Chapter 9 397-414

Question 1

The quality of on construction on a desktop is better than most laptops. T or F
pg 397

Answer 1

F Laptop cases are built to take a ton of abuse.

Question 2

Name 2 of the ways that laptops reduce heat within a case?

pg 401

Answer 2

Streamlined connection to the motherboard, lower voltage, and clock speeds, and last but least use active sleep as well as slowdown modes.

Question 3

Name the 2 types of Ram memory used within laptops.

pg 402-403

Answer 3

SODIMM and MicroDIMM

Question 4

What are 3 advantages of SSDs?

pg 404

Answer 4

Faster Start up and read time.
Less power consumption, and heat produced
Silent Operation
Generally more reliable
Less susceptible because of lack of moving parts
Less susceptible to damage from physical shock and heat production

Question 5

What are 2 disadvantages of SSDs?

pg 405

Answer 5

Price
Smaller storage
Finite # of write

Question 6

What is a Hybrid hard drive?

pg 405

Answer 6

Its a combination of SDD plus regular HHD.

Question 7

What is the FN Key called?

pg 407

Answer 7

Function key

Question 8

What is a Trackball? pg 410

Answer 8

Its predecessor of the mouse

Question 9

Name 4 types of pointing devices

pg 410

Answer 9

Trackball
Touch Pad
Point Stick
Touch Screen

Question 10

What is a Laptop Daughterboard?

pg 400

Answer 10

A circuit board meant to be an extension or “daughter” of a motherboard (or ‘mainboard’), or occasionally of another card.