Deck 5: The System Unit

Question 1

With this type of memory, large programs are divided into parts and the parts are stored on a secondary device, usually a hard disk.

A)Flash
B)Cache
C)Virtual
D)Extended

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is not a character encoding standard?

A)EBCDIC
B)ASCII
C)CISC
D)Unicode

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In a microcomputer system, the CPU is contained on a single chip called the:

A)semiconductor
B)ALU
C)microprocessor
D)Control Unit

Answer 3

C

Question 4

On the motherboard, the connection points for chips are referred to as:

A)slots
B)sockets
C)ports
D)lines

Question 5

These specialty processors are designed to improve specific computing operations such as displaying 3-D images and encrypting data.

A)Smart cards
B)CPUs
C)Coprocessors
D)NIC cards

Question 6

This term is used to describe the number of bits that a CPU can access at one time.

A)Bitrate
B)Word
C)Pulse width
D)Character

Question 7

Integrated circuits must be mounted on _____ which are then plugged into the motherboard.

A)slots
B)pins
C)ports
D)carrier packages

Question 8

Which of the following is a function of the control unit?

A)It provides pathways that support communication among the various electronic components.
B)It directs the control signals between the CPU and input and output devices.
C)It performs fundamental math operations like addition, subtraction, etc.
D)It uses the logic to compare two pieces of data.

Question 9

A byte is formed by a group of:

A)4 bits
B)8 bits
C)12 bits
D)16 bits

Question 10

The processing speed of a microprocessor is typically represented by its:

A)bus line
B)control unit
C)clock speed
D)ALU

Question 11

Tiny circuit-boards etched onto squares of sand-like material called silicon are called:

A)buses
B)slots
C)sockets
D)chips

Question 12

This type of computer is a thin slab that is all monitor with the system unit located behind the monitor.

A)Laptop
B)Tablet
C)Desktop
D)Smartphone

Question 13

Frequently-accessed information is held in:

A)hard drive
B)cache memory
C)flash memory
D)read only memory

Question 14

This character encoding scheme allows non-English characters and special characters to be represented.

A)ASCII
B)Unicode
C)EBCDIC
D)ANSIC

Question 15

Pathways that support communication among the various electronic components on the system board are called:

A)bus lines
B)network lines
C)logic paths
D)gate ways

Question 16

The system board is also known as the:

A)expansion slot
B)motherboard
C)expansion card
D)bus

Question 17

Which of the following allows a computer to run two or more operations simultaneously?

A)Coprocessors
B)Multiplexing
C)Multicore chip
D)Binary system

Question 18

A 32-bit word computer can access:

A)2 bytes at a time
B)16 bytes at a time
C)4 bytes at a time
D)8 bytes at a time

Question 19

With these systems, input and output devices are located outside the system unit.

A)Desktop systems
B)Personal digital assistants
C)Smartphones
D)Laptop computers

Question 20

For multicore processors to be used effectively, computers must understand how to divide tasks into parts that can be distributed across each core - an operation called:

A)arithmetic-logic processing
B)multiplexer processing
C)parallel processing
D)graphics coprocessing

Question 21

Which of the following ports is used for connecting musical instruments to a sound card?

A)MiniDP
B)S/PDIF
C)MIDI
D)eSATA

Question 22

These types of ports typically provide connections to specialized devices such as camcorders and storage devices.

A)FireWire
B)Serial
C)Parallel
D)AGP

Question 23

RAM is considered temporary, or volatile, storage.

Question 24

64-bit processors can access 8 bytes at a time.

Question 25

All of the following are commonly used units of measurement to describe memory capacity, except:

A)Megabyte (MB)
B)Gigabyte (GB)
C)Terabyte (TB)
D)Nanobyte (NB)

Question 26

When you reboot your system, the computer follows startup instructions stored in this type of memory.

A)DRAM
B)SDRAM
C)Cache
D)Flash

Question 27

Most microcomputers allow users to expand their systems by providing these on the system board.

