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Quiz Review

The quiz will require you to match the following characteristics to the proper component. The answers can be revealed by clicking on the icons.


Connects all other computer components together (1)

Generally contains hundreds or thousands of cores (2)

Speed is measured in Gigahertz (GHz) (3)

Responsible for rendering graphics (4)

Responsible for transferring data between components (5)

Generally contains 2-16 cores (6)

Responsible for powering individual components in the computer (7)

Responsible for executing program instructions (8)

Is part of the motherboard (instead of being connected to it) (9)

Contains moving parts. (10)

Most computers have a few megabytes. (11)

Can be written to only a limited number of times before it wears out. (12)

Most computers have a few gigabytes. (13)

Most store a few hundred gigabytes, but sometimes up to a terabyte or more. (14)

Resides on the CPU. (15)

Volatile memory that resides on a chip separate from the CPU. (16)

Most of these store several terabytes. (17)

Uses flash memory. (18)
  1. Motherboard
  2. GPU
  3. CPU
  4. GPU
  5. Bus
  6. CPU
  7. Power Supply
  8. CPU
  9. Bus
  10. Hard Drive
  11. Cache
  12. SSD
  13. RAM
  14. SSD
  15. Cache
  16. RAM
  17. Hard Drive
  18. SSD