Basic Hardware Knowledge Quiz

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A quiz to test your knowledge of the hardware tutorial provided on wikispaces. Some of the questions may require a little additional research.


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  • 1. 
    The main circuit board of the computer. The supply box, audio card, video card, etc. are all connected via cable (IDE, SATA, Molex), integrated, or attached to this device.
    • A. 

      Hard Drive

    • B. 

      RAM

    • C. 

      CPU

    • D. 

      Motherboard

  • 2. 
    This is the device that stores all the physical data which includes; files, folders, programs, and the Operating System (OS).
    • A. 

      Hard Drive

    • B. 

      RAM

    • C. 

      CPU

    • D. 

      Motherboard

  • 3. 
    This device holds your operations in memory while the computer is running. Once the computer is turned off, any processes running in this device are deleted.
    • A. 

      Hard Drive

    • B. 

      RAM

    • C. 

      CPU

    • D. 

      ROM

    • E. 

      Motherboard

  • 4. 
    This device is also known as the "brain" of your computer. It sends and receives instructions to/from other computer components and performs millions of calculations per second.
    • A. 

      Hard Drive

    • B. 

      RAM

    • C. 

      CPU

    • D. 

      Motherboard

  • 5. 
    This computer port is a commonly used port in today's computers. You can connect keyboards, mouse, flash (jump) drives, fingerprint scanners, etc. to this port.
    • A. 

      USB

    • B. 

      Serial

    • C. 

      Parallel

    • D. 

      PS/2

  • 6. 
    To find out how large your hard drive is in terms of memory space, which steps could you follow?
    • A. 

      Click on My Computer

    • B. 

      Right click My Computer > Manage > Disk Management

    • C. 

      Right click My Computer > Properties

    • D. 

      Right click My Computer > Properties > Device Manager > Disk Drives > Right click Drive Specifications > Properties > Details Tab

    • E. 

      A & B

    • F. 

      All of the above

  • 7. 
    What devices(s) could be integrated (a part of) into the motherboard?
    • A. 

      RAM

    • B. 

      Video Card

    • C. 

      Hard Drive

    • D. 

      Sound (Audio) Card

    • E. 

      A, B, D

    • F. 

      B, D

  • 8. 
    This device is made with zinc or copper alloy which is attach to the CPU with a thermal material and is designed to draw away the heat from the CPU.
    • A. 

      Computer Fan

    • B. 

      Heat Sink

    • C. 

      RJ-45

    • D. 

      PCMCIA

  • 9. 
    This device allows a computer to communicate over the network and provides and Ethernet connection of 10, 100, 1000Mbps and higher. This card must be physically connected to a cable that leads to a device (switch, router, modem) in order to allow network access.
    • A. 

      RJ-45

    • B. 

      Modem

    • C. 

      NIC Card

    • D. 

      Wireless NIC Card

  • 10. 
    ROM (Read-Only Memory) is storage which is written and then cannot be changed. Once written the only way to destroy the data is to destroy the device holding the data.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 11. 
    When purchasing a new computer, the only important features include hard drive size, RAM size, CPU speed, and video card size.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 12. 
    The best way to get rid of a virus on your computer is to do a low-level reformat of the hard drive and reinstall the Operating System (OS).
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 13. 
    An audio card CANNOT be integrated onto the motherboard.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 14. 
    1024KB is equal to 1 GB.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 15. 
    BIOS is stored in a ROM chip intergrated to the motherboard.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

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