Deck 4: The Components of the Unit System

Question 1

The faster the clock speed, the more of these the processor can execute per second. What are they?

A) registers
B) functions
C) arguments
D) instructions

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is the component of the processor that performs arithmetic, comparison, and other operations?

A) machine unit
B) control unit
C) ALU
D) CPU

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The processor relies which of the following to control the timing of all computer operations?

A) system clock
B) master clock
C) unit clock
D) control clock

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following processors is a chip with two or more separate processor cores?

A) parallel
B) compressed
C) multi-core
D) binary

Question 5

Which of the following is contained on an integrated circuit and can act as an electronic switch that opens or closes the circuit for electrical charges?

A) transistor
B) switcher
C) capacitor
D) resistor

Question 6

AMD is the leading manufacturer of which of the following kinds of processors, which have an internal design similar to Intel processors, perform the same functions, can be as powerful, but often are less expensive?

A) Macintosh-compatible
B) Intel-compatible
C) Celeron-compatible
D) Xeon-compatible

Question 7

Which of the following is etched on a computer chip and contains many microscopic pathways capable of carrying electrical current?

A) indexed
B) systematized
C) calibrated
D) integrated

Question 8

Some computer and chip manufacturers use which of the following terms to refer to a personal computer processor chip?

A) microprocessor
B) parallel processor
C) coprocessor
D) perpendicular processor

Question 9

One gigahertz (GHz) equals how many ticks of the system clock per second?

A) one thousand
B) one million
C) one billion
D) one trillion

Question 10

Which of the following is measured by the number of ticks per second?

A) temporal rate
B) system rate
C) processor speed
D) clock speed

Question 11

Which of the following are small high-speed storage locations contained by the processor and that temporarily hold data and instructions?

A) indices
B) switchers
C) capacitors
D) registers

Question 12

Which of the following is the component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer?

A) control unit
B) concatenation unit
C) compression unit
D) micro unit

Question 13

Which of the following is a case that contains electronic components of the computer used to process data?

A) system unit
B) master section
C) control port
D) base chip

Question 14

Which of the following interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer?

A) control unit
B) binary device
C) CPU
D) compressor

Question 15

On which of the following are electronic components and most storage devices part of the system unit and do other devices, such as the keyboard, mouse, and monitor, normally occupy space outside the system unit?

A) desktop personal computers
B) notebook computers
C) mobile devices
D) Tablet PCs

Question 16

Which of the following is a small piece of semi-conducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched?

A) computer plug
B) computer port
C) computer chip
D) computer roster

Question 17

Which of the following is the main circuit board of the system unit?

A) control board
B) system board
C) master board
D) index board

Question 18

With which of the following does the processor begin fetching a second instruction before it completes the machine cycle for the first instruction?

A) clocking
B) multi-core processing
C) pipelining
D) recatching

Question 19

The case of which of the following is made of metal or plastic and protects the internal electronic components from damage?

A) form factor
B) chassis
C) motherboard
D) chip

Question 20

Each tick of the system clock equates to which of the following?

A) clock shot
B) clock spring
C) clock rhythm
D) clock cycle

Question 21

Which of the following modules is a removable flash memory device about one-half the size of a PC Card that adds memory, communications, and multimedia capabilities to computers?

A) Flash
B) ExpressCard
C) integrated
D) embedded

Question 22

Which of the following means the computer automatically can configure cards like the one in the accompanying figure and other peripherals as users install them?

A) concatenation
B) GIGO
C) daisy chaining
D) Plug and Play

Question 23

Which of the following drives, like that in the accompanying figure, fits into a port that is itself an interface that can connect up to 127 different peripherals together with a single connector?

A) hub
B) USB
C) daisy
D) smart

Question 24

Which of the following cards converts computer output into a video signal that travels through a cable to the monitor, which displays an image on the screen?

A) output
B) video
C) express
D) PC

Question 25

In the accompanying figure, what on the motherboard holds the memory modules?

A) memory slots
B) memory contacts
C) memory sleeves
D) memory pins

Question 26

Which of the following consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processed data (information)?

