PC Hardware

PC Hardware

Don't tell to anyone if you fail this test!

published on May 07, 2010
1/16

What is a monitor?

An input device
An output device
An input and output device
2/16

Which component is considered the "brain" of the computer?

The RAM
The HDD
The video card
CPU
The motherboard
3/16

What is the permanent memory built into computers called?

RAM
ROM
CPU
CD ROM
None of these
4/16

What does HDD stand for?

Holographic Disk Drive
High Density Drive
Head Down Display
Hard Disk Drive
5/16

What does RAM stand for?

Resource Allocation Memory
Random Access Machine
Random-Access Memory
Ready Access Memory
6/16

Where is the BIOS chip located?

On the video card
On the CPU
On the HDD
On the motherboard
7/16

What component uses a DVI port?

Video card
Motherboard
Sound card
Printer
Mouse
Modem
8/16

BIOS stands for "Basic Input/Output System"

True
false
9/16

How do you measure hard disk capacity?

GB
MHz
Mbps
V
X
10/16

Approximately how many bytes make one Megabyte

One hundred
One billion
One million
Ten millions
11/16

A microphone is considered an input device

true
false
12/16

Which of the following are NOT components of a regular PC?

Hint: 2 choices
sound card
router
switch
printer
13/16

Which device is used to print text and images on paper?

scanner
printer
router
video card
14/16

Can computers have more than one CPU?

Yes
No
15/16

Can computers have more than one monitor?

Yes
No
16/16

Which of the following components are referred as optical?

Hint: 3 choices
CD drives
DVD drives
HDD drives
Blu-ray drives
Floppy drives