ITF - Chapter 8 Quiz

What sort of device would you need to transfer data from a "Memory Stick"?

• Memory card reader / multi-card reader.

• A keyboard

• A wireless adapter

• A microphone and headset

Your computer has 4 SATA ports. How many hard drives can be installed?

• Two drives

• Eight drives

• Four drives

• Zero drives

A hard drive is rated at 10,000 rpm. What is the significance of this statistic?

• A measurement of the capacity of the drive

• A measurement of the speed of the drive

• A measurement of the composition of the drive's platters

• A measurement of the time needed to link to SSD

Why can't you use memory modules designed for a desktop computer in a laptop?

• Desktops use a different voltage level and it is unsafe to use DIMMs in a SO-DIMM slot because of overheating.

• You should be able to swap them because laptops and desktops both use the same type of DIMM Memory cards.

• The functionality of laptop and desktop memory are different enough so that one cannot be used in the other.

• Laptops use a smaller form factor called SO-DIMM while desktops use DIMMs.

You have a motherboard that is designed for Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) memory that works at a bus speed of 533 MHz. You have some DDR3 memory modules that also work at a bus speed of 533 MHz. Are the modules compatible with the motherboard?

• DDR3 modules cannot be used in DDR2 slots.

• DDR3 modules can be used in DDR2 slots.

• DDR2 and DDR3 are packaged in DIMMs and can be used in any slots.

• DDR2 and DDR3 are both packaged in SO-DIMMs and can be used in any slots.

What type of disk has the greatest capacity?

• DVD that is dual layer and single sided

• DVD that is dual layer and double sided

• DVD that is single layer and single sided

• Blu-ray that is a single layer

What type of connector would you NOT use for an external hard drive to connect to a Windows PC?

• USB

• Firewire

• eSATA

• RGB

What is the main storage area for programs and data while a computer is running?

• Hard disk

• System memory

• Virtual memory

• Mass storage system

What type of memory is system memory?

• Volatile memory

• Non-volatile memory

• Cache memory

• Secondary memory

Why is a large amount of system memory essential for running a PC?

• To access data in a mass storage system

• To manipulate larger files

• To work with multiple applications at the same time

• To extend memory space using virtual memory