61.
An expansion card is a _____ that you insert into the expansion slot on the
motherboard and to which you connect a peripheral device.
62.
What is a long skinny socket on the motherboard into which you insert an
expansion card referred to as?
63.
What are the set of pathways along which information moves between
devices outside the motherboard and the CPU?
True / False Questions
64.
The physical devices that make up a computer are known as hardware.
65.
Software is the set of instructions that your hardware executes to carry out
a specific task.
66.
An output device is a tool you use to store information for use at a later
time.
67.
RAM is a permanent storage unit that holds all the information you are
working with.
68.
Application software is the software that enables you to solve specific
problems or perform specific tasks.
69.
System software includes both operating system software and utility
software.
70.
Utility software manages how your hardware devices work together.
71.
A mainframe computer is designed to meet the computing needs of a small
group of people in a small to medium-size business environment.
72.
Writing a memo, creating a graph, and creating a slide presentation are all
examples of personal productivity software.
73.
Vertical marketing software is application software that is unique to a
particular industry.
74.
For open-source software, the customer must go to the vendor and pay for
changes to be made and wait until the vendor has made those changes.
75.
Crash-proof software organizes your information on your hard disk in the
most efficient way.
76.
Uninstaller software is utility software that you can use to remove software
from your hard disk that you no longer want.
77.
A byte is the smallest unit of information that your computer can process.
78.
A bit can either be a 1 (on) or a 0 (off).
79.
The primary role of input and output devices is to convert information from
one form to another.
80.
A trackball is an input device.
81.
A joystick is a multifunctional input device with programmable buttons that
you work with your thumbs and a directional pad.
82.
An image scanner is a pointing device that you use to click on icons or
buttons.
83.
Biometric scanners are used to scan some human physical attribute like
your iris for security purposes.
84.
Optical mark reader reads characters that appear on a page or sales tag.
85.
Microphones are used to capture video into electronic form.
86.
A liquid crystal display makes the screen image by sending electricity
through crystallized liquid trapped between two layers of clear plastic or
glass.
87.
Using LEDs for backlighting decreases the image resolution on an LCD
screen.
88.
The resolution of a screen is the number of pixels it has.
89.
Printers are a common type of output device.
90.
Plotters were the first type of printer that could print with color and render
graphics and full-size engineering drawings.
91.
A CD-ROM offers ease of updating and large storage capacity.