A)Expansion slots
B)Ports
C)Sound cards
D)Network cards

Question 28

The number of bits that can travel simultaneously down a bus is known as the word size.

Question 29

Which of the following can be used to connect several devices to the system unit and are widely used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, storage devices, and a variety of specialty devices?

A)USB port
B)SATA
C)Parallel port
D)Firewire bus

Question 30

The control unit directs the movement of electronic signals between the memory and the ALU.

Question 31

ASCII supports Chinese and Japanese.

Question 32

Graphics cards connect the system board to secondary storage.

Question 33

Which of the following ports provide high-speed connections for external hard disk drives, optical disks, and other large secondary storage devices?

A)eSATA
B)S/PDIF
C)HDMI
D)MiniDP

Question 34

The ALU tells the rest of the computer system how to carry out a program's instructions.

Question 35

The system unit, also known as the system chassis, is a container that houses most of the electronic components that make up a computer system.

Question 36

Plug and Play has become a generic term that is associated with the ability to plug any device into a computer and have it play or work immediately.

Question 37

Virtual memory is stored on a RAM chip.

Question 38

Which of the following offers a combination of the features of RAM and ROM?

A)DRAM
B)DDR
C)Flash Memory
D)Cache Memory

Question 39

Parallel processing requires a computer to perform one complete task before beginning the next task.

Question 40

Read-only memory (ROM) chips have information stored in them by the manufacturer.

Question 41

The system board is also known as the _____.

Question 42

_____ cards accept audio input from a microphone and convert it into a form that can be processed by the computer.

Question 43

_____ are effectively a thin slab that is all monitor with the system unit located behind the monitor.

Question 44

eSATA ports provide high-speed connections for external hard disk drives, optical disks, and other large secondary storage devices.

Question 45

The processing speed of a microprocessor is typically represented by its _____ speed.

Question 46

The _____, also known as the system chassis, is a container that houses most of the electronic components that make up a computer system.

Question 47

VGA and DVI ports provide connections to monitors.

Question 48

A bus is a pathway for bits representing data and instructions.

Question 49

A _____ is the number of bits that can be accessed at one time by the CPU.

Question 50

_____ memory uses the hard drive to substitute for RAM.

Question 51

MiniDP ports are audio-visual ports typically used to connect large monitors.

Question 52

A _____ -bit word computer can access eight bytes of information at a time.

Question 53

_____ operations consist of making comparisons.

Question 54

USB ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, storage devices, and a variety of specialty devices.

Question 55

Firewire ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, and storage devices.

Question 56

_____ chips allow a single computer to run two or more operations at the same time.

Question 57

HDMI ports make it possible to use a computer as a video jukebox or an HD video recorder.

Question 58

The most widely used character encoding standard today is _____.

Question 59

The _____ system consists of only two digits - 0 and 1.

Question 60

_____ memory improves processing by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between the memory and the CPU.

Question 61

Explain expansion slots and cards.

Question 62

How is the multicore chip useful for microcomputers?

Question 63

Describe specialty ports including eSATA, HDMI, MIDI, MiniDP, and S/PDIF.

Question 64

_____ ports provide high-speed connections for external disk drives, optical disks, and other large secondary storage devices.

Question 65

_____ ports are used to integrate computers into high-end audio home theatre systems.

Question 66

Describe the three principal types of expansion buses.

Question 67

_____ ports are the standard high-speed networking port for many of today's computers.

Question 68

Explain Plug and Play.

Question 69

Network interface cards (NIC) are connected through _____ slots on the motherboard.

Question 70

_____ network cards allow computers to be connected without cables.

Question 71

Describe the character encoding schemes.

Question 72

The number of bits that can travel simultaneously down a bus is known as the bus _____.

Question 73

_____ ports are a special type of port for connecting musical instruments to a sound card.

Question 74

_____ ports are an audio-visual port typically used to connect large monitors.

Question 75

_____ buses connect the CPU to memory on the system board.

Question 76

Describe the four types of system units.