6. Diagram tasks

Label the diagrams and match the parts: motherboard, connectors, ports, devices, components, number bases, the CPU, logic gates and RAID.

How to use these tasks

Your teacher’s labelling worksheets, redrawn so you can do them on screen. Choose an answer from each drop-down list, then press Check my answers. Your choices save on this device. Stuck? Each task links to its lesson and to the AI tutor.

  1. Task 1: Motherboard identification
  2. Task 2: Power connectors
  3. Task 3: Ports
  4. Task 4: Mobile devices
  5. Task 5: Purpose of internal components
  6. Task 6: Which number base?
  7. Task 7: Inside a Von Neumann computer
  8. Task 8: Logic gate symbols
  9. Task 9: RAID levels

Task 1: Motherboard identification

Identify the components on the motherboard. (Redrawn from your teacher’s Motherboard ID task.)

Motherboard identification diagramback panel portsCR2032BIOSM.2 2280ABCDEFGHIJK
An original drawing of a desktop motherboard. Match each letter to the component.
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J
  11. K

Revise: lesson A1 · ask the tutor about A1

Task 2: Power connectors

Match each connector to its name. (Redrawn from your teacher’s Connectors task.)

Seven computer connectors to identify1234567Count the pinsand look at theshape of each plug.
Original drawings of power connectors (not to scale). Match each number to its name.
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Revise: lesson A1 · ask the tutor about A1

Task 3: Ports

Name each port. (Based on your teacher’s ports chart.)

Ten ports to identifyABCDEFGHIJ
Original drawings of common ports (not to scale). Match each letter to the port.
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J

Revise: lesson A1 · ask the tutor about A1

Task 4: Mobile devices

Identify each mobile device, then match each feature to a device. (Based on your teacher’s mobile devices task.)

Five mobile devices to identify▲ABCDE
Five portable devices. Name each one, then match each feature to the device it best describes.
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. GPS receiver and stored maps, mounted on a dashboard
  7. Heart-rate sensor; shows notifications from a paired phone
  8. Physical keyboard, full operating system, most processing power
  9. Large touchscreen, long battery life, often Wi-Fi only
  10. Cellular calls and data, cameras, many sensors, fits in a pocket

Revise: lesson A1 · ask the tutor about A1

Task 5: Purpose of internal components

Match each internal component to its purpose. (From your teacher’s ‘purpose, features and uses of internal components’ task.)

  1. Motherboard
  2. CPU
  3. RAM
  4. Storage (HDD/SSD)
  5. Power supply (PSU)
  6. Ports
  7. Fan and heat sink
  8. GPU
  9. ROM

Revise: lesson A1 · ask the tutor about A1

Task 6: Which number base?

Tick every number system each set of digits could belong to. (From your teacher’s number representation task.)

DigitsBinaryOctalDecimalHexadecimal
1, 2, 3
1
1, 3, a
0, 3, 4, 8
1, 0
1, 9, 8, 5
a, b, c
7
2

Revise: lesson C1 · ask the tutor about C1

Task 7: Inside a Von Neumann computer

Label the parts of the CPU, the buses and memory. (Based on your computer architecture lessons.)

Von Neumann computer to labelCPUregistersABCDEFGHIJK
A simplified Von Neumann computer. Instructions and data share one memory and one set of buses.
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J
  11. K

Revise: lesson B3 · ask the tutor about B3

Task 8: Logic gate symbols

Name each logic gate. (From your logic booklet.)

Six logic gate symbols to identify123456
Standard logic gate symbols. A small circle (bubble) on the output means NOT.
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Revise: lesson F1 · ask the tutor about F1

Task 9: RAID levels

Identify the RAID level of each array, then choose the best description. (From your RAID and NAS lessons.)

Three RAID arrays to identifyPA1A3A5Disk 1A2A4A6Disk 2QA1A2A3Disk 1A1A2A3Disk 2RA1B1CpDisk 1A2BpC1Disk 2ApB2C2Disk 3
Blocks marked ‘p’ hold parity calculated from the other blocks in the same row.
  1. P
  2. Q
  3. R

Revise: lesson A1 · ask the tutor about A1