1) What are the primary function of a personal computer?

2) What is the relationship between a client and a server?

3) What is the definition of a software and hardware?

4) What is an Operating System, and name 3 major OS?

5) What is the difference between a master bus and a slave bus?

6) What is a chipset and named its main functions?

7) Name 3 major bus expansion design and their operating speed in MHZ

8) Which bus is directly linked to the microprocessor?

9) What is a motherboard/memory/microprocessor?

10) What is the function of an expansion slots?

11) How is software and hardware linked?

12) What is the  role of Application Program Interfaces(API)?

13) How is address lines related to memory?

14) What are the functions of the BIOS?

15) What are the physical constraints associated with the microprocessor?

16) What is the definition of a bus?

17) What are the different types of memory?

18) Which type of memory imitates real memory?

19) What are the different storage systems and which one has a higher access speed?

20) What is the smallest piece of data (information) ?

21) What is the difference between low-level and high-level languages? Cite an example of each.

22) What is the maximum memory capacity (in GB) a 64-bit address bus can allow?

23) What is the difference between hardware and software interrupt?

24) What is the difference between a compiled language and an interpreted language?

25) What are the basic logic operators in Boolean algebra?

 1) What are the functions of  the system controller?

2) Why does every bus design include extra signals?

3) What are the different bus designs?

4) Why do expansion buses in a pc use parallel data transfers?

5) What is the difference between random and sequential access?

6) Where will you find the greatest hurdle to computer speed?

7) What is RAID; name different type of RAID?

8) What are the differences between SCSI and AT attachments?

9) What are the different addressing schemes?

10) What are the types of interrupt available?

11) What is a bridge?

12) What are the advantage and disadvantage of RAID level 0?

13) Name the 2 classes of transfer for AT attachment?

14) What is the relationship between the master and the slave drive?

15) Describe the difference between the two mode of transfer for SCSI devices.

1) What is the storage capacity of CD and DVD?

2) How do you prolong the life of a CD?

3) What is the difference between angular and linear velocity?

4) What is the linear velocity ratio between a DVD system and a CD?

5) What is the data transfer rate of a 1x CD?

6) Which recording type take advantage of the entire tape surface?

7) What are the two main keyboard layouts used in the US?

8) What is the role of shutters?

9) What is the name of the compression method of choice?

10) What are the 3 main form of video and what differentiate them from each other?