BTE 210: Exam 1 Questions And Answers Rated A+ 2024.
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BTE 210: Exam 1 Questions And Answers Rated A+ 2024.
Computer's Hardware - correct answer. The physical equipment used for the input, processing, output, and storage activities of a computer system
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - correct answer. manipulates the data and controls...
BTE 210: Exam 1 Questions And Answers
Rated A+ 2024.
Computer's Hardware - correct answer. The physical equipment used for the input,
processing, output, and storage activities of a computer system
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - correct answer. manipulates the data and controls
the tasks performed by the other components
Primary Storage - correct answer. temporarily stores data and program instructions
during processing
Secondary Storage - correct answer. stores data and programs for future use
Input Technologies - correct answer. Accept data and instructions and convert them to
a form that the computer can understand
Output technologies - correct answer. present data and information in a form people
can understand
Communication technologies - correct answer. provide the flow of data from external
computer networks (Internet) to the CPU, and from the CPU to computer networks
Types of Servers - correct answer. Supercomputers, mainframe computers
Supercomputers - correct answer. the fastest computers available at any time.
Who uses supercomputers? - correct answer. Due to the high cost they are generally
used by large organizations (military, scientific research) to execute computationally
demanding tasks involving large data
Mainframe Computers - correct answer. computers at the high end of the performance
and reliability scales and can handle millions of transactions per day
Tablets - correct answer. a complete computer contained entirely in a flat touchscreen
Wearable clients - correct answer. apple watch
Types of Primary Memory (main memory) - correct answer. register memory, cache
memory, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM)
Cache Memory - correct answer. Primary memory- High speed memory that enables
the computer to temporarily store blocks of data that are used more frequently
Register Memory - correct answer. Primary Memory- part of the CPU. Has the least
capacity and stores data only immediately before and after processing. located closer to
CPU than the RAM
Random Access Memory (RAM) - correct answer. Primary memory- holds a software
program and small amounts of data for processing
Read only Memory (ROM) - correct answer. Primary Memory- type of chip where
certain critical instructions are held and retains these instructions even when the
computer is off
Types of Secondary Storage - correct answer. Magnetic tape, magnetic discs, solid
state drives (SSD), Optical storage devices, Flash memory (memory cards)
Magnetic tape - correct answer. secondary storage- on a large open reel or in a
smaller cartridge or cassette
Magnetic Discs - correct answer. secondary storage- most widely used
Solid state drives (SSD) - correct answer. secondary storage- serve the same
purpose as a hard drive and store data in memory chips, but do not have moving parts
Optical storage devices - correct answer. secondary storage- laser reads the surface
of a reflective plastic platter
Flash Memory (memory cards) - correct answer. nonvolatile electronic storage
devices with no moving parts and use 30x less battery power than hard drives
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