LET'S REVIEW OURSELVES

The largest and most important circuit board in the computer is the ____________________, also called the main board or system board.

• ROM

• Motherboard

• Processor/CPU

• PCI

In the world of computers, the term ____________________ refers to the computer’s physical components, such as the monitor, keyboard, memory chips, and hard drive.

• Software

• Hardware

• Vaporware

• Bioware

The ____________________ is a group of microchips on the motherboard that control the flow of data and instructions to and from the processor, providing careful timing of activities.

• Mainframe

• Tollhaus

• Dual-core processor

• Chipset

True or False. The processor uses permanent storage, sometimes called secondary storage, to hold both data and instructions while it is processing them.

• True

• False

This system of pathways used for communication and the protocol and methods used for transmission are collectively called the ____________________

• Transmission Relay

• Bus

• USB

• Bit Conduits

The configuration, or setup, chip is called ______

Different versions of UNIX are referred to as _____

• Distributions

• UAP

• Torvalds

• Applications

A(n) ____________________ is software that controls a computer

• CMOS

• Operating System

• POST

• Binary

A(n) ____________________ is the portion of the OS that relates to the user and to applications.

• Kernel

• Output Device

• Byte

• Shell

When each logical drive is formatted, a single directory table is placed on the drive called the ____________________ directory.

• Core

• Colonel

• Root

• Primal