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View Assessment Result: Multiple-Choice Quiz 5 Your performance was as follows: 1. Which of the following are primarily input devices? Mouse Scanner Printer (a) I, II, and III (b) I and II only (c) II and III only (d) I and III only Correct answer is (b) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Input devices for a computer include which of the following? Digital cameras Scanners Speakers (a) III only (b) I, II, and III (c) I and II only (d) I and III only Correct answer is (c) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.3, subsection "Input Devices," in the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Computer output devices include which of the following? Projector Microphone Printer (a) I and III only (b) I, II, and III (c) II and III only (d) I and II only Correct answer is (a) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.3 in the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. A computer bus that transfers data twice per cycle is said to be double (a) channeled (b) wide (c) pumped (d) timed Correct answer is (c) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.2 in the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Which of the following technologies uses a gun-like mechanism to spray the screen with dots of color? (a) CRT (b) VIS (c) LCD (d) Pitch Correct answer is (a) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See page 92 in the textbook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Ethernet cards are used to provide a computer a connection to which of the following? (a) Local area networks (b) High speed input/output devices (c) Large capacity storage devices (d) Another computer via the telephone lines Correct answer is (a) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.1 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Which of the following is a relatively new and flexible interface for connecting many diverse input/output devices to a computer through a single port? (a) serial port (b) USB (c) AGP (d) parallel port Correct answer is (b) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Which of the following is (are) true of a bus on the motherboard? A bus is not critical to the overall performance of a computer system. A bus is used to transport data between components on the motherboard. The CPU and other components use a bus to read and write data into RAM. (a) I and III only (b) I and II only (c) II and III only (d) I, II, and III Correct answer is (c) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.2 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Which of the following is (are) true of computer printers? Typically, ink-jet printers have a lower cost per page than laser printers. Ink-jet printers are typically faster than laser printers. (a) I only (b) I and II (c) None (d) II only Correct answer is (c) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.3, subsection "Output Devices: Printers," in the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. A monitor is primarily which kind of device? (a) An output device (b) An input device (c) A storage device (d) A memory device Correct answer is (a) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Which of the following components is (are) found on an accelerated graphics card? A processor Video memory EIDE (a) I, II, and III (b) II and III only (c) I and II only (d) I and III only Correct answer is (c) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Which of the following are true of Universal Serial Bus (USB)? A large number of devices can potentially be interconnected using the USB. It is used with many types of devices for transferring large amounts of data. It supports existing serial- and parallel-port devices. (a) I and III only (b) I, II, and III (c) I and II only (d) II and III only Correct answer is (c) Your score on this question is: 0.00 Feedback: See section 2.2 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. A parallel port can be used to connect a computer to a (a) printer (b) mouse (c) monitor (d) keyboard Correct answer is (a) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See page 336 in the textbook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Which of the following is not true when comparing ink-jet printers with laser printers? (a) Laser printers have a wide price range and are more expensive than ink jets. (b) Ink jets have a slower print speed. (c) Ink-jet and laser printers have a similar cost per printed page when printing large quantities of pages. (d) Both ink-jet and laser printers produce fairly high quality graphics. Correct answer is (c) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.3 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Which of the following are important considerations when purchasing a monitor? The number of resolution modes supported The different levels of color depth supported The size of the viewing area that can be projected (a) I and II only (b) I, II, and III (c) II and III only (d) I and III only Correct answer is (b) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2 of the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Which bus transfers data between the CPU and the chipset? (a) Front side (b) Memory (c) AGP (d) PCI Correct answer is (a) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.2 in the course notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. The speed of a computer bus is measured in _____, whereas the transfer rate is measured in _____. (a) hertz, Bps (b) channels, bits (c) bits, channels (d) Bps, hertz Correct answer is (a) Your score on this question is: 5.00 Feedback: See section 2.2.2 in the course notes. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------