Midterm Exam Review

Objective:

Students will review for the comprehensive midterm exam, covering material presented in chapters 1 through 5.

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Topics Discussed:

  • Microchips
  • Transistors
  • Integrated circuits
  • Chips
  • Microprocessors
  • Machine language
  • System Unit
  • Power Supply
  • Motherboard
  • Central Processing Unit
  • The Machine Cycle
  • Memory
  • RAM
  • ROM
  • CMOS
  • Flash Memory
  • Expansion Cards
  • Bus Lines
  • Ports
  • Secondary Storage
  • Hard disks
  • Optical disks
  • Smart cards
  • Cloud storage

Assignment:

  1. Review the “Midterm Exam Practice” document on the McGraw Hill Connect site. The 100 question Midterm Final quiz will be drawn from the pool of 354 questions contained in the Practice document.
  2. The Midterm Exam Practice document will not be graded.
  3. You may bring in up to five (5) 3″ x 5″ notecards to the Midterm Final Exam on Wednesday. No other notes or webpages may be accessed during the Midterm Final Exam.
  4. Bear in mind that the Midterm Quiz will consist of material from Chapters 1 through 5. This practice quiz contains all the questions from our previous four quizzes, plus questions from Chapter 5, any of which could appear on Wednesday’s Midterm Quiz.
  5. Use your class time to review the questions and refresh your memories of everything we’ve studied to maximize your potential for a high score on the Midterm!
Assigned: December 17th, 2018
Teacher Pacing Due Date: December 19th, 2018