REVIEW QUESTIONS: INTRODUCING HARDWARE

                                                                                                                                                    

Instruction: Please complete all parts of this activity worksheet and submit this document to your
instructor.

                                                                                                                                                    

STUDENT NAME:   Elaine Margarette P. Magbuhat              DATE:    09/05/22          SCORE:

(1) Answer the following multiple-choice questions.

1. Which part of the computer has a wire attached to the sound card to allow you to play music?
1. CD-ROM drive
2. floppy drive
3. video card
4. motherboard
2. The power supply provides power for:
1. all components in the computer.
2. many of the PC peripherals.
3. both the components in the computer and the peripherals.
4. only the PC peripherals.
3. The hard drive is:
1. sealed in a protective case.
2. a stack of metal platters.
3. the largest storage space in the computer system.
4. All of the above
3. The main circuit board in the computer is called:
1. RAM.
2. the motherboard.
3. the CPU.
4. the bus.
3. The part of the computer used for calculations is:
1. RAM.
2. the motherboard.
3. the CPU.
4. the bus.
3. The contents of _____ are erased when the computer is turned off.
1. the motherboard
2. RAM
3. storage
4. All of the above
3. Instructions needed when starting the computer are stored in:
1. RAM.
2. ROM.
3. cache.
 4. the motherboard.
3. A nonvolatile storage device:
1. maintains data even when the computer’s power is turned off.
2. loses data when the computer’s power is turned off.
3. is not temperature-sensitive.
4. None of the above
3. Expansion cards:
1. are connected via slots in the motherboard.
2. provide additional functionality.
3. can add sound or video to a computer.
4. All of the above

10. A card that translates binary data into images on a monitor is a:

1. monitor card.
2. video card.
3. translator card.
4. None of the above

(2) Identify the hardware category (Input, Processing, Storage, Communication) of the given devices
below.

1. Mouse  -   I               10. Monitor -    O                     19. Joystick - I

2. DVD -     S                   11.Network cable - C             20. Bluetooth - C
3. Printer -   O                   12. digital camera - I/O
4. Keyboard -   I         13. CPU -     P          
5. Modem -    C                14. hard disk -  S
6. Speaker -   O               15. fax modem - C
7. Scanner -   I           16. RAM -    S             
8. Microphone -     I        17. Flash disk - S
9. Sensor -     I               18. Plotter - O