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The document summarizes key concepts about computer hardware components and ports. It discusses technologies like SCSI, USB, FireWire, serial ports, parallel ports, audio jacks, and expansion options. Multiple choice questions are provided about topics like hard drive interfaces, port types and speeds, input devices, and adding additional ports.

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THS 2 Question and Answers

The document summarizes key concepts about computer hardware components and ports. It discusses technologies like SCSI, USB, FireWire, serial ports, parallel ports, audio jacks, and expansion options. Multiple choice questions are provided about topics like hard drive interfaces, port types and speeds, input devices, and adding additional ports.

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~Chapter 1 1. Which of the following is an example of a PC? Colossus ENIAC 8088 von Neumann 2.

Who is credited with the patent for the first computer? Eckert and Mauchly Atanasoff Microsoft Intel 3. In the von Neumann architecture, what two components make up the CPU? (Select the two best answers.) Control unit Processor Arithmetic unit Memory 4. What technology alleviates the problem of the von Neumann bottleneck? Cache Main memory CPU Hard disk drive 5. Which of the following are groups within the von Neumann architecture? (Select the three best answers.) Working storage Monitor Output devices Permanent storage Keyboard 6. What are the three main connections in a transistor? (Select the three best answers.) Gate N-type silicon Source Drain Conductor 7. MOSFET is the most common type of what electronic component? Vacuum tube CPU Integrated circuit Transistor 8. Approximately how many transistors are incorporated into todays Intel processors? Hundreds Thousands Millions Billions 9. What made the 8088 Intel CPU special compared to its predecessors? 1MB address limit 33MHz processor 64KB address limit 1MHz processor 10. What does Moores law state? Whatever can go wrong with computers will. Processor performance doubles every one and a half to two years. Total computer memory doubles with each new computer. Hard disks will fail. 11. Which two companies are most responsible today for the advancement of PC CPUs? (Select the two best answers.) Toshiba Intel

Samsung AMD 12. Which company did IBM first hire to build their core operating system for their PCs? Intel Apple Microsoft Bell Labs 13. What company dominates the CPU and chipset market? Microsoft Asus Intel AMD 14. Which of the following components feeds power to the internal components in a PC? Hard disk drive Motherboard Power supply AC outlet 15. Which of the following are examples of input devices? (Select the two best answers.) Hard disk drive Keyboard Mouse Monitor ~Chapter 1 Answers and Explanations 1. C. The 8088 was an early model PC powered by the integrated circuit. Colossus and ENIAC are much older computers powered by vacuum tubes. 2. B. John Atanasoff is credited with the patent for the first computer known as the Atansoff-Berry computer. 3. A and C. The control unit and the arithmetic unit make up the CPU in the von Neumann computer model. The CPU is the processor. The memory is separate and has a different function. 4. A. Cache memory, a special type of memory that resides on or in the processor, alleviates the problem of the von Neumann bottleneck by allowing the processor faster access to important data. 5. A, C, and D. The five groups in the von Neumann architecture are CPU, working storage, permanent storage, input devices, and output devices. Monitors are just one type of output device. Keyboards are just one type of input device. 6. A, C, and D. The three main connectors in a transistor are the gate, source, and drain. N-type silicon creates a path for the current to flow. The gate and drain are both metal conductors, but the conductor itself is not the connection. 7. D. The MOSFET is the most common type of transistor that takes the place of vacuum tubes. When transistors are grouped together in unison, it is known as an integrated circuit or IC. The most powerful ICs are CPUs. 8. C. Millions. For example, the Intel Core I7 processor incorporates 731 million transistors into on integrated circuit. 9. A. The 8088 Intel CPU could address 1MB of memory. The 8088 processor ran at 4.77MHz. 10. B. Moores law stated that processing performance and disk storage capacity would double every one and a half to two years. 11. B and D. Intel and AMD are the two companies most responsible for the advancement of CPUs in PCs. Toshiba and Samsung are among the top five semiconductor companies. 12. C. Microsoft was the first big supplier of operating systems for IBM starting with MS-DOS. 13. C. Intel. The majority of computers have Intel CPUs and the majority of motherboards have Intel chipsets. 14. C. The power supply feeds power to the internal components of the PC. Although the motherboard has some minor power connections, it is not the device in charge of feeding power to internal components such as hard disk drives, CD-ROMs, and so on. However, the motherboard does control the flow of data to those devices. The AC outlet powers the power supply, which in turn powers the internal components. 15. B and C. Keyboards and mice are examples of input devices. The hard disk drive is an example of permanent storage. The monitor is an example of an output device. ~Chapter 2 1. How many combinations are there in a 4-bit binary number? 4 8 16 40 2. 24-bit color is the same as which of the following amounts of colors?

