Computer Systems - Computer Components

Question 1

What does the power supply do?

Answer 1

Supplies power to the motherboard, optical and hard drives, and other hardware

Question 2

What does the case cooling fan do?

Answer 2

Extracts hot air from the computer case

Question 3

What does the CPU heat sink and cooling fan do?

Answer 3

Keeps the CPU at a steady temperature (CPUs generate a lot of heat)

Question 4

What does the CPU do?

Answer 4

All the processing

Question 5

What does the graphics card do (GPU)?

Answer 5

Handle graphics and image processing

Question 6

What is the hard disk drive?

Answer 6

Internal secondary storage

Question 7

What is the motherboard?

Answer 7

The main circuit board in the computer where the hardware is connected

Question 8

What are RAM sticks?

Answer 8

Computer memory

Question 9

What is the optical drive for?

Answer 9

The reading and writing of optical discs

Question 10

Name all the main components inside a computer?

Answer 10

Power supply
Case cooling fan
CPU heat sink and cooling fan
CPU
Optical drive
RAM sticks
Motherboard
Hard disk drive