I T Essentials I Chapter 1 JEOPARDY
I T Essentials IChapter 1
JEOPARDY
HardwareHardwareConnector/Connector/
CablesCablesMemoryMemory AcronymsAcronyms Potpourri Potpourri
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Hardware100
Which two characteristic are determined by the chip set on a motherboard?
1. Amount of memory that can be installed2. Operating system compatibility3. Type of connectors that will be on the
motherboard4. Maximum number of peripherals
A: What is Options 1 & 3
Hardware 200
A: What is headphones, monitor, and printer?
What three device are considered output devices ?1. Fingerprint scanner2. Headphones3. Keyboard4. Monitor5. Mouse6. Printer
Hardware 300
A: What is biometric authentication device, digital camera?
Which two are input devices?1. Biometric authentication device2. Printer3. Digital camera4. Projector5. Speakers
Hardware 400
A: What is RISC?
Which CPU architecture uses a small set of instructions that are designed to be executed rapidly?
1. CISC2. RAID3. RISC4. RISK5. SCSI
Hardware 500
A: What is CPU?
What is considered the brain of the computer?1. Chipset2. Motherboard3. CPU4. BIOS
Connector/Cables100
A: What is Serial?
Which type of cable is shown?1. FireWire2. Parallel3. Serial4. USB
Connector/Cables200
A: What is 15ft (4.5m)?
What is the maximum length of the cable shown, which is commonly used for connecting a computer with a printer?
1. 15 ft (4.5m)2. 20 ft (6m)3. 27 ft (8m)4. 30 ft (9m)
Connector/Cables300
A: What is options 3 & 5 ?
Which two characteristics describe a SCSI cable?1. Supports a maximum length of 328ft (100m)2. Uses an 9P8C connector type3. Can connect up to 15 devices4. Can only connect two devices in a master/slave
relationship5. May use 25-pin, 50-pin, or 68-pin connectors
Connector/Cables400
A: What is 4-pin, 6-pin, 9-pin?
What are the three connector types for FireWire?1. 2-pin2. 4-pin3. 6-pin4. 8-pin5. 9-pin6. 15-pin
Connector/Cables500
A: What is option 4?
Which important feature is offered by the USB standard?1.Single USB connection can support up to 255 separate devices2.Offers rates of 580 Mb/sec in low-speed mode3.Allows up to 920 Mb/sec in the 2.0 version4.Can supply power from the computer to devices
Memory100
A: What is a ROM?
Which type of memory stores basic information for booting the computer and loading the operating system?
1. DRAM2. RAM3. ROM4. SRAM
Memory200
A: What is SRAM?
Which type of memory is primarily used as Cache memory?
1. DRAM2. RAM3. ROM4. SRAM
Memory300
A: What is EEPROM?
Which type of ROM can be reprogrammed with software while it is still physically installed in the computer?
1. EEPROM2. EPROM3. PROM4. ROM
Memory400
A: What is DMA- direct memory access?
What allows a device to bypass interaction with the CPU and directly store and retrieve information from memory?
1. EEPROM2. DMA3. RAM4. PROM
Memory500
A: What is RAM?
Which memory is volatile memory?1. ROM2. RAM3. DRAM4. SRAM
Acronyms100
A: What is Random Access Memory?
RAM
Acronyms 200
A: What is Small Computer System Interface?
SCSI
Acronyms 300
A: What is Peripheral Component Interconnector?
PCI
Acronyms 400
A: What is Integrated Drive Electronics?
IDE
Acronyms 500
A: What is Graphical User Interface?
GUI
Potpourri 100
A: What is current?
What is the flow of electrons in a conductor?1. Voltage2. Current3. Power4. Resistance
Potpourri 200
A: What is power supply ?
What component converts A/C power coming from the wall outlet into D/C power?
1. Electronic capacitors2. Power supply3. Keyed connectors4. Molex connector
Potpourri 300
A: What is access to RAM; access to the video card (2& 4)?
Which two activities are normally controlled by the Northbridge part of the chip set?1.Communication between the CPU & the I/O ports2.Access to the RAM3.Communication between the CPU & the hard drive4.Access to the video card5.Communication between the CPU & the sound card
Potpourri 400
A: What is IRQs?
Which type of computer resources are direct lines to the processor that interrupt the CPU activities?
1. DMAs2. I/O addresses3. IRQs4. Memory addresses
Potpourri 500
A: What is a Option 2?
What is hyper threading as it pertains to the CPU?1.The power of a CPU is measured by the speed and the amount of data that it can process2.The CPU has multiple pieces of code being executed simultaneously on each pipeline.3.The amount of data that a CPU can process at the one time depends on the size of the processor data bus4.Technique used to make a processor work at a faster speed than its original specification.
Double Jeopardy
A: What is Buses?
What are the electrical pathways on the motherboard called?
1. Form factors2. Chip sets3. Sockets4. Buses
Double Jeopardy
Subject: Motherboard