TUTORIAL 3

TOPIC 2: Components of System Unit

Part A: Multiple Choices

1. The main circuit board in the system unit is also called the ____.
a. busboard b. daughterboard
c. chipboard d. motherboard

2. The place on your system unit through which information and instructions flow to
your computer system referred to as ____.
a. bus b. port
c. card d. circuit

3. The acronym CPU stands for ____.

a. common processing unit b. central procedures unit
c. central processing unit d. common procedures unit

4. The component that holds instructions for the CPU is ____.

a. ROM b. RAM
c. CMOS d. ILU

5. Information used by the CPU is loaded first in ____.

a. RAM b. ROM
c. REM d. RIM

6. In order to hear music on a computer, what is the type of format needed by a sound
card to convert the musical data?
a. Analog b. Digital
c. Serial d. Algorithm

7. What is the name of the slots that is used to add peripheral devices to the computer
by inserting special-purpose circuit boards into it?
a. Bay slots b. Port slots
c. Connector slots d. Expansion slots

8. Boards that are used to connect additional devices to the motherboard are called
____.
a. cay cards b. port cards
c. expansion cards d. bus cards

9. What is the system representation that is used by the computers to represent

information of every kind?
a. Analog b. Digital
c. Decimal d. Pulses
10. How many different values that a bit can represent?
a. Two b. Four
c. Six d. Eight

11. How many bytes is required for the word “FITNESS”?

a. Two b. Seven
c. Eight d. Ten

12. Most personal computers use this eight-bit coding system:

a. Unicode b. ASCII
c. EBCDIC d. Decode

13. What kind of coding system that uses 16 bits instead of 8, and allows for
approximately 65000 different patterns?
a. Unicode b. ASCII
c. EBCDIC d. Decode

14. ____ is the set of electrical pathways that moves information between the basic
components of the motherboard, including between RAM and the CPU.
a. System bus b. Control unit bus
c. Processor bus d. Connector bus

15. A component of the CPU that performs arithmetic, as well as comparison and logic
operations is ____.
a. ALU b. RAM
c. CMOS d. RISC

16. What is the computer component that will keeps all of the computer’s operations
synchronized?
a. CPU bus b. CPU clock
c. CPU CMOS d. CPU battery

17. For a CPU, the number of millions of CPU cycles per second is quoted as ____.
a. Gigahertz b. Megahertz
c. Clock-hertz d. Bus-hertz

18. ____ device will enable the operating system to detect and install the appropriate
device drivers without the need for physical device configuration.
a. Plug and play b. Plug and go
c. Plug and continue d. Plug and commence
 19. Which of the following is not commonly used USB port?
a. 3.1 b. 2.0
c. 3.0 d. 4.0

20. What kind of connector that has 4 pins to fit into the holes of this type of port?
a. SCSI port b. Parallel port
c. USB port d. DVI port

Part B: Write a brief answer to each of the following questions

1. What Are the Control Unit and Arithmetic Logic Unit Components of a Processor, and
What Are the Four Steps in a Machine Cycle?

2. What Are the Characteristics of Various Personal Computer Processors, and How Are
Processors Cooled?

3. What Is a Bit, and How Does a Series of Bits Represent Data?

4. What Are the Various Types of Memory?

5. What Is the Difference between a Port and a Connector, and What Are the Differences
among the Various Types of Ports?