2. Computer Hardware Computer Technology Jeopardy Review By C. Lyman © July 2007

3. Computer Technology Hardware Jeopardy Computer Types Input Devices Output Devices MeasuresHardware 100 200 300 400 500

4. Credits That’s all folks. Exit

5. Computer Types $100 Desktop

6. Computer Types $100 What is another name for a home or personal computer?

7. Computer Types $200 Small portable computer with it’s own power supply

8. Computer Types $200 What is a laptop or notebook computer?

9. Computer Types $300 PDA

10. Computer Types $300 What is a Portable Digital Assistant or hand held computer?

11. Computer Types $400 Large very powerful computer

12. Computer Types $400 What is a mainframe or supercomputer?

13. Computer Types $500 Server

14. Computer Types $500 What is a computer that provides services, like a Web or print server?

15. Input Devices $100 Mouse

16. Input Devices $100 What is a device that is move with the hand to point at different areas on the screen?

17. Input Devices $200 A device used to enter information into the computer by clicking keys

18. Input Devices $200 What is a keyboard?

19. Input Devices $300 A device that can convert picture to digital files or text into a digital document

20. Input Devices $300 What is a scanner?

21. Input Devices $400 An input device used to convert sound into a digital input

22. Input Devices $400 What is a microphone?

23. Input Devices $500 An input device use to measure temperature, movement, or pressure

24. Input Devices $500 What is a sensor?

25. Output Devices $100 CD-ROM

26. Output Devices $100 What is a read only compact disk?

27. Output Devices $200 An output device used to create a display on paper

28. Output Devices $200 What is a printer?

29. Output Devices $300 Peripheral

30. Output Devices $300 What is a device connected externally to a computer?

31. Output Devices $400 Picture Element

32. Output Devices $400 What words did the word “pixel” come from? or What is one colored dot on a computer monitor?

33. Output Devices $500 Resolution

34. Output Devices $500 What is the measurement that tells how many pixels are currently displayed on you screen?

35. Measures $100 bit

36. Measures $100 What is a binary digit? Or What is a 0 or 1?

37. Measures $200 About a trillion bytes

38. Measures $200 What is a gigabyte?

39. Measures $300 The speed of a processor

40. Measures $300 What is hertz or cycles per second?

41. Measures $400 byte

42. Measures $400 What is 8 bits? Or How many digits are needed to represent one letter or character digitally in the computer?

43. Measures $500 1024

44. Measures $500 How many bytes are in a kilobyte? Or How many kilobytes are in a megabyte? Or How many megabytes in a gigabyte?

45. Hardware $100 CPU

46. Hardware $100 What is the central processing unit? Or What is the “brain” of the computer? Or What is a another name for an Intel Pentium?

47. Hardware $200 RAM

48. Hardware $200 What is random access memory? Or What is memory used by the computer while it is on where programs are loaded and current data stored?

49. Hardware $300 Secondary storage

50. Hardware $300 What is a hard drive? Or What is storage that does not go away when the power is turned off?

51. Hardware $400

52. What is a motherboard?

53. Hardware $500

54. What are computer ports?