IRQ 1 is commonly assigned to the:

IRQ 1 is commonly assigned to the:

• Sound card
• Floppy drive controller
• COM1
• Keyboard 

EXPLANATION

In a computer, an interrupt request is a hardware signal sent to the processor that temporarily stops a running program and allows a special program, an interrupt handler, to run instead. Hardware interrupts are used to handle events such as receiving data from a modem or network card, key presses, or mouse movements.

 COM is the original, yet still common, name of the serial port interface on IBM PC-compatible computers. It might refer not only to physical ports, but also to virtual ports, such as ports created by Bluetooth or USB-to-serial adapters.