Deck 6: Microprocessors

Question 1

What typically connects a CPU to RAM?

A) Bus
B) Clock
C) MCC
D) EDB

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Intel's Pentium and Celeron series of CPUs are intended for which target market?

A) Mobile devices
B) Budget Desktop PCs
C) Servers
D) Mainstream/enthusiast desktop

Answer 2

B

Question 3

CPUs typically run faster than the clock.What do they use to do this?

A) Dividers
B) Speed enhancers
C) Speed uppers
D) Multipliers

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What kind of RAM is cache typically made of?

A) Fast RAM
B) Cool RAM
C) Multi-RAM
D) SRAM

Question 5

How many clock cycles does the CPU require to act on a command?

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

Question 6

Four bits make up a ____.

A) byte
B) nibble
C) quad
D) word

Question 7

One billion cycles per second is equivalent to ____.

A) 1 gigahertz
B) 1 hertz
C) 1 megahertz
D) 1 terahertz

Question 8

Main system memory is usually called:

A) DRAM
B) SRAM
C) BRAM
D) CRAM

Question 9

Which technology allows a computer to run more than one operating system at a time?

A) Multiplying
B) Pipelining
C) Virtualization
D) Caching

Question 10

How many bits make up a byte?

A) 4
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32

Question 11

Which of the following is an important difference between desktops and mobile devices,in terms of CPU needs?

A) Mobile devices need to consume more electricity.
B) Desktops run with less heat.
C) Mobile devices need to consume less electricity.
D) Desktops require extended battery life.

Question 12

Which of the following stores the data that the CPU actively uses?

A) CD
B) Floppy diskette
C) Hard drive
D) RAM

Question 13

All of the following are general-purpose CPU registers EXCEPT:

A) AX
B) CX
C) DX
D) SX

Question 14

What newer technology automatically configures CPU multipliers and speeds?

A) CPUID
B) Jumpers
C) MMX
D) SRAM

Question 15

Which of the following is equivalent to 1024 bytes?

A) 1 kilobyte
B) 1 megabyte
C) 1 nanobyte
D) 1 terabyte

Question 16

The CPU uses a series of actions to complete a task.What is this series of actions called?

A) Core
B) Thread
C) Pipeline
D) Cycle

Question 17

What is used to hold a CPU in place?

A) ZIF
B) ZAF
C) ZAP
D) ZOO

Question 18

What cache was historically on the motherboard but now often comes on the CPU?

A) L1
B) L2
C) Motherboard cache
D) CPU cache

Question 19

Which of the following terms is used to define the first cache that the CPU uses?

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

Question 20

How much RAM can a 64-bit processor theoretically access?

A) 4 GB
B) 16 GB
C) 4 EB
D) 16 EB

Question 21

Because CPU makers can't make the processors run much quicker,they are instead doing what?

A) Combining multiple CPUs on a single chip
B) Combining L1 and L2 cache onto the motherboard
C) Making the RAM run quicker
D) Raising their prices

Question 22

Combining many CPUs)into a single chip is called:

A) Multiprocessor processing
B) Multicore processing
C) Hyper-threading
D) Multi-threading

Question 23

If the number of wires in a CPU's address bus is 20,what is the maximum amount of RAM the CPU can handle?

A) 1,048,576 bytes
B) 302 bytes
C) 260 megabits
D) 2120 kilobytes

Question 24

A sudden CPU shutdown usually indicates what condition?

A) Faulty RAM
B) Overclocking
C) Overheating
D) Faulty IMC

Question 25

What is applied to the CPU before attaching the heat-sink/fan assembly?

A) Alcohol prep
B) Protective film
C) Thermal compound
D) Glue

Question 26

A catastrophic failure is usually indicated by any of the following EXCEPT:

A) Overheated or burnt components
B) Sudden computer shutdown
C) Windows Stop Error
D) Increased system performance

Question 27

What type of RAM is used in the CPU's cache?

A) BRAM
B) CRAM
C) DRAM
D) SRAM

Question 28

Newer CPUs process instructions and commands in what type of execution?

A) Linear
B) Parallel
C) Serial
D) Caching

Question 29

What is the practical limit for modern CPU clock speeds?

A) 3 GHz
B) 4 GHz
C) 5 GHz
D) 8×

Question 30

Which type of coolers are heat-sink and fan assemblies that are included with a retail-boxed CPU?

A) Liquid coolers
B) OEM CPU coolers
C) Specialized CPU coolers
D) internal coolers

Question 31

All of the following are stages in the pipelining process EXCEPT:

A) Read
B) Fetch
C) Decode
D) Execute

Question 32

Which type of socket package do Intel processors use?

A) LGA
B) PGA
C) L1
D) L2

Question 33

Which cache on the CPU is used first?

A) L3
B) L2
C) L1
D) L0

Question 34

What tells the CPU what to do with the data in the registers?

A) MCC
B) Instruction Set
C) Registers
D) IMC

Question 35

Which type of processor is sometimes integrated with the CPU to handle certain tasks more efficiently,such as video processing?

A) L2
B) MCC
C) IMC
D) GPU

Question 36

What performance-enhancing technique usually voids most manufacturers' warranties?

A) Overclocking
B) Underclocking
C) Overpowering
D) Undercooling

Question 37

What technology is designed to help prevent damage to CPUs when they are installed?

A) Socket Lock
B) LGA
C) PGA
D) ZIF

Question 38

Which type of socket package do AMD chips use?

A) LGA
B) PGA
C) VGA
D) GPU

Question 39

What chip,in modern CPUs,optimizes the flow of information into and out of the CPU?

A) IMC
B) MCC
C) SRAM
D) DRAM

Question 40

Which term describes the four-step process a CPU uses to execute?

A) Pipelining
B) Caching
C) Preloading
D) Bursting

Question 41

Intel designed ____________________ sockets to make CPU insertion and removal easier.

Question 42

The ____________________ determines the speed at which a CPU and the rest of the PC operate.

Question 43

The memory closest to the CPU is called ____________________.

Question 44

The communication device of the CPU is called the ____________________.

Question 45

What performance enhancement is accomplished through jumpers,CMOS settings,or software configuration?

A) Multicore processing
B) Virtualization
C) Hyper-Threading
D) Overclocking

Question 46

The ____________________ enables the CPU to communicate with the RAM.

Question 47

The temporary storage areas of a CPU are called ____________________.

Question 48

The ____________________ numbering system is used to describe the state of a wire at any given moment.

Question 49

In early computers,the CPU ran at the same speed as which component?

A) Motherboard
B) RAM
C) Address Bus
D) Hard disks

Question 50

PGA CPUs are ____________________ in shape with hundreds of tiny pins.

Question 51

The system crystal is a quartz oscillator soldered to the ____________________.

Question 52

Which of the following CPUs are targeted at the mobile device platform?

A) AMD Turion
B) AMD Opteron
C) Intel Xeon
D) Intel Pentium

Question 53

What technology requires that the OS and applications be written specifically to handle multiple threads?

A) Emulation
B) Multicore processing
C) Hyper-Threading
D) Virtualization

Question 54

A(n)____________________ is a series of commands sent to a CPU in a specific order for processing.

Question 55

How much RAM can 32-bit processors access?

A) Up to 16 EB
B) Up to 16 GB
C) Up to 4 GB
D) Up to 4 EB

Question 56

Which technology enables