CS 110 Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is NOT an input device?

Keyboard

Printer

Webcam

Scanner

2. What is the purpose of a surge suppressor?

To store data during power failures

To prevent power fluctuations from damaging electronic components

To cool down the processor during heavy usage

To protect the system from cyberattacks

3. Which of these is an example of cloud storage?

External hard drive

USB flash drive

Google Drive

DVD

4. What is the function of a heat sink in a computer?

To absorb and dissipate heat from the processor

To provide extra power to the motherboard

To store extra data for processing

To increase processing speed

5. What is the function of a storage medium?

It connects peripheral devices

It executes instructions

It manages the processor speed

It permanently holds data and programs

6. What type of storage media includes CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs?

Cloud storage

Solid-state storage

Optical storage

Magnetic storage

7. What is the purpose of a data center?

To store large amounts of data for organizations

To provide internet services

To act as a backup power source

To replace the CPU in a computer

8. What is the decimal equivalent of the octal number 17?

9. What is the clock speed of a CPU measured in?

Bits per second

Data per second

Cycles per second (Hz)

Instructions per second

10. Which register is used to temporarily store data fetched from memory?

Memory Data Register (MDR)

Flag Register (FR)

Stack Pointer (SP)

Control Register (CR)

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