CCNA D 1 – Personal Computer Hardware
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Question
1. What computer would verify personal
information and provide access to
banking services?
2. What type of software is a computer
game?
3. What type of application is Email?
Local and Network Applications – Activity
4. What type of server would save floor
space?
5. What type of server would a small
business use?
Servers, Desktops and Workstations – Activity
6. What device is a scaled-down laptop
with no storage drive?
7. What device would use Blackberry OS?
8. What unit of measurement is more than
a million bytes or 1,048,576?
9. What unit of measurement is
1,073,741,824 bytes?
10. What type of storage does a DVD use?
Measuring Data Storage Capacities – Activity
11. Convert 12 BYTES to bits. What is the
value?
12. How is screen resolution measured?
13. How are wireless transmissions
measured?
14. What moves data between the various
connections and system components?
15. What device must the motherboard
socket be compatible with?
16. What dictates the amount and type of
RAM that can be installed on a system?
17. What card is used to connect the PC to
a network?
18. What is the most widely used storage
device?
19. What is the storage capacity of Blu-ray
disks?
20. What type of interface is used to connect
a Flash drive to a computer?
21. What device provides backup power to
the system without interruption?
22. Who should open and repair monitors?
23. What is the term used to describe a
component that can be added or
removed without turning off the
computer?
24. True/False: You should repair
Answer
ATM
Application
network application
Rack mount server
Stand alone
Pocket pc
PDA
megabyte
A gigabyte
Byte storage
96
Pixels
in hertz
The motherboard
CPU
the motherboard
NIC
Hard drive
25 GB
USB
UPS
individuals with special training
Hot swappable
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computers in a carpeted room.
25. Where can you obtain the most current
driver?
26. What happens if two components try to
use the same resources at the same
time?
27. What connector is used for the
keyboard and mouse?
28. How many pins are on a parallel port?
29. What monitor connector is used by
most PCs?
30. What cable is used to connect a PC to a
LAN?
31. What is the term used for older, mostly
obsolete peripheral devices?
32. You have installed a peripheral device
and it doesn’t have full functionality.
What is most likely the cause of this
problem?
10 point quiz
from the manufacturer's web site
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one, or both, will fail.
PS/2
25
DB15HD
RJ45
Legacy
an outdated driver
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