Y9-Quick Hardware knowledge check

All hardware communicates via the...

• Fatherboard

• Motherboard

The brains of the computer is called the ...

• GPU

• RAM

• CPU

CPU stands for...

• Clever Processing Unit

• Central Processing Unit

• Central Power Unit

The CPU, fetches (data from RAM) , decodes it and executes all the processes in a PC?

• TRUE

• FALSE

The CPU gets very hot...

• FALSE

• TRUE

This keeps the CPU cool, what is it?

• Heatsink

• Fan

• Heat sink and fan

Is this RAM or ROM?

• RAM

• ROM

RAM...

• ... holds programs that are open, like Word or PowerPoint?

• ... boots up a PC?

This is a typical ROM chip?

• False

• True

To save files permanently, that we have made, they need to be stored in secondary storage. An SSD drive can be used to store our files.

• False

• True