5 Written Questions

1. similar to notebook; no optical drive
2. provide a connection point for specialized cards or circuit boards; expansion capability
3. random access memory holds program & data CPU is presently processing; volatile
4. read only memory; contain special instructions; not volatile
5. combines with a PCI bus on the system board to support several external devices without using expansion cards or slots

5 Matching Questions

1. peripheral component interconnect
2. binary system
3. flash memory
4. serial advanced technology attachment
5. system board

1. a combo of RAM & ROM; retain data with power off
2. b widely used for connect high-speed storage devices to the system board
3. c communications medium for the entire computer system because every component of the system unit connects to the system board; motherboard
4. d developed to meet the video demands of GUI
5. e binary coding scheme that assigns a unique sequence of bits to each character (byte=8 bits)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. tells the rest of the component system how to carry out a program's instructions; directs electronic signals
   1. coprocessors
   2. components
   3. control unit
   4. system unit
2. how a computer provides representation to communicate (ASCII, EBCDIC, unicode)
   1. character encoding
   2. coprocessors
   3. parallel processing
   4. system unit
3. specifically designed to handle the processing requirements related to displaying and manipulating 2D & 3D graphic images
   1. graphics coprocessor (graphics processing unit)
   2. parallel processing
   3. media center system unit
   4. central processing unit
4. contain the system's electronic components and selected secondary storage devices
   1. desktop system unit
   2. media center system unit
   3. notebook system unit
   4. system unit
5. contain an entire computer system including electronic components, secondary storage, input/output devices
   1. media center system unit
   2. handheld computer systems
   3. binary system
   4. netbook system

5 True/False Questions

1. components → provide a connection point for small specialized electronic parts called chips

   True        False

2. power supply → processing speed of a microprocessor

   True        False

3. arithmetic-logic unit → usually called ALU; performs 2 types of arithmetic operations, logical operations

   True        False

4. sockets → provide a connection point for small specialized electronic parts called chips

   True        False

5. tablet pc's → convertible & slate; portable

   True        False