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Question 21

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When you reboot your system, the computer follows startup instructions stored in this type of memory.

A) DRAM
B) SDRAM
C) Cache
D) Flash

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Question 22

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VGA and DVI ports provide connections to monitors.

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B) False

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Which of the following can be used to connect several devices to the system unit and are widely used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, storage devices, and a variety of specialty devices?

Explain expansion slots and cards.

Plug and Play has become a generic term that is associated with the ability to plug any device into a computer and have it play or work immediately.

Which of the following offers a combination of the features of RAM and ROM?

_______ ports are the standard high-speed networking ports for many of today's computers.

Compare and contrast the four most common types of system units.

The most widely used character encoding standard today is _______.

A byte is formed by a group of _______.

With this type of memory, large programs are divided into parts and the parts are stored on a secondary device, usually a hard disk.

RAM is considered temporary, or volatile, storage.

In most personal computer systems, the CPU is contained on a single chip called the _______.

_______ ports provide high-speed connections can connect up to seven separate devices connected one to another.

Parallel processing requires a computer to perform one complete task before beginning the next task.

Firewire ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, and storage devices.

With these systems, input and output devices are located outside the system unit.

Explain Plug and Play.

ASCII supports Chinese and Japanese.

Term used to describe the number of bits that a CPU can access at one time.