Assessment
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Directions: Below are the specifications to consider when buying a mobile phone.
Complete the data below. Write your answers on another sheet of
paper.
Directions: Select the best answer from the given choices below. Write only
the letter of your answers in your notebook.
1. A list of the key components that make up the computer.
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a. specification or ‘spec’ b. performance
c. maintenance d. manual
2. Generally defined by their speed, in megahertz (MHz) or in gigahertz (GHz), and
this relates to the number of operations they can perform per second.
a. monitor b. hard disk drive
c. processor d. RAM
3. Computer’s primary storage area. It stores the applications and programs that run
on the PC, as well as any work created by users.
a. hard drive b. monitors
c. optical drives d. graphics and sound cards
4. A hard drive capacity of at least ________ is recommended for general purpose
PCs.
a. 60 GB b. 70 GB
c. 80 GB d. 90 GB
5. Standards on PCs allow the information on a compact disc (either data or audio)
to be read and written to by the PC.
a. DVD drives b. CD R/W drives
c. 48x DVD-ROM/CD_RW drives d. 52x DVD-RWs
6. Drives that can read both CDs and DVDs.
a. DVD drives b. CD R/W drives
c. 48x DVD-ROM/CD_RW drives d. 52x DVD-RWs
7. These cards are installed inside a PC and are responsible for determining the
quality of the audio and visuals (graphics and video) output by the computer.
a. LAN cards b. RAM
c. TV tuner d. sound cards
8. An integrated graphic card with ________ of memory is recommended for general
purpose PCs.
a. 512 MB b. 128 MB
c. 256 MB d. 64 MB
9. This allows a computer to be connected to a network.
a. speakers and headphones b. network interface card (NIC)
c. operating systems (OS) d. graphics and sound cards
10. An open-source free operating system which is not widely used by schools at
present, though it may be suitable for schools who are aware of its capabilities.
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a. Open Solaris b. Windows
c. Mac d. Linux