A) Concepting
B) Dynamism
C) Concatenation
D) Memory

Question 27

Which of the following is the most common type of volatile memory?

A) ROM
B) Flash memory
C) CMOS
D) RAM

Question 28

Which of the following types of memory modules, such as that shown in the accompanying figure, positions the pins on opposite sides of the circuit board so they do not connect and thus form two sets of contacts?

A) SIMM
B) RIMM
C) DIMM
D) CIMM

Question 29

The accompanying figure shows which of the following kinds of modules, which are small circuit boards where RAM chips usually reside, being inserted into the motherboard?

A) index
B) memory
C) insertion
D) cooling

Question 30

Which of the following is a cache separate from the processor chip on the motherboard?

A) L1 cache
B) L2 cache
C) L3 cache
D) L4 cache

Question 31

Which of the following is a type of nonvolatile memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten, similar to EEPROM?

A) Flash memory
B) L1 cache
C) firmware
D) microcode

Question 32

Which of the following is a kind of ROM chip that contains permanently written data, instructions, or information that is recorded when the chip is manufactured?

A) L1 cache
B) Flash memory
C) firmware
D) microcode

Question 33

Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) chips are even faster than SDRAM chips because which of the following is true?

A) They transfer data twice for each clock cycle.
B) They are synchronized to the system clock.
C) They do not have to be re-energized as often.
D) They use pipelining techniques.

Question 34

The role of memory to store both data and programs is known as which of the following concepts?

A) stored program
B) random memory
C) ROM
D) store and send

Question 35

Which of the following flash drives is a flash memory device that plugs in a port like the one shown in the accompanying figure on a computer or portable device?

A) peripheral
B) fixed
C) embedded
D) USB

Question 36

Which of the following is true of synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) chips?

A) They transfer data twice for each clock cycle, when compared to DRAM.
B) They are synchronized to the system clock.
C) They do not have to be re-energized as often as DRAM chips.
D) They use pipelining techniques.

Question 37

Which of the following cards is a removable flash memory device?

A) cached
B) USB
C) integrated
D) memory

Question 38

As shown in the accompanying figure, which of the following kinds of card is a circuit board that enhances functions of a component of the system unit and/or provides connections to peripherals?

A) peripheral
B) adapter
C) conversion
D) microcode

Question 39

Rambus DRAM (RDRAM) chips are another type of DRAM chips that are much faster than SDRAM chips because which of the following is true?

A) They transfer data twice for each clock cycle.
B) They are synchronized to the system clock.
C) They do not have to be re-energized as often.
D) They use pipelining techniques.

Question 40

Current processors include advanced transfer cache, a type of cache built directly on a processor chip. Which type of cache is this?

A) L1 cache
B) L2 cache
C) L3 cache
D) L4 cache

Question 41

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following are the two leading manufacturers of personal computer processor chips?

A) Intel and Quad
B) Xeon and Intel
C) AMD and Xeon
D) Intel and AMD

Question 42

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What are the roles of the control unit and the ALU?

A) The control unit directs the operations of the ALU.
B) The ALU directs the operations of the control unit.
C) The ALU acts as a traffic cop and the control unit coordinates most operations in the computer.
D) The ALU carries out different operations based on comparing items and the control unt ensures the results of the comparisons are accurately interpreted.

Question 43

Within the circuitry of a computer, each channel along which bits transfer allows the various devices both inside and attached to the system unit to communicate with each other. What are these channels called?

A) charters
B) gender changers
C) buses
D) words

Question 44

Which of the following determines the number of bits that the computer can transmit at one time?

A) bus diameter
B) bus width
C) bus circumference
D) bus interpolation

Question 45

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is unique about a multi-core processor?

A) It is a single chip with two or more separate processor cores.
B) It is a single processor with two or more separate chips.
C) It contains multiple control elements that, when working together, can increase the data processed over the Internet.
D) It uses core memory to enhance the processing speed of processors.

Question 46

Which of the following is true of a SCSI port?

