PC Hardware
This PC component interprets, processes and executes instructions.
CPU / Central Processing Unit
In a traditional cat5 cable, how many total wires are in it?
8, 4 twisted pairs.
How do you represent the decimal number 2 in binary?
10
This is the most popular/used operating system in a desktop environment?
Windows
True or False...
Avocados are fruit.
True
This component is a specialized processor originally designed to accelerate graphics rendering.
GPU / Graphics Processing Unit / Graphics Card
This device connects your home, often through coaxial or phone line, to the internet.
Modem
The binary value 11 represents what value in decimal?
3
Linux's source code is available to the public, allowing anyone to view, edit, and recompile it. This is an example of what type of software?
Open Source
This NFL team resides in Las Vegas.
Raiders
This is often referred to as the computer's memory.
RAM / Random Access Memory
This device connects multiple devices together on the same network.
Switch
How many total numbers can be represented with 3 digits of binary?
8.
000,001,010,011,100,101,110,111
Apple uses different operating systems for their computers and their phones. What are these both called?
iOS and MacOS
ROYGBIV is an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up this....
A Rainbow
This circuit board is where most other components in a PC plug into.
Motherboard.
This device connects multiple networks together.
Router
What is the largest decimal number that can be represented 5 binary characters?
31
The start menu, file menu, mouse cursor, and file explorer windows are all elements of this....
GUI / Graphical User Interface
Which planet in our solar system is the only one to spin clockwise?
Venus
CD, DVD, BluRay Drives are all examples of this type of drive that uses laser beam technology to read and write data.
Optical Drives
This device (sometimes software) is responsible for creating policies to allow or deny services on the internet.
Firewall
8 consecutive 1s in binary (11111111) represents what value in decimal?
255
CLI / Command Line Interface
What is the national animal of Scotland?
Unicorn