Computer Parts

Which part is a "big hunk of plastic that houses everything else"?

• hard drive

• case

• power supply

• motherboard

Which part plugs into the wall and provides electricity to other parts?

• motherboard

• CPU

• optical drive

• power supply

Which part is a wide and flat circuit board, with slots for other components?

• power supply

• RAM module

• hard drive

• motherboard

The CPU is an acronym for the ___

• cybernetic processing unit

• central processing unit

• central power unit

• circuit performance unit

RAM stands for ___

• random access memory

• reliably accessed memory

• reliable access module

• recurring access module

A hard drive is often referred to as ___

• a disk drive, or storage

• the CPU, or processor

• the main board, or MOBO

• RAM, or memory

GPU is an acronym for ___

• general performance unit

• general processing unit

• graphics processing unit

• grand processor union

Which component arranges and does calculations on data?

• hard drive

• motherboard

• graphics card

• CPU

At some point, all of the data in your computer goes through which component?

• hard drive

• power supply

• graphics card

• CPU

Which component provides long-term storage of your files?

• CPU

• RAM

• hard drive

• graphics card