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Hardware

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which category does the following action fall under?: The computer works on the data - e.g. calculating, sorting, searching. etc.

a)

input

b)

processing

c)

communications

d)

storage

2.

What is this?

a)

CPU

b)

RAM

c)

ROM

d)

Speakers

3.

a)

Input

b)

Output

c)

Processing

d)

Storage

4.

a)

Input

b)

Output

c)

Processing

d)

Storage

5.

The three steps in the information processing cycle are...

a)

input, processing, output

b)

data capturing, information gathering, summarising

c)

communication, data capturing, output

d)

output storage, data capturing

6.

What is shown in the picture?

a)

A ROM memory

b)

A RAM memory

c)

A hard drive

d)

An optical memory

7.

Which type of memory is non-volatile firmware to initialize startup?

a)

Primary memory

b)

Random Access Memory (RAM)

c)

Read Only Memory (ROM)

d)

Secondary Storage

8.

What is the largest chip on the motherboard that interprets and executes the instructions stored in RAM?

a)

Arithmetic Logic Unit (AL)

b)

Control Unit (CU)

c)

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

d)

Motherboard

9.

_____ is used to plug peripherals into the system unit.

a)

A USB Port

b)

An audio card

c)

A flash drive

d)

A video card

10.

_____ is used when computer programs are turned on. It is cleared once the machine is shut off.

a)

The optical disk

b)

Random Access Memory (RAM)

c)

The network interface

d)

Read Only Memory (ROM)

11.

Which of the following is used to store programs installed on a computer?

a)

DVD Drive

b)

CD Drive

c)

Video Card

d)

Hard Drive

12.

Which of the following is a peripheral device?

a)

Mouse

b)

Keyboard

c)

CPU

d)

Printer

13.

What is the name of this hardware?

a)

VGA

b)

Motherchip

c)

Processor

d)

Motherboard

14.

What is the term we use to describe the time between the data being transmitted and the moment it reaches its destination, measured in milliseconds?

a)
Throughput
b)
Delay
c)
Latency
d)
Bandwidth
15.
Cache memory temporarily stores data.
a)
true
b)
FALSE