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

Computer Technology Hardware Jeopardy Computer Types Input Devices Output Devices MeasuresHardware

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Computer Types $100 Desktop

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

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

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

Computer Types $300 PDA

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

Computer Types $400 Large very powerful computer

Computer Types $400 What is a mainframe or supercomputer?

Computer Types $500 Server

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

Input Devices $100 Mouse

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

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

Input Devices $200 What is a keyboard?

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

Input Devices $300 What is a scanner?

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

Input Devices $400 What is a microphone?

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

Input Devices $500 What is a sensor?

Output Devices $100 CD-ROM

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

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

Output Devices $200 What is a printer?

Output Devices $300 Peripheral

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

Output Devices $400 Picture Element

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

Output Devices $500 Resolution

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

Measures $100 bit

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

Measures $200 About a trillion bytes

Measures $200 What is a gigabyte?

Measures $300 The speed of a processor

Measures $300 What is hertz or cycles per second?

Measures $400 byte

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

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

Hardware $100 CPU

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?

Hardware $200 RAM

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?

Hardware $300 Secondary storage

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

Hardware $400

What is a motherboard?

Hardware $500

What are computer ports?