Department of Informatics Computer Hardware

Name___________________________________________ Id No_____________________ Level II. _____

Time Allowed: 2 Hours

Part I: - Choose the best answer (16 Point)

1. One of the difference between SATA & PATA

A. Both are the Same C. System & Data storing
B. Speed & Shape D. Uses & Capacity
2. jamper setting used to configure
A. Capacity & Speed or hard drive C. Master and Slave
B. Speed & Lumens of hard drives D. Brightness & Capacity
3. Which one of the following Port is sometimes called DB
A. VGA C. LPT
B. Printer D. All
4. a port that used to intertain about 127 devices and most popular one.
A. Serial port C. USB port
B. Parallel port D. All
6. One of the component of the system unit that is responsible for handling all the
instructions.
A. ROM C. CPU
B. RAM D. HDD
7. BIOS stands for
A. Basic instruction on self C. Basic instrument out system
B. Basic input output system D. None
A. None of the above

8. Which one of the following is one of the significance role of the CPU
A. Arithmetic operations C. Registers
B. Controlling operations D. All of the above

9. Is an internal circuit board that allows a display device such as

a monitor to display images from the computer?

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A. Video Card C. Sound Card

B. Network Interface Card (NIC) D. Modem Card

10. RJ45 is used to

A. Connect to the Internet
B. Connect to the Network
C. Connectivity device
D. None

12. Cable that connects drives to the motherboard to transfer data’s.

A. Data Cable C. VGA Cable
B. Network Cable D. Power Cable
13. Is an expansion card or integrated circuit that provides a computer
with the ability to produce sound.
A. Video Card C. Modem
B. Graphics Card D. Sound card
14. When your computer memory are getting less what action you would take.
A. Install driver software C. Virtual memory
B. Remove Microsoft office D. Physical Port

15. POST Refers to

A. Post office standard tool C. Power on standard tool
B. Power on Self-Test D. B and c
16. The data and instructions are installed by the manufacturer only once and never be
changed
A. EEPROM C. PROM
B. EROM D. EPROM

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Part II: - True or False (8 Point)

1. PCI allows you to connect more devices in your computer to make the performance
better.
2. a maintenace action that should be taken regularly before somting happens is
called preventive maintenace
3. The CPU initially accesses the BIOS, after which the operating system is loaded.
4. CMOS is also sometimes referred to as nonvolatile BIOS memory.
5. The first step after installing windows is installing driver software.
6. Partitioning a drive is when you divide the total storage of a drive into different
pieces.
7. sometimes Working area of the computer reffers to is Hard disk drive
8. ATX power supply is designed for AT mother Board

Part III: - Matching (10 Point)

A B

1. A small amount of memory store BIOS setting A. Fan

2. Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor B. ROM
3. A type of Memory that accessed randomly C. NIC
4. Prevent computer from overheating D. CPU
5. Enables computer to connect to a network E. Mother Board
6. Manage the function of Input output F. HDD
7. Convert AC power to DC power G. south Bridge
8. Connect all part of computer together I. CMOS
9. Heart of the computer system J. PSU
10. Data storage used to store and retrieve digital data’s. K. RAM

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Part IV: - Short Answer (9 Point)

1. List & Explain primary storage Device.

2. Explain briefly Motherboard form factors?
3. What are the three main components of CPU?
4. List & Explain the Power supply unit cables connectors.
5. Write the functionalities of North Bridge and south Bridge?
6. Explain ESD, ESD techniques.
7. List at least three components of Mother Board and discuss.
8. Write 5 line of texts about your Hardware assignment
9. Write the steps to install windows xp (Bounce)

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