CIS 101 Week 4 Homework

Feel free to use your textbook, notes or even the Internet. Do NOT ask your neighbor or get answers from another person (this means no mind reading).

  1. The primary circuit board in your PC is known as all of the following EXCEPT :
    Mainboard
    Motherboard
    Systemboard
    Processorboard
  2. Which is the worst performing processor out of the following (assuming similar clock speed):
    Intel Celeron
    Intel PIII
    AMD Athlon
    AMD AthlonXP
  3. What kind of expansion cards can a Laptop (notebook) support?
    PCI
    ISA
    PCMCIA
    Birthday cards
  4. A DIMM is an example of what?
    Type of Dynamic RAM
    a special kind of Drive
    a network Card
    Someone who is not so bright
  5. The main processor of a PC is also called the...
    el General
    CPU
    DIP
    Memory
  6. All information boils down to 2 numbers. What are they?
    24
    90
    314
    01
  7. This kind of port is typically used to attach printers (choose the best answer):
    Parallel
    PS/2
    Ethernet
    SCSI
  8. A ______ port can support up to 127 devices in a chain.
    serial
    parallel
    SCSI
    USB
  9. If your ATX powersupply will not shut off by pressing your power button (because your PC locked up), what should you do?
    Reinstall Windows.
    Press CTRL-ATL-DEL on your keyboard
    quickly leave the room and blame it on the dog
    Press and hold the power button for 6 seconds.
  10. Because CPUs can get very hot, it is necessary to have an aluminum or copper heat sink and what?
    backup CPU
    Math coprocessor
    an ice pack
    Fan



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