE SECURITY
Which of the following measures the amount of time required by the storage device to retrieve data and programs?
Access speed
7. This provides a pathway to connect parts of the CPU to each other.
BUS
9. Tiny circuit-boards etched onto squares of sand-like material, called silicon, are called____
CHIPS
What are the five system unit types?
DESKTOPS, LAPTOPS, TABLETS, SMARTPHONE, WEARABLES
2. Computers can only recognize this type of electronic signal.
DIGITAL
What are three ways to improve hard-disk performance?
DISK CACHING, RAID, FILE COMPRESSION
Improves hard disk performance by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between a secondary storage device and the CPU
Disk Caching
The type of hard disk that typically connects to a USB or FireWire port on the system unit.
External
Small solid-state storage devices widely used within smartphones, digital media players, and GPS navigation systems are called:
Flash Memory Cards
These are the most widely used type of monitor today; they are thinner and more portable and require less power to operate than earlier types.
Flat Screen Monitor
This type of storage uses rigid metallic platters that are stacked one on top of one another.
Hard Disk
The next generation of optical disc that provides the greatest capacity is called:
High Definition
10. Which of the following is a function of the control unit?
It directs the movement of electronic signals between memory and the arithmetic-logic unit.
What are the three benefits of Cloud Storage Services?
MAINTENANCE, HARDWARE UPGRADES, FILE SHARING, COLLABORATION
6. This controls communications for the entire computer system with every component within the system unit connecting to it.
MOTHERBOARD
8. This type of processor chip allows a single computer to run two or more operations at the same time.
MULTICORE
3. The expansion card that is used to connect a computer to a network.
NETWORK INTERFACE
Another name for cloud storage is:
Online Storage
1. A socket for external devices to connect to the system unit.
PORT
4. These memory chips hold the program (sequence of instructions) and data that the CPU is presently processing.
RAM
This type of memory provides only temporary or volatile storage.
RAM
What are the three types of memory?
RAM, ROM, FLASH MEMORY
Name the five basic features of a printer?
RESOLUTION,COLOR, SPEED, MEMORY, DUPLEX PRINTING
5. This container houses most of the electrical components for a computer system.
SYSTEM UNIT
The set of standards or technologies that support voice and other types of communication over the Internet.
VoIP
A characteristic of secondary storage that measures how much a particular storage medium can hold.
capacity
The monitor feature that indicates the ability to display colors.
contrast ratio
The study of human factors related to things people use is:
ergomics
Using a technology similar to that used in a photocopying machine, this printer employs a light beam to produce images with excellent letter and graphics quality
laser
The most widely used audio-input device.
microphone
Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off is referred to as _______.
nonvolatile storage
Input device that uses special preprinted characters that can be read by a light source and changed into machine-readable code.
optical-character recognition
The series of dots that form the image on a monitor are called _______.
pixels
What monitor feature is expressed as a matrix of dots or pixels?
resolution
This type of mouse uses radio waves or infrared light waves to communicate with the system unit.
wireless