65,536 256 4,000,000,000 16,777,216 3. 11 110 1010 111 4. What is the binary equivalent of the decimal number 255? 00000000 01111111 11111111 11111110 5. 512 1024 2048 4096 6. 230 220 210 240 7. 11 12 13 14 8. AND OR NOT EITHER 9. 0 1 Using the binary numbering system, if A equals 1 and B equals 1, what is the solution to the following equation: A AND B. Which of the following operators is represented with the | (pipe) sign? In the hexadecimal numbering system, what is D equal to? A gigabyte is equal to how many bytes in binary measurement? What is the decimal value of 212? What is the binary equivalent of the decimal number 6?

A B 10. You want to search for records containing music lessons and computer music. Which of the following expressions would work best? music AND (lessons OR computer) music AND lessons OR computer music AND lessons NOT computer (music AND lessons) OR computer 11. What does the following measurement mean? 266MBps 266 megabits per second 266 megabytes per minute 266 megabytes per second 266 megabits per minute 12. Which of the following would be faster at an identical clock speed? Parallel data transfer Serial data transfer Dial-up modem data transfer over the Internet Network adapter data transfer over the Internet 13. What is 1GHz equal to? 1,000 Hertz 1,000,000 Hertz 1,000,000,000 Hertz 1,000,000,000,000 Hertz 14. Binary Decimal Octal Hexadecimal 15. 224 240 248 252 ~Chapter 2 Answers and Explanations 1. C. A 4-bit binary number has 16 combinations starting with 0000 and continuing on to 1111. 2. D. 24-bit color is a color scheme that deals with three bytes of colors (red, green, and blue). A binary number with 24 bits has 16,777,216 combinations. 65,536 colors is 16-bit. 256 colors is 8-bit, and 4 billion colors is approximate to 32-bit color. What is the decimal equivalent of the binary number 11110000? Which numbering system has 16 values?

3. B. 110 is the binary equivalent of the decimal number 6. 11 in binary equals 3 in decimal. 1010 in binary equals 10 in decimal. 111 equals 7 in decimal. 4. C. 11111111 is the binary equivalent of the decimal number 255. 00000000 in binary equals 0 in decimal (zero is always zero). 01111111 in binary equals 127 in decimal. 11111110 in binary equals 254 in binary. 5. D. 212 is equal to 4096. 512 is equal to 29. 1024 is equal to 210. 2048 is equal to 211. 6. A. 230 is a gigabyte. 220 is a megabyte. 210 is a kilobyte. 240 is a terabyte. 7. C. In hexadecimal, D is equal to 13. 11 is equal to B; 12 is equal to C; and 14 is equal to E. 8. B. The OR operator can be represented with the | (pipe) sign or with a + (plus) sign. 9. B. 1. If both A and B equal 1, and the equation is A AND B, then the answer is 1. 10. A. music AND (lessons OR computer) is the best search expression to use in order to find records containing music lessons and computer music. 11. C. 266MBps equals 266 megabytes per second. Bytes are shown with a capital B. Bits are represented with a lowercase b. Data transfers are normally measured by the second. 12. A. At identical clock speeds, parallel data transfers are faster than serial data transfers because more bits are sent per second. Dial-up modems and network adapters transfer information serially when sending that information over the Internet. 13. C. 1GHz (1 GigaHertz) is equal to 1,000,000,000 Hertz. 1,000 Hertz is 1KHz. 1,000,000 Hertz is 1MHz. 1,000,000,000,000 is 1THz. 14. D. The hexadecimal numbering system has 16 values (09 and AF). You can remember this by thinking Hex (6) plus deci (10) equals 16. Binary has 2 values (0 and 1). Octal has 8 values. Decimal has 10 values (09). 15. B. 240 is the decimal equivalent of the binary number 11110000. 224 equals 11100000. 248 equals 11111000. 252 equals 11111100. ~Chapter 3 1. Which of the following can be used with the SCSI-based technology? (Choose two.) High-performance and high-capacity hard drives Image scanners Hubs Switches 2. What are two ways that USB version 2.0 ports can be added to a computer? (Choose two.) Implement a USB hub Add a USB 1.1 expansion card Add a USB 2.0 expansion card Use an Ethernet hub 3. A serial port can hook up devices such as external modems and label printers. What is this port usually called? SCSI port COM port PS/2 ports Parallel port 4. Which of the following devices can be used for a printer port, scanner, or removable media? PS/2 port Parallel port NIC card I/O port 5. USB Which device is known as IEEE 1394?

