Year 11 General AIT Hardware Quiz

I am a hardware component that supplies electric power to an electrical device.

• Optical Disk Drive

• Hard Disk Drive

• Power Supply Unit

• Motherboard

The purpose of a power supply unit is to

• store data from the computer

• input data into a computer

• enhance the existing abilities of the motherboard

• convert electric current from a source to the correct voltage, currency and frequency to power the load

I am an internal method of storing data on metallic electromagnetically charged plates within a computer

• Optical Disk Drive

• Hard Disk Drive

• Power Supply Unit

• Motherboard

The purpose of a hard disk drive is to

• operate as a storage device for data

• input data into a computer

• enhance the existing abilities of the motherboard

• convert electric current from a source to the correct voltage, currency and frequency to power the load

I am a peripheral input device that enables users to directly transfer text into a computer or any other electronic machinery

• Optical Disk Drive

• Hard Disk Drive

• Keyboard

• Motherboard

The purpose of a keyboard is to

• operate as a storage device for data

• allow the user to type documents, play games, perform functions assigned to shortcut keys and carry out other tasks while using a computer

• display text and graphics produced by computer programs and to provide a visual interface for computer users

• convert electric current from a source to the correct voltage, currency and frequency to power the load

I am an electronic card / board that is used to add extra functionality to a computer.

• Expansion Card

• Hard Disk Drive

• Keyboard

• Motherboard

The purpose of an expansion card is to

• operate as a storage device for data

• allow the user to type documents, play games, perform functions assigned to shortcut keys and carry out other tasks while using a computer

• display text and graphics produced by computer programs and to provide a visual interface for computer users

• enhance the existing abilities of the motherboard

I am an output device that displays information in pictorial form

• Expansion Card

• Hard Disk Drive

• Monitor

• Motherboard

The purpose of a monitor is to

• operate as a storage device for data

• allow the user to type documents, play games, perform functions assigned to shortcut keys and carry out other tasks while using a computer

• display text and graphics produced by computer programs and to provide a visual interface for computer users

• enhance the existing abilities of the motherboard