Deck 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System

Question 1

The control unit is one component of the ________.

A) CPU
B) cache
C) front side bus
D) clock

Answer 1

A

Question 2

There are ________ levels of cache memory.

A) five
B) two
C) three
D) four

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The rule of thumb that predicts that CPU capacity will double every 2 years is called ________ Law.

A) Charles's
B) Moore's
C) Intel's
D) Boyle's

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The amount of RAM storage is measured in ________.

A) GB
B) Hz
C) GHz
D) MHz

Question 5

Which of the following activities is carried out by the ALU?

A) Move read/write heads.
B) Perform arithmetic calculations.
C) Create virtual memory.
D) Render video images.

Question 6

RAM is an example of ________ storage.

A) volatile
B) nonvolatile
C) permanent
D) mobile

Question 7

Which of the following does NOT determine processor power?

A) Clock speed
B) Amount of cache memory
C) Use of multiple cores
D) Speed of the motherboard

Question 8

The speed of a level of cache memory is impacted by ________.

A) the amount of storage space on the chip
B) the physical size of the chip
C) the size of the hard drive
D) the chip's proximity to the CPU

Question 9

Which optical disc has the greatest storage capacity?

A) DVD
B) Blu-ray
C) Flash
D) CD

Question 10

In most current systems, ________ is the type of RAM used.

A) DDR2
B) DDR3
C) DRAM
D) SDRAM

Question 11

Which of the following is the lightest computer?

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

Question 12

________ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set is finished.

A) Multitasking
B) Cache memory
C) Hyperthreading
D) Overclocking

Question 13

The CPU consists of which two parts?

A) The arithmetic logic unit and the front side bus
B) The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit
C) The control unit and the front side bus
D) The control unit and cache memory

Question 14

All of the following are part of the machine cycle EXCEPT ________.

A) fetch
B) encode
C) execute
D) store

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an optical disc format?

A) Read-only (ROM)
B) Read-erasable (RE)
C) Recordable (R)
D) Rewritable (RW)

Question 16

The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________.

A) IBM
B) Microsoft
C) Intel
D) Apple

Question 17

When referring to hard drives, access time is measured in ________.

A) megahertz
B) bps
C) milliseconds
D) kilobytes

Question 18

Running the CPU at a faster speed than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.

A) fetching
B) latency
C) overclocking
D) hyperthreading

Question 19

A ________ uses electronic memory and has no motors or moving parts.

A) mechanical hard drive
B) solid-state drive
C) Blu-ray disc
D) digital video disc

Question 20

Windows uses a memory-management technique known as ________ to monitor which applications you frequently use and preloads them into your system memory.

A) SuperGet
B) SuperFetch
C) SuperTake
D) SuperRetrieve

Question 21

To remove all the changes made to your system, the Windows ________ utility returns your computer to the state it was in when it came from the factory.

A) Backup
B) Erase
C) Restore
D) Refresh

Question 22

________ determines how quickly the CPU works.

Question 23

In Dolby Digital 7.1, the 1 indicates a ________ speaker.

A) digital
B) subwoofer
C) tweeter
D) cross-over

Question 24

Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?

A) Having the latest version of software products can make your system more reliable.
B) An accumulation of temporary Internet files has no effect on your computer's overall performance.
C) You can clean out unnecessary programs from your Startup folder.
D) When you defrag your hard drive, it works more efficiently.

Question 25

The CPU's ________ memory is a form of RAM that gets data to the CPU for processing faster than bringing data in from the computer's RAM would take.

Question 26

________ is a feature of a CPU that allows it to begin to fetch the next instruction before it has finished executing the current one.

Question 27

________ Law predicts that the capacity of a CPU will double every 2 years.

Question 28

The CPU is located on the ________.

Question 29

A CPU's processing power is determined by the combination of the clock speed, the number of cores, and the amount of ________.

Question 30

To securely erase data, the U.S. Department of Defense suggests that the data be overwritten ________ times.

A) two
B) five
C) seven
D) ten

Question 31

To speed up the display of graphics, a(n) ________ is installed on some video cards.

A) GPU
B) CPU
C) ALU
D) SSD

Question 32

Which of the follow ports is NOT used to connect to a video card?

A) HDMI
B) DVI
C) USB
D) DisplayPort

Question 33

Running the Disk Cleanup utility is a quick way to ________.

A) defrag your hard drive
B) remove spyware programs
C) clear out unnecessary files
D) clean out your Startup folder

Question 34

Running the CPU faster than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.

Question 35

A ________ enables the computer to drive the speaker system.

A) HDMI
B) display port
C) sound card
D) PCI bus

Question 36

Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________.

A) detect and remove spyware
B) mark bad memory cells
C) make the hard drive work more efficiently
D) clean out your Startup folder

Question 37

The process the CPU performs for each program instruction is called the ________.

Question 38

The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device.

A) CD
B) SSD
C) DVD
D) mechanical hard drive

Question 39

The CPU is composed of the control unit and the ________ unit.

Question 40

________ is the type of RAM memory used most often in today's computers.

Question 41

RAM is an example of ________ storage because when the power is turned off, RAM is cleared out.

Question 42

The time it takes a storage device to locate stored data and make it available for processing is called ________ time.

Question 43

________ drives are 100 times faster than mechanical hard drives.

Question 44

The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device.

Question 45

A(n) ________ moves over the spinning platters to retrieve data from the hard disk.

Question 46

A stoppage of the hard drive that often results in data loss is called a(n) ________.

Question 47

Hard drives have been growing in storage capacity by about 50% each year.

Question 48

The use of multiple cores on one CPU chip allows the execution of two or more sets of instructions at the same time.

Question 49

________-sound is a type of audio system where the listener hears the sound as if it were coming from all directions.

Question 50

GPU stands for ________.

Question 51

The audio subsystem consists of the speakers and a(n) ________.

Question 52

Level 3 cache memory is faster than the other cache memory levels.

Question 53

A video card can deliver output to multiple ________.

Question 54

Desktop computer systems are less reliable than laptop computers.

Question 55

________ improves disk writing performance because data is written across two drives.

Question 56

Dolby Digital 5.1 requires a total of ________ speakers.

Question 57

________ automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.

Question 58

________ drives run with no noise and very little heat, and require very little power.

Question 59

Optical drives use a(n) ________ to read and write data.

Question 60

Mac OS X uses ________ software to automatically backup and restore data.

Question 61

Cache memory is a form of ROM.

Question 62

Video cards include their own RAM.

Question 63

RAID 0 automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.

Question 64

Level 1 cache contains the least amount of storage of the cache memory levels.

Question 65

Accessing data from the hard drive to send to the CPU is faster than accessing data from RAM.

Question 66

Thunderbolt can carry three channels of information on the same connector.

Question 67

The heads of a hard disk drive touch the surface of the platter to read or write the data.

Question 68

3-D sound is different from surround-sound.

Question 69

Optical discs store data using tiny pits and lands.

Question 70

When using multiple monitors, you must have multiple video cards.

Question 71

If you reformat the hard drive on a computer, it erases all personal information from your computer and makes it safe to donate.