Exam 2: Computer Hardware

In the accompanying figure of a hard drive, the item labeled 3 is the ____.

A mouse can either be connected to the computer using wires or cables, or can be ____.

____ is the average time it takes a computer to locate data on the storage medium and read it.

Two key components of a computer display system are a monitor and a(n) ____ card.

Trackpad is another word for trackball.

With a feature called ____, once you plug a peripheral device into its port, the device is ready to use.

Screen size, dot pitch, and color depth are all determined by the graphics card.

A standard desktop computer uses a mouse as its primary pointing device.

A microphone can convert spoken words or sound information into a digital format.

Printer ____ is measured by ppm.

All of the following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT ____.

If you have data that exists on paper, you can use a(n) ____________________ to create a digital graphics file and input the data.

In the accompanying figure of a hard drive, the item labeled 1 is the ____.

____ is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage medium to the computer per second.

A digital camera uses a(n) ____ card, because each photo its owner takes requires megabytes of storage, and the device has a high storage capacity and access speed.

____ monitors are also called flat-panel displays.

The computer controls a peripheral device by sending data over circuits called a data port . _________________________

A tape drive, used with some business computers for long-term storage, uses direct access to jump directly to requested data.

The system unit case for a desktop computer contains several storage device "parking spaces" called ____ bays.

A printer's duty cycle is usually measured in pages per day.