Exam 6: Computing Components

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT To which of the following is a control unit most analogous?

You should read reviews for programs and apps before you download and\or install them to make sure the program or app will meet your needs.

Which of the following is a kind of ROM chip that contains permanently written data, instructions, or information that is recorded when the chip is manufactured?

Which of the following processors is a single chip with two or more separate processor cores?

A(n)____________________ card connects a computer to an Ethernet port, for example.

As shown in the accompanying figure, which of the following kinds of card is a circuit board that enhances functions of a component of the system unit and\or provides connections to peripherals?

Which of the following is the most common type of volatile memory?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When you examine a computer chip under a microscope, what will you see?

You have just purchased a new tablet and your last one was plagued with a poorly functioning battery. For this reason, with your new one, you have decided to become fully conversant in best practices with regard to battery life, so you can get the most out of this new one. Which of the following should you disable unless you are using it in order to conserve battery life?

Liquid cooling technology uses a continuous flow of fluid(s)in a process that transfers the heated fluid away from the processor to a radiator-type grill, which cools the liquid, and then returns the cooled fluid to the processor.

A DC adapter converts the DC power from the wall outlet into the AC power that the peripheral requires.

In your role as a consultant for people buying new computer systems, you always work hard to stay abreast of the latest memory requirements for your users. One of your clients is interested in upgrading the memory in his computer. Which of the following is a question you ask him?

The role of memory to store both data and programs is known as which of the following concepts?

Which of the following is the International Electronics Commission working to make the universal connector standard for charging mobile devices?

A petabyte is equal to approximately 1 billion bytes.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which component allows processors to perform at faster rates than those processors that do not have this component?

A(n)____________________ is the basic storage unit in memory.