orice nieeanv LCS STARTER EMMI Name these different types of devices. Then match the possible users below to each type. Justify your choice. pa b © Fig student using a computer for entertainment while travelling large company processing pavroll data travelling salesperson giving marketing presentations large scientific organisation processing work on nuclear research businessperson keeping in touch with clients while travelling graphic designer secretary doing general office work Nounune HERE What co these abbreviations mean? Use the Glossary if necessary. 1 CD-ROM 5 FSB 2 TFT 6 SDRAM 3 MR 7 XGA 4 GHzPn EMM Now study the text below to find this information: What is the memory size of this PC? What storage devices are supplied? What size is the display sueen? How fast is the processor? What is the capacity of the hard drive? Which operating system does it use? What multimedia features does the computer have? Nownune HOW TO READ A COMPUTER AD. 1 Intel Perntiutn 4 processor (SGHZ, 800MHz FSB) 2 Mini-tower chassis hg Computer ad 3. 1GB dual channel DDR2 SDRAM 4 200G8 Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rp.m.) 5 128MB PCI-Express video card & Integrated audio 7 48X CD-RW drive 8 19" TFT flat panel XGA (1024 x 768) monitor 9 Microsoft Windows XP Professional 11 The main processing chip 4 Ahard drive with a capacity | 6 Electronics for controlling the called a ‘Pentium 4” that was of two hundred gigabytes sound output that is built into designed and manufactured that uses a type of connection the main electronics of the 9 type by the Intel Corporation. It interface known as Serial ATA, computer. operates at a clock speed of ile it has a serial data 4 three gigahertz and has a connection rather than the Ape eee front-side bus that operates original parallel connection. eee Tea aa ‘at a speed of eight hundred It rotates at a speed of seven Se oqeaen eee megahertz. thousand, two hundred cA ea re revolutions per minute. & Aniineteen inch, flat display ul screen made from thin film (of case containing the 5 Electronics for driving the et aie computer system. graphics output that has a aaee ae 3 Synchronous dynamic rand rE AER TO. St OF . Ronee = hundred and twenty-eight 9 The operating system that is access memory with a capacity ied ona kbe hn ie ie ese) Used to control the system. bandwidth, double data rate meee memory.12 UNIT2 Computer Architecture PTT ‘Match each item in Column A with its function in Column B. Then describe its function in two ways. RAM controls the cursor processor inputs data through keys like a typewriter mouse displays the output from a computer on a Wek screen flash memory key || ‘ads DVD-ROM Troritor reads and writes to electronic chips on acard keyboard Mes holds instructions which are needed to DO ROIS start up the computer cache holds data read or written to it by the ROM processor provides extremely fast access for sections of a program and its data controls the timing of signals in the computer controls all the operations in a computerUNIT2 Computer Architecture 13 With the help of the Glossary if necessary, describe the functions of these items. 1 scanner 6 supercomputer 2 printer 7 mainframe computer 3 ATM 8 barcodes 4 PDA 9 swipe cards 5 hard disk drive 10 memory Weare Complete each sentence using the correct preposition. 1 The CPU isa large chip the computer. 2 Data always flows he CP 3 The CPU can be divide three parts. 4 5 the address bus. Data flow: the CPU and memory. Peripherals are devices ... the computer but linked 6 The signal moves wane the VDU screen... ‘one side s the other. 7 The CPU puts the address the address bus. 8 The CPU can fetch data memory the data bus.14 UNIT 2 Computer Architecture EESTI Study these ‘System upgrades and options’ for the computer described in Task 3. Which upgrades and/or options would improve these aspects of this computer? 1 capacity 2 speed 3 protection from damage due tv power failure 4 network connections Upgrades and options 10/10/1000 Ethernet controller 16X DVD +/-RW drive Extra memory module APC 1400 Smart-UPS 3 Year Next-Business-Day On-site maintenance Ean EME Work in pairs, A and B. Find out as much as you can about your partner's computer and complete this table. Student A Your computer details are on page 184. Student B Your computer details are on page 190. mae processor speed | bus speed memory capacity memory speed memory type hard disk capacity | screen size | screen resolution \| peed || optical driUNIT 2 Computer Architecture 15 Put these instructions for opening a computer in the correct sequence. a _ Release the two catches underneath and lift up to remove panel. b Shut down your computer by choosing Shut Down from the Apple menu or the Special menu, C IFthere are security a eangce i The process of writing changes only to the ‘ache and not to main memory unless the space is used to cache new data ji The amount of data transferred to the cache at any one time ili. The process of writing directly to both the cache and main memory at the same time iv. The processor is successful in finding the data in the cache y Ensuring that any changes written to main memory are reflected within the cache and vice versa The logic circuits used to control the cache process 3. 2 Mark the following as True or False: ‘a Cache memory is faster than RAM. b The processor looks for data in the main memory first, ¢ Write+through cache is faster than write-back cache. 4 Write-back cache requires a more intelligent cache controller. € Most programs use instructions that are stored in sequence in memory. f Most cache controllers transfer one item of data at a time. 8 Hardware and software disk caches work in much the same way.