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BTE 210: Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100%
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Q: Computer's Hardware
Ans: The physical equipment used for the input, processing, output, and storage
activities of a computer system
Q: Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Ans: manipulates the data and controls the tasks performed by the other
components
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Q: Primary Storage
Ans: temporarily stores data and program instructions during processing
Q: Secondary Storage
Ans: stores data and programs for future use
Q: Input Technologies
Ans: Accept data and instructions and convert them to a form that the computer
can understand
Q: Output technologies
Ans: present data and information in a form people can understand
Q: Communication technologies
Ans: provide the flow of data from external computer networks (Internet) to the
CPU, and from the CPU to computer networks
Q: Types of Servers
Ans: Supercomputers, mainframe computers
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Q: Supercomputers
Ans: the fastest computers available at any time.
Q: Who uses supercomputers?
Ans: Due to the high cost they are generally used by large organizations
(military, scientific research) to execute computationally demanding tasks
involving large data
Q: Mainframe Computers
Ans: computers at the high end of the performance and reliability scales and can
handle millions of transactions per day
Q: Types of Clients
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Ans: microcomputers (desktop PCs), laptops, tablets, wearable clients
Q: Microcomputers
Ans: the smallest and least expensive category of general-purpose computers
Q: Laptops
Ans: small, easily transportable, lightweight microcomputers
Q: Tablets
Ans: a complete computer contained entirely in a flat touchscreen
Q: Wearable clients
Ans: apple watch
Q: Types of Primary Memory (main memory)
Ans: register memory, cache memory, random access memory (RAM), read
only memory (ROM)
Q: Cache Memory
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Ans: Primary memory- High speed memory that enables the computer to
temporarily store blocks of data that are used more frequently
Q: Register Memory
Ans: Primary Memory- part of the CPU. Has the least capacity and stores data
only immediately before and after processing. located closer to CPU than the
RAM
Q: Random Access Memory (RAM)
Ans: Primary memory- holds a software program and small amounts of data for
processing
Q: Read only Memory (ROM)
Ans: Primary Memory- type of chip where certain critical instructions are held
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and retains these instructions even when the computer is off
Q: Types of Secondary Storage
Ans: Magnetic tape, magnetic discs, solid state drives (SSD), Optical storage
devices, Flash memory (memory cards)
Q: Magnetic tape
Ans: secondary storage- on a large open reel or in a smaller cartridge or cassette
Q: Magnetic Discs
Ans: secondary storage- most widely used
Q: Solid state drives (SSD)
Ans: secondary storage- serve the same purpose as a hard drive and store data in
memory chips, but do not have moving parts
Q: Optical storage devices
Ans: secondary storage- laser reads the surface of a reflective plastic platter
Q: Flash Memory (memory cards)
BTE 210: Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100%
Correct Answers Already Graded A+
Q: Computer's Hardware
Ans: The physical equipment used for the input, processing, output, and storage
activities of a computer system
Q: Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Ans: manipulates the data and controls the tasks performed by the other
components
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Q: Primary Storage
Ans: temporarily stores data and program instructions during processing
Q: Secondary Storage
Ans: stores data and programs for future use
Q: Input Technologies
Ans: Accept data and instructions and convert them to a form that the computer
can understand
Q: Output technologies
Ans: present data and information in a form people can understand
Q: Communication technologies
Ans: provide the flow of data from external computer networks (Internet) to the
CPU, and from the CPU to computer networks
Q: Types of Servers
Ans: Supercomputers, mainframe computers
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US
Q: Supercomputers
Ans: the fastest computers available at any time.
Q: Who uses supercomputers?
Ans: Due to the high cost they are generally used by large organizations
(military, scientific research) to execute computationally demanding tasks
involving large data
Q: Mainframe Computers
Ans: computers at the high end of the performance and reliability scales and can
handle millions of transactions per day
Q: Types of Clients
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: microcomputers (desktop PCs), laptops, tablets, wearable clients
Q: Microcomputers
Ans: the smallest and least expensive category of general-purpose computers
Q: Laptops
Ans: small, easily transportable, lightweight microcomputers
Q: Tablets
Ans: a complete computer contained entirely in a flat touchscreen
Q: Wearable clients
Ans: apple watch
Q: Types of Primary Memory (main memory)
Ans: register memory, cache memory, random access memory (RAM), read
only memory (ROM)
Q: Cache Memory
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Ans: Primary memory- High speed memory that enables the computer to
temporarily store blocks of data that are used more frequently
Q: Register Memory
Ans: Primary Memory- part of the CPU. Has the least capacity and stores data
only immediately before and after processing. located closer to CPU than the
RAM
Q: Random Access Memory (RAM)
Ans: Primary memory- holds a software program and small amounts of data for
processing
Q: Read only Memory (ROM)
Ans: Primary Memory- type of chip where certain critical instructions are held
Exampromax - Stuvia US
and retains these instructions even when the computer is off
Q: Types of Secondary Storage
Ans: Magnetic tape, magnetic discs, solid state drives (SSD), Optical storage
devices, Flash memory (memory cards)
Q: Magnetic tape
Ans: secondary storage- on a large open reel or in a smaller cartridge or cassette
Q: Magnetic Discs
Ans: secondary storage- most widely used
Q: Solid state drives (SSD)
Ans: secondary storage- serve the same purpose as a hard drive and store data in
memory chips, but do not have moving parts
Q: Optical storage devices
Ans: secondary storage- laser reads the surface of a reflective plastic platter
Q: Flash Memory (memory cards)
