#CB1.05 Inside a Computer

First and Last name

Every computer has a main circuit board that is called this

• Motherboard
• CPU
• Megahertz

Motherboards: (Choose 3)

• Are considered short term memory
• Hold connectors for hard drives and optical drives
• Hold expansion cards to control audio & video
• Connect everything directly or indirectly to every part of the computer

Since CPUs tend to get hot, it is covered by a piece of metal that is called a

• fan
• heat sink
• heat shield

CPUs are also known as

• Motherboards
• Megahertz
• the Brain of the computer

CPUs are usually located

• On the computer case
• On the mother board
• On the cooling fan

To install a CPU, you need to put it in its proper

• motherboard
• processor
• socket

If your computer is running a little slow, you may want to add more:

• RAM (memory)
• CPUs
• performance

RAM is for what type of memory?

• Long term
• Short term
• Processing

RAM is measured by

• Megabytes (MB)
• Gigabytes (GB)
• Megahertz (MHz)
• Gigahertz (GHz)