BTE 210 Final Exam Questions Answered Correctly Latest Version () Already Passed
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BTE 210 Final Exam Questions Answered Correctly Latest Version () Already Passed
Computer's Hardware - Answers The physical equipment used for the input, processing output, and storage activities of of a computer system
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - Answers - Manipulates the data and controls ...
BTE 210 Final Exam Questions Answered Correctly Latest Version (2024-2025) Already Passed
Computer's Hardware - Answers The physical equipment used for the input, processing output, and
storage activities of of a computer system
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - Answers - Manipulates the data and controls the tasks performed by the
other components
- Input → CPU → Output
Primary Storage - Answers Temporarily stores data and program instructions during processing
Working memory
Secondary Storage - Answers - Stores data and programs for future use
- Never gets deleted unless physically deleted
Input Technologies - Answers Accept data and instructions and convert them to a form that the
computer can understand
Output Technologies - Answers Present data and information in a form people can understand
Communication Technologies - Answers Provide for the flow of data from external computer networks
(ex. The Internet and intranets to the CPU, and from the CPU to computer networks)
Supercomputers - Answers the fastest computer available at that time
Mainframe computers - Answers - Business uses (ex. Bank of America)
- Perform at a teraflop
- Trillions of data per second
Thin Client - Answers - worthless without the internet
- Ex. netbooks or POS systems in restaurants
Fat Client - Answers - able to be used without the internet
- Ex. an Ipad because it can still be used without the internet, even though every feature cannot always
be accessed
Order of Data Measures (Smallest to Largest) - Answers - Byte
- Kilobyte
, - Megabyte
- Gigabyte
- Terabyte
- Petabyte
- Exabyte
- Zettabyte
Kilobytes Example - Answers word docs
Megabytes Example - Answers songs
Gigabytes Example - Answers movie
Terabytes Example - Answers external drive
Four Types of Primary Storage - Answers 1. Register Memory
2. Cache Memory
3. Random Access Memory (RAM)
4. Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Register Memory - Answers - Part of CPU
- Least capacity
- Limited amounts of instructions and data only immediately before and after processing
Cache Memory - Answers - High speed
- Temporarily stores blocks of date used more often and that processor can access more rapidly than
main memory (RAM)
- Located physically closer to CPU than RAM
Random Access Memory (RAM) - Answers - Holds a software program and small amounts of data for
processing
- Acts like a large whiteboard
- More space it holds, less it needs to delete
Read-Only Memory (ROM) - Answers - Stores permanent things that do not change often
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