I T Essentials I
Chapter 1
JEOPARDY
Hardware
Connector/
Cables
Memory
Acronyms
Potpourri
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Hardware
100
Which two characteristic are determined by
the chip set on a motherboard?
1. Amount of memory that can be installed
2. Operating system compatibility
3. Type of connectors that will be on the
motherboard
4. Maximum number of peripherals
A: What is Options 1 & 3
Hardware
200
What three device are considered output devices ?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Fingerprint scanner
Headphones
Keyboard
Monitor
Mouse
Printer
A: What is headphones, monitor, and printer?
Hardware
300
Which two are input devices?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Biometric authentication device
Printer
Digital camera
Projector
Speakers
A: What is biometric authentication device, digital camera?
Hardware
400
Which CPU architecture uses a small set of
instructions that are designed to be executed rapidly?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
CISC
RAID
RISC
RISK
SCSI
A: What is RISC?
Hardware
500
What is considered the brain of the computer?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Chipset
Motherboard
CPU
BIOS
A: What is CPU?
Connector/Cables
100
Which type of cable is shown?
1.
2.
3.
4.
FireWire
Parallel
Serial
USB
A: What is Serial?
Connector/Cables
200
What is the maximum length
of the cable shown, which is
commonly used for
connecting a computer with
a printer?
1.
2.
3.
4.
15 ft (4.5m)
20 ft (6m)
27 ft (8m)
30 ft (9m)
A: What is 15ft (4.5m)?
Connector/Cables
300
Which two characteristics describe a SCSI cable?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Supports a maximum length of 328ft (100m)
Uses an 9P8C connector type
Can connect up to 15 devices
Can only connect two devices in a master/slave
relationship
5. May use 25-pin, 50-pin, or 68-pin connectors
A: What is options 3 & 5 ?
Connector/Cables
400
What are the three connector types for FireWire?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
2-pin
4-pin
6-pin
8-pin
9-pin
15-pin
A: What is 4-pin, 6-pin, 9-pin?
Connector/Cables
500
Which important feature is offered by the USB
standard?
1. Single USB connection can support up to 255
separate devices
2. Offers rates of 580 Mb/sec in low-speed mode
3. Allows up to 920 Mb/sec in the 2.0 version
4. Can supply power from the computer to devices
A: What is option 4?
Memory
100
Which type of memory stores basic information
for booting the computer and loading the
operating system?
1.
2.
3.
4.
DRAM
RAM
ROM
SRAM
A: What is a ROM?
Memory
200
Which type of memory is primarily used
as Cache memory?
1.
2.
3.
4.
DRAM
RAM
ROM
SRAM
A: What is SRAM?
Memory
300
Which type of ROM can be reprogrammed
with software while it is still physically
installed in the computer?
1.
2.
3.
4.
EEPROM
EPROM
PROM
ROM
A: What is EEPROM?
Memory
400
What allows a device to bypass interaction with
the CPU and directly store and retrieve
information from memory?
1.
2.
3.
4.
EEPROM
DMA
RAM
PROM
A: What is DMA- direct memory access?
Memory
500
Which memory is volatile memory?
1.
2.
3.
4.
ROM
RAM
DRAM
SRAM
A: What is RAM?
Acronyms
100
RAM
A: What is Random Access Memory?
Acronyms
200
SCSI
A: What is Small Computer System Interface?
Acronyms
300
PCI
A: What is Peripheral Component Interconnector?
Acronyms
400
IDE
A: What is Integrated Drive Electronics?
Acronyms
500
GUI
A: What is Graphical User Interface?
Potpourri
100
What is the flow of electrons in a conductor?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Voltage
Current
Power
Resistance
A: What is current?
Potpourri
200
What component converts A/C power coming
from the wall outlet into D/C power?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Electronic capacitors
Power supply
Keyed connectors
Molex connector
A: What is power supply ?
Potpourri
300
Which two activities are normally controlled by
the Northbridge part of the chip set?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Communication between the CPU & the I/O ports
Access to the RAM
Communication between the CPU & the hard drive
Access to the video card
Communication between the CPU & the sound
card
A: What is access to RAM; access to the video card (2& 4)?
Potpourri
400
Which type of computer resources are direct lines
to the processor that interrupt the CPU activities?
1.
2.
3.
4.
DMAs
I/O addresses
IRQs
Memory addresses
A: What is IRQs?
Potpourri
500
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 process
2. 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 bus
4. Technique used to make a processor work at a faster
speed than its original specification.
A: What is a Option 2?
Double Jeopardy
What are the electrical pathways on the
motherboard called?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Form factors
Chip sets
Sockets
Buses
A: What is Buses?
Double
Jeopardy
Subject: Motherboard