Section - Unit 3 - Computer Hardware Readiness Quiz

Enables data to be transmitted without the need for physical wires.

Wireless

Allows the addition of new features to a computer.

Expansion Card

Which of the following best describes the role of the human operator when using an abacus?

The human operator performs the calculations using the bead positions.

The _______________ contains data storage cells called registers.

Processor Register

What type of main memory was used in first-generation computers?

Magnetic Drums

Uses radio signals and orbiting satellites to receive and send data from one system to another.

Satellite

________________ holds data and information permanently.  It stores data and instructions while they are not being used.

Secondary Storage

The primary hardware component inside the chassis of your computer is the

motherboard

The role is to temporarily store information created by programs and to do so in a way that makes this data immediately accessible.

RAM

Temporarily stores information inside a computer.  The information is lost when the computer is turned off.

Ram

The ____________________ is the main circuit board of a computer.

Motherboard

Who is considered the world’s first computer programmer due to her work on the Analytical Engine?

Ada Lovelace

is a storage device responsible for storing permanent and temporary data.

Hard Drive

Which of the following best describes the hardware used in third-generation computers?

Integrated Circuits

The ___________ contains the circuitry that performs operations on data (such as addition and subtraction).

ALU

Stores instructions for crucial system activities.

ROM

__________________ are comprised of the I/O unit.

Peripheral Devices

The _______________ carries the destination address of where the data is assigned to be processed.

Address Bus

During which time period were third-generation computers developed and used?

1965-1971

What type of programming language was used in third-generation computers?

High-Level Programming Language

The _____________ carries control signals (commands) from the CPU (and status signals from devices); controls and coordinates all activities within the computer system.

Control Bus

Enables data to be transmitted without the need for physical wires.  Adapters facilitate wireless communication between electronic devices.

Bluetooth

Commonly known as a personal computer.  Desktops, laptops, and handheld or mobile devices

Microcomputers

The ______________ carries data between the processor, the memory unit, and the input/output devices.

Data Bus

The ________________ is responsible for processing all the information from programs run by your computer.  It is made up of the ALU, control unit and process register.

Central Processing Unit

Memory expandability and faster processors allow for the best performance among microcomputers.

Desktop

________________ are wires that serve as electrical roadways.  Transmitting info between the CPU and other components.

Buses

The biggest and fastest computer are

Supercomputers

_________________ are used to move data into computers.

Input Devices

The _____________________ contains the circuitry coordinating the machine's activities.

Conrol Unit

Which of the following best describes the hardware used in fourth-generation computers?

Microprocessor

What type of programming language was used in first-generation computers?

Low level machine language

Which input and output devices were commonly used with fourth-generation computers?

Mouse/GUIs

Which of the following best describes the hardware used in second-generation computers?

Transistors

What is an integrated circuit?

Miniaturized transistors placed on silicon chips called semiconductors

_________________ are used to move information out of computers.

Output Devices

Is the main circuit board for the computer containing both soldered components that cannot be removed and sockets or slots for components that can be removed.

Motherboard

During which time period were first-generation computers developed and used?

1946-1959

Translates information into a form that humans can understand.

Output Devices

Generally, performs a specific job with great expertise.  Designed for technical and scientific applications.

Workstation

Performs far better than handhelds, but rarely as well as equivalently priced desktops.

Laptop

What was a major innovation of the Leibniz Machine?

It performed basic arithmetic using gears physically set to input values.

Includes the physical, tangible parts of a computer.

Hardware

Which input and output devices were commonly used with third-generation computers?

Keyboards/Monitors

Which of the following best describes the hardware used in first-generation computers?

Vacuum Tubes

What is a microprocessor?

Thousands of Integrated Circuits on a single silicon chip

What made Babbage’s Analytical Engine a significant advancement in computing history?

It was designed to be programmable using punched cards.

Coordinates the functioning of all the individual components, like storage devices, memory and monitors.

Central Processing Unit

Translates data into a form that the computer can understand.

Central Processing Unit

The first general-purpose electronic computer and one of the first programmable computers.

ENIAC

What type of programming language was used in second-generation computers?

Assembly language, some high level languages

Designed to support hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously.  Useful to big organizations that manage & process high volumes of data.

Mainframes

Can be stored and run by physical hardware

Software

Computer memory stores ephemeral programs and data in use temporarily for quick access and primarily stores it in

RAM