Parallel port FireWire PS/2

6. Some desktop systems and many of the older laptop and portable systems include a port to connect a mouse or keyboard. What is this port called? USB FireWire BIOS PS/2 7. What is the standard size of the audio mini-jack used by sound cards? 1 1/2 inch 1/8 inch 2 1/2 inch 1 inch 8. There are currently three standards for USB ports. What are they? (Choose three.) USB 1.1 USB 3.0 USB 1.0 USB 2.0 9. If you run out of USB ports and need more, which of the following devices are available? (Choose all that apply.) Motherboard connectors USB hubs Add-on cards Extra PCI slots 10. Mouse Gamepad Stylus Keyboard 11. Which of the following is used to transfer data into a computer by pressing on screen icons? Touch screen monitors CRT monitors LCD monitors Serial ports 12. Which of the following are considered multimedia devices? (Choose all that apply.) Webcam Sound card Microphone All of these options are correct. 13. You are in the process of installing a new keyboard to a new PC. Which of the following is the most common type of connector to use? Which device still remains the primary method used to enter data and send commands to the computer?

Serial connector PS/2 connector USB connector IEEE1394 connector 14. What is the major difference between a laser printer and an LED printer? (Choose all that apply.) LED printers use an LED array to perform the transfer of images. LED printers use an LED drum. Laser printers are of better print quality. Laser printers use a laser to transfer the image to the drum. 15. RJ-45 USB Parallel LED 16. What are three major types of display devices that are in use in todays industry? (Choose all that apply.) CRT monitors LCD monitors Data projectors USB monitors 17. Identify three types of video connectors. VGA type DMI type HDMI type USB type ~Chapter 3 Answers: 1. A, B. High-performance hard drives, image scanners, removable-media drivessuch as Zip, Jaz, and Castlewood Orb and other devices use SCSI interfaces. 2. A, C. You can add USB ports to a computer by implementing a USB hub and by installing an add-on USB expansion card. However, if you require USB 2.0 ports, a USB 1.1 expansion card does not work. Any devices connected to the USB 1.1 card are limited to USB 1.1 speeds. Ethernet hubs enable a person to connect more computers to a network, usually by way of RJ-45 ports. 3. B. A PCs serial ports are usually called COM ports. Serial ports can also be used to connect docking stations and digital cameras. 4. B. You can use a parallel port to hook up all the items listed in the question. Most motherboards still come with this port, even though USB is much faster and more popular. 5. C. FireWire is Apple Inc.s brand name for the IEEE 1394 standard. IEEE 1394 is a family of high-speed, bidirectional, serial transmission ports that can connect PCs to each other, digital devices to PCs, or digital devices to each other. 6. D. In some ATX/BTX port clusters, the bottom PS/2 port is used for keyboards, and the top PS/2 port is used for mice and pointing devices. On systems and devices that use the standard PC99 color coding for ports, PS/2 keyboard ports (and cable ends) are purple, and PS/2 mouse ports (and cable ends) are green. 7. B. The 1/8-inch audio mini-jack is used by sound cards and motherboard-integrated sound for speakers, microphone, and line-in jacks. Also, to avoid confusion, most recent systems have color-coded jacks. 8. A, B, and D. USB 1.1, USB 2.0, and USB 3.0 are the three current standards for USB ports. USB 3.0 is the newer and faster of the three. 9. A, B, and C. If you need more ports for USB devices, your options are motherboard connectors, USB hubs, and add-on cards. 10. D. The keyboard remains the primary method used to send commands to the computer and enter data. There are many shortcuts that can take the place of actions that would be otherwise accomplished with the mousefor example, Ctrl+X is cut, Most inkjet, laser, and thermal printers use this interface to connect a printer to a computer. (Choose two.)

Ctrl+C is copy, and so on. You can even use it to maneuver around the Windows Desktop if your mouse or other pointing device stops working. 11. A. Touch screen monitors enable the user to transfer data into the computer by pressing on-screen icons. Touch screen monitors are very popular in public-access and point-of-sale installations. 12. D. All listed devices are considered multimedia devices. The webcam, sound card, and microphone give you the ability to make Internet phone calls, for example. 13. C. The Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector is by far the most common keyboard and mouse connector in todays computers. Unlike older DIN or Mini-Din jacks, you do not have to turn off the PCs power to connect the keyboard. To install a USB keyboard, you just plug it in to an empty USB port. Most of the newer computers only have USB ports. PS/2 ports have become very rare on new computers. Keyboards historically have not connected to serial or IEEE1394 ports. 14. A, D. The essential difference between a laser and an LED printer is in the imaging device. The laser printer uses a laser to transfer the image to the drum, whereas an LED printer uses an LED array to perform the same task. Otherwise, these technologies are practically identical. 15. B, C. Interface types used by printers and scanners include USB and parallel. USB 2.0 is used by most inkjet, dyesublimation, thermal, and laser printers, either when connected directly to a PC or connected to a network via a print server. The parallel interface works for older inkjet and laser printers. 16. A, B, and C. The three main types of display devices in use today are LCD monitors (the most common), CRT monitors, and data projectors. 17. A, B, and C. VGA, DMI, and HDMI are the three main types of connectors you will be dealing with. You can also use SVideo for a connection.

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