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Hardware & Components Quiz

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All 20 questions in this Hardware & Components quiz

Which RAID level provides data mirroring by writing the same data to two or more disks, ensuring high reliability but offering no performance gain in write speeds?
- A. RAID 0
- B. RAID 1
- C. RAID 5
- D. RAID 10
What is 'Overclocking'?
- A. Fixing a PC
- B. Buying parts
- C. Clocking in for work
- D. Running a component faster than its default
What does 'HDMI' stand for?
- A. Hidden Data Memory Interface
- B. High-Definition Multimedia Interface
- C. Home Digital Media Index
- D. High Data Main Input
What is the maximum storage capacity of a standard CD-ROM?
- A. 100MB
- B. 1GB
- C. 700MB
- D. 500MB
What is the purpose of a 'KVM Switch' in a professional or home office setup?
- A. To increase the speed of the internet
- B. To allow a user to control multiple computers with a single keyboard, video monitor, and mouse
- C. To convert a laptop into a tablet
- D. To protect a PC from power surges
What does 'OLED' stand for?
- A. Optical Light Energy Device
- B. Output Level Electronic Diode
- C. Organic Light Emitting Diode
- D. Optimized Laser Electronic Display
What is the name of the firmware interface that has largely replaced the legacy BIOS on modern motherboards?
- A. MS-DOS
- B. UEFI
- C. CMOS
- D. Kernel
What is the term for the thin, hollow copper tubes found inside laptop coolers and high-end CPU heat sinks that use liquid evaporation to move heat?
- A. Capillary Pipes
- B. Heat Pipes
- C. Vapor Tubes
- D. Coolant Cores
What is the storage unit after Terabyte (TB)?
- A. Gigabyte
- B. Petabyte
- C. Zettabyte
- D. Exabyte
Which tech giant acquired Instagram in 2012?
- A. Amazon
- B. Microsoft
- C. Google
- D. Facebook (Meta)
What is 'Firewire'?
- A. A connection standard
- B. A firewall
- C. A virus
- D. A screen
What is the name of the feature that allows a motherboard to update its BIOS using only a USB drive and power, without needing a CPU or RAM installed?
- A. Secure Boot
- B. BIOS Flashback
- C. Fast Boot
- D. XMP
What does GPU handle?
- A. Memory
- B. Network
- C. Graphics
- D. Sound
Which display technology uses individual organic light-emitting diodes that can be turned off completely to achieve 'true' black levels?
- A. LCD
- B. IPS
- C. OLED
- D. TN
What is the term for 'overclocking'?
- A. Increasing CPU speed beyond factory settings
- B. Adding RAM
- C. Slowing down CPU
- D. Cleaning the PC
What does the '80 Plus' rating on a Power Supply Unit (PSU) indicate?
- A. The maximum wattage it can handle
- B. The energy efficiency of the unit at various loads
- C. The number of pins in the main connector
- D. The expected lifespan in months
Which component on a motherboard is responsible for converting high-voltage electricity from the power supply into the specific low voltages required by the CPU?
- A. Northbridge
- B. Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)
- C. Southbridge
- D. CMOS
Which CPU socket type, used by most modern Intel processors, features pins on the motherboard rather than on the processor itself?
- A. PGA (Pin Grid Array)
- B. LGA (Land Grid Array)
- C. BGA (Ball Grid Array)
- D. ZIF (Zero Insertion Force)
Which hardware interface, developed by Intel and Apple, allows for data, video, and power to be transmitted at speeds up to 40 Gbps (and 80 Gbps in its newest version)?
- A. FireWire
- B. Thunderbolt
- C. HDMI 2.1
- D. DisplayPort
What is the term for a 4-bit unit of data?
- A. Bit
- B. Byte
- C. Word
- D. Nibble

Hardware & Components Quiz

Hardware & Components · Medium

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Which RAID level provides data mirroring by writing the same data to two or more disks, ensuring high reliability but offering no performance gain in write speeds?

What is 'Overclocking'?

What does 'HDMI' stand for?

What is the maximum storage capacity of a standard CD-ROM?

What is the purpose of a 'KVM Switch' in a professional or home office setup?

What does 'OLED' stand for?

What is the name of the firmware interface that has largely replaced the legacy BIOS on modern motherboards?

What is the term for the thin, hollow copper tubes found inside laptop coolers and high-end CPU heat sinks that use liquid evaporation to move heat?

What is the storage unit after Terabyte (TB)?

Which tech giant acquired Instagram in 2012?

What is 'Firewire'?

What is the name of the feature that allows a motherboard to update its BIOS using only a USB drive and power, without needing a CPU or RAM installed?

What does GPU handle?

Which display technology uses individual organic light-emitting diodes that can be turned off completely to achieve 'true' black levels?

What is the term for 'overclocking'?

What does the '80 Plus' rating on a Power Supply Unit (PSU) indicate?

Which component on a motherboard is responsible for converting high-voltage electricity from the power supply into the specific low voltages required by the CPU?

Which CPU socket type, used by most modern Intel processors, features pins on the motherboard rather than on the processor itself?

Which hardware interface, developed by Intel and Apple, allows for data, video, and power to be transmitted at speeds up to 40 Gbps (and 80 Gbps in its newest version)?

What is the term for a 4-bit unit of data?