basic computer test

1. Q: What does DRAM stand for?
B: Dynamic Random Access Memory
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2. Q: What is Cache RAM?
D: Fast memory used for data that is accessed often
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3. Q: What technology of memory is Cache RAM usually?
B: SRAM
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4. Q: Which is usually faster in a PC system: DRAM or SDRAM?
A: SDRAM
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5. Q: Where is your BIOS stored?
C: Flash
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6. Q: Which one of the following is not an Operating System?
C: Word Perfect
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7. Q: Where does your PC store your programs when the power is off?
C: Hard Disk Drive
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8. Q: What is Non-volitile Memory?
A: Memory that stores data when the power is off
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9. Q: What is PCI?
B: A type of system bus
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10. Q: What does a modem do?
C: Changes digital signals to signals that work on the telephone lines
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11. Q: Which is usually faster in a PC system: RDRAM or SDRAM?
B: RDRAM
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12. Q: How many cycles per second is 1GHz?
D: 1,000,000,000
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13. Q: How many bits is 1K Byte?
B: 1024
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14. Q: Firewire is the same as:
A: IEEE 1394
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15. Q: Firewire is usually used for:
D: Interfacing to a Digital Camcorder
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16. Q: What is USB?
C: A high-speed serial connection
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17. Q: Which company is not a microprocessor manufacturer?
B: Microsoft
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18. Q: Which company is not a PC manufacturer?
C: Intel
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19. Q: Is it better to have a lower or higher dot pitch (dp) monitor?
A: lower
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20. Q: What does DDR stand for?
C: Double Data Rate
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21. Q: "How much data can a double sided High Density 3.5"" Floppy Disk Drive store?"
B: 1.44 MB
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22. Q: How many bits are in a byte?
A: 8
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23. Q: What does GUI stand for?
B: Graphical User Interface
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24. Q: Which of the following is not a typical peripheral port?
A: DVD
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25. Q: Which microprocessor is used in Apple computers?
D: Power PC
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26. Q: Which is the fastest?
C: RDRAM
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27. Q: What does a system bus do?
D: connects various compents within the computer
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28. Q: What does memory do?
B: stores data and instructions
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29. Q: What does the CPU do?
A: carries out instructions
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30. Q: What do input devices do?
C: allows the user to communicate with the computer
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31. Q: What does CPU stand for?
B: Central Processing Unit
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32. Q: Which is not an input device?
D: monitor
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33. Q: Which is not an output device?
C: Mouse
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34. Q: Which is not considered software?
A: Hard Disk Drive
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35. Q: What does ROM stand for?
B: Read Only Memory
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36. Q: Which of the following is not a programming language?
D: Windows
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37. Q: What does LAN stand for?
D: Local Area Network
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38. Q: The internet would be considered a WAN or a LAN?
B: WAN
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39. Q: What language does a browser typically interpret to display information from the World Wide Web?
B: HTML
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40. Q: Additional DRAM may speed up the performance of your PC?
A: TRUE
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Well what kind of test was that? I never came across it. Well thank you so much for sharing that thread with us though.