BTEC Level 2 Computing and Creative IT Unit 2 S1-3

The card attached to the motherboard allows pictures and text to appear.  It controls the output to a display screen.

• Graphics Card
• Sound Card
• Network Card
• Ethernet Cord

Which Technology System is mobile and uses a touchscreen

• Games Console

• Server

• Programmable Computer

• Tablet

Which two reasons might make a business invest in a technology system?

• Reducing their operating costs

• Improving their environment

• Keeping staff happy

• Improving efficiency

Match the following

• Data coded as a pattern of dots read by a laser

• Hard disk

• Uses a magnetic disk to store data

• Optical

• Uses flash memory (transistors which save state)

• ROM

• Primary storage, read/write

• RAM

• Primary storage, read only

• Solid state

Close to the CPU and handles transactions between CPU and memory: ​ ​ (a)  

Handles slower transactions between peripherals and bios​ (b)   ​

• Northbridge
• Southbridge
• Westbridge
• Eastbridge

A (a)   is a small computer usually for a dedicated purpose

Match the following

• Internal or external storage for the computer

• Storage

• Internal storage in the computer

• Cache memory

• RAM close to the processor which is used for fast access

• Memory

• Not essential to the operation of the system

• Clock speed

• internal frequency at which a computer operates

• Peripheral

Can be written to once: ​ (a)  

Cannot be written to (read-only): ​ (b)  

Can be written to and read from multiple times: ​ (c)  

• CD-R
• CD
• CD-RW
• CD-EW
• DVD
• Optical mouse
• CD-W
• CD-WR

Reorder the following stages of computer activity

• Input

• Output

• Process

What does this image show?

• Optical Storage

• Hard Disk

• Solid state Drive

• RAM