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Unit 1 and Unit 2 Review Materials Note: The questions on the exam will be based on variations of the following pool of questions and exercises in Unit 1 and Unit 2. Benchmarks With regard to computing, define the term benchmark. What tasks does benchmarking software perform in order to measure the system being tested? How can consumers use benchmarks to help them purchase a computer system? How do benchmarks help identify slow points (bottlenecks) in the system? Binary Define bit. Define byte. Fill in the following chart, listing the prefixes used for the amount of bytes shown: Amount Prefix 220 230 240 Fill in the following chart, converting binary numbers to decimal and decimal numbers to binary:(Note: The numbers that appear in the table below will differ on an exam from the numbers that appear on the exams review sheet.) Binary Decimal 10 23 78 189 1 1011 1111 1100 11 0011 1010 0101 Although in sales literature 1000 bytes and 1024 bytes are both commonly referred to as a kilobyte, in computing the only correct number of bytes in a kilobyte is1024. Explain why 1024 is correct. How can the difference in measuring bytes presented in part e impact a consumer when they are purchasing a hard disk drive? Component Identification  Choose among the following components to label the image:MotherboardPower supplyBIOS ROM ChipCooling fanExpansion slotRAM chipExpansion cardDisk drivesChipsetIDE cableEthernet cablePCI bus Label A is _____. Label B is _____. Label C is _____. Label D is _____. Label E is _____. Label F is _____. Label G is _____. Describe the functionality of each of the following components (in 2 sentences or less): Microprocessor: RAM: Bus: Expansion card: Disk drive: IDE cable: Compression What is compression? Describe a benefit of compression. Describe dictionary-based compression. Describe run-length encoding. Describe a benefit of lossy compression. Name a file type that inc