Computer Concepts Test Review

Which of the following is a personal computer?

• supercomputer

• mainframe

• desktop

• All of the above.

Which of the following is NOT a personal computer?

• laptop

• desktop

• mainframe

• All of the above.

____ are thin computers that do not have an external keyboard or mouse.

• Laptops

• Desktops

• Tablets

• Mainframes

____ computers are used by large businesses, government agencies, and in science and education to provide centralized storage and processing and to manipulate tremendous amounts of data.

• Subnotebook

• Optical

• External

• Mainframe

____ refers to the number of bits that are processed at one time.

• Characters per second

• Quad core

• Clock speed

• Word size

Processing tasks occur on the ____.

• mouse

• motherboard

• operating system

• keyboard

The physical components of a computer are referred to as ____.

• specifications

• operating systems

• hardware

• configurations

The computer needs additional components called ____ to accomplish its input, output, and storage functions.

• ports

• architecture

• mice

• peripheral devices

One of the most important components of personal computer hardware is ____, which stores instructions and data.

• the cloud

• the processor

• memory

• the processor

Special high-speed memory located on or near the microprocessor's is called ____.

• storage

• cache memory

• virtual memory

• ROM