A Nurse Is Teaching a Nursing Student About Computers

question 12

Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching a nursing student about computers. Which statement about the computer indicates the nursing student understands the information?

• A) "The motherboard is the 'central nervous system' of the computer."
• B) "The hard drive acts as a permanent data storage area."
• C) "The random-access memory (RAM) is the essential permanent or semipermanent nonvolatile memory that stores saved data."
• D) "The parallel port enables Internet connectivity."

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Definitions:

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