A) It is similar to a USB port in that it can connect multiple types of devices that require faster data transmission speeds.
B) It is a special high-speed parallel port that allows users to attach peripherals such as disk drives and printers.
C) It is a special type of serial port that connects the system unit to a musical instrument.
D) It is an alternative to IrDA that uses radio waves to transmit data between two devices.

Question 47

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What are the four steps in the machine cycle?

A) arithmetic calculations, comparison, storing, pipelining
B) decoding, fetching, executing, controlling
C) storing, executing, registering, cycling
D) executing, fetching, storing, decoding

Question 48

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What are three names for the electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer?

A) analog interpreter, AI, interpreter
B) CPU, processor, central processing unit
C) control processing unit, CPU, processor
D) command processing circuit, CPC, processor

Question 49

Which of the following is true of Bluetooth technology?

A) It is similar to a USB port in that it can connect multiple types of devices that require faster data transmission speeds.
B) It is a special high-speed parallel port that allows users to attach peripherals such as disk drives and printers.
C) It is a special type of serial port that connects the system unit to a musical instrument.
D) It is an alternative to IrDA that uses radio waves to transmit data between two devices.

Question 50

For a wireless device to transmit signals to a computer via infrared light waves, both the computer and the device must have which of the following?

A) IrDA port
B) FireWire port
C) USB port
D) either b or c

Question 51

Which of the following is a special type of serial port that connects the system unit to a musical instrument, such as an electronic keyboard?

A) FireWire port
B) USB port
C) MIDI port
D) audio port

Question 52

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When your friend opened the case containing the electronic components of his computer, he saw the main circuit board for the computer. What is this circuit board called?

A) motherboard
B) control board
C) eectronic circuit primary board
D) command board

Question 53

For a PC Card, which of the following is the appropriate bus?

A) expansion bus
B) index bus
C) interpolated bus
D) power bus

Question 54

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is true?

A) A power unit contains all the electronics found in a computer.
B) System units are available in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on the digital device.
C) Circuit boards found in the device unit are uniform in size and shape regardless of the type of digital device.
D) The only digital device that does not have a command board is a convertible Tablet PC.

Question 55

Which of the following is a device that plugs in a USB port on the system unit like the one in the accompanying figure and contains multiple USB ports in which users plug cables from USB devices?

A) USB hub
B) USB router
C) USB link
D) USB modem

Question 56

Which of the following is a device that plugs in a FireWire port on the system unit like the one in the accompanying figure and contains multiple FireWire ports in which users plug cables from FireWire devices?

A) FireWire hub
B) FireWire router
C) FireWire link
D) FireWire modem

Question 57

Which of the following is the component of the system unit that converts the wall outlet AC power into the DC power a computer requires?

A) power surge
B) power supply
C) energy spotter
D) electricity changer

Question 58

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If a computer advertisement states a computer operates at 5 GHz, what does that mean?

A) The computer contains 5 GHz of RAM.
B) The CPU in the computer is an Intel processor.
C) The system clock has a clock speed of five billion clock cycles per second.
D) It guarantees the computer runs faster than one that operates at 4 GHz.

Question 59

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If a dog is identified by scanning the shoulder or neck of the animal, what provides the information about the dog?

A) an animal ID processor
B) an ALU
C) a chip implant
D) a tattooed ID number identified by the scanning device

Question 60

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When you examine a computer chip under a microscope, what will you see?

A) silicon molecules
B) circuit boards
C) integrated circuits
D) quad cores

Question 61

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What are the three categories of items stored in computer memory?

A) operating system and system software; application software; data being processed
B) system software; data being processed; Internet Web sites required to monitor and control the computer
C) application software; application hardware; application data
D) system software; application software; command software

Question 62

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT With the cover off the system unit of a lab computer, your instructor pointed out a type of nonvolative memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten. What did your instructor call this memory?

A) perm-memory
B) firewire
C) EM-ROM
D) flash memory

Question 63

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which component allows processors to perform at faster rates than those processors that do not have this component?

A) advanced transfer cache
B) flash cache
C) L612 cache
D) nano-cache

Question 64

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When determining the amount of RAM necessary for a computer you wish to purchase, what should you consider?

A) the size of the computer monitor
B) the number of expansion slots found in the computer
C) the processing speed of the CPU
D) the types of software you plan to use

Question 65

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When your friend turns off her computer, what kind of memory loses it contents?

A) partial
B) static L1 ROM
C) digital fixed memory when installed on memory modules
D) volatile

Question 66

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following describe computer memory?

A) electronic components that store, among other things, instructions waiting to be executed by the processor
B) chips stored on the computer processor board that interact with both the system unit and the processor in order to extract the data required for processing
C) a series of digital devices embedded within computers that interprets commands from computer users and remembers them for future reference in order to increase the processing power of a computer
D) manufactured devices that store a single digital address at a time in order to facilitate an orderly transfer of data within a computer

Question 67

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If you see eight numbers such as 01000101 grouped together and you are told these numbers represent the letter E, what is this combination of numbers called?

A) the American Symbolic Code for Information Interchange
B) a coding scheme
C) multicode
D) symbolic01 codecs

Question 68

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When a person types the letter T on a computer keyboard, what component of the computer converts the input from the keyboard into a digital representation of the letter and stores it in computer memory for processing?

A) scan integrator
B) codec processor
C) system unit
D) binary system converter

Question 69

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is the role of an address when used in the context of computer memory?

A) It determines the amount of data a computer can process over a given period of time.
B) It automatically registers each byte that is stored in memory.
C) It determines whether the data stored in memory is represented as ASCII or as 8-bit and then indicates to the processor the type of processing that is allowed for the data.
D) It identifies the location of a byte in memory.

Question 70

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What does CMOS, which provides high speeds and consumes little power, stand for?

A) Cache Memory On Silicon
B) Circuit Means-Of-Synched
C) Classic Measured Online Semiconductor
D) Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

Question 71

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Computer memory and computer storage are available in varying sizes. Which of the following is the largest amount of memory or storage?

A) kilobyte (KB)
B) terabyte (TB)
C) megabyte (MB)
D) gigabyte (GB)

Question 72

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When someone reads a research paper about computers and runs across the term, bit, to what is the paper referring?

A) one portion of computer memory that uses 8-digital discrete electronic states to represent a character
B) a digit that represents the electronic state called "off"
C) the smallest unit of data a computer can process
D) the most informative electronic element that represents data in a computer

Question 73

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following identifies three types of RAM in sequence from the slowest to the fastest?

A) SRAM, DRAM, MRAM
B) DRAM, SRAM, MRAM
C) MRAM, SRAM, DRAM
D) SRAM, MRAM, DRAM

Question 74

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What method do chip manufacturers use to identify their chips?

A) clock speed
B) vPro technology
C) multi-core identification compatibility schematic
D) numbering scheme

Question 75

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If your instructor turns on his computer and then starts a Web browser, what contents are in RAM?

A) the Web browser instructions and certain operating system instructions
B) certain operating system instructions and instructions downloaded from the Internet that tell the operating system how to download data from the Internet
C) the operating system
D) the Web browser instructions and certain instructions from other applications that your instructor might start at a later time

Question 76

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following identifies ROM chips that contain permanently written data, instructions, or information?

A) firmware
B) cache
C) metal-oxide
D) express-ROM

Question 77

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Where do RAM chips usually reside within a computer?

A) on the memory digital dynamic circuit board
B) in the processor/memory signal cache circuitry
C) on a memory module
D) in a memory slot

Question 78

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What educational plan for computers does the United Nations endorse?

A) Worldwide Computers for Children
B) One Laptop per Child
C) No Child Without a Computer
D) The Children's Computer Initiative

Question 79

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What numbering system uses only the numbers 0 and 1?

A) octo system
B) binary system
C) 8-bit system
D) ASCII system

Question 80

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When 8 bits are grouped together as a unit, how many individual characters can these 8 bits represent?

A) 8
B) 100
C) 256
D) 844