Inside a Computer

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Computers
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9th - 10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The _____ is the computer's main circuit board. It's a thin plate that holds the CPU, memory, connectors for the hard drive and optical drives, expansion cards to control the video and audio, and connections to your computer's ports (such as USB ports).
Processor
Motherboard
Random Access Memory
Hard drive
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The central processing unit (CPU), also called a _____, is located inside the computer case on the motherboard. It is sometimes called the brain of the computer, and its job is to carry out commands. Whenever you press a key, click the mouse, or start an application, you're sending instructions to it.
Motherboard
Random Access Memory
Processor
Hard drive
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The CPU fits into the motherboard's CPU socket, which is covered by the _____, an object that absorbs heat from the CPU.
Heat sink
Processor
Random Access Memory
Hard drive
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
_____ is your system's short-term memory. Whenever your computer performs calculations, it temporarily stores the data here until it is needed.
Motherboard
Processor
Hard drive
RAM (random access memory)
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A processor's speed is measured in megahertz (MHz), or millions of instructions per second; and gigahertz (GHz), or billions of instructions per second.
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
RAM is measured in megabytes (MB) or gigahertz (GHz).
True
False
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The more RAM you have, the more things your computer can do at the same time.
True
False
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