U01 - Hardware, Software & OS Review

The instructions that tell the computer what to do and how to do it.

• software

• hardware

• mouse

• monitor

When you save a file, it is permanently save on the ...

• CPU

• RAM

• Hard Drive

• Optical Drive

Select three input devices your computer could use:

• Mouse, keyboard, scanner

• Mouse, speakers, scanner

• Mouse, printer, monitor

• Mouse, scanner, monitor

What type of devices allow you to save your file, and then take the file with you to access on a different computer?

• Hard drive or MP3 player

• Flash drive or memory card

• Optical drive or hard drive

• Camera phone or mouse

Which part is the "brain" of the computer?

• RAM

• Motherboard

• CPU

• BIOS

The capacity of your hard drive is measured in

• GB

• GHz

• Mbps

• Binary

The speed of your computer is measured in

• GB

• GHz

• Mbps

• Binary

Which of the following is NOT an input device?

• keyboard

• mouse

• monitor

• microphone

The Internet is accessed through wires all over the world.

• True

• False

You are an avid enthusiast of computer games and you do not like when your games lag or are slow. Which hardware would be most essential to improving your gaming experience?

• a hard drive exceeding one terabyte in storage capacity

• the best possible processor and graphics card

• at least eight (8) USB ports

• a high speed read/write DVD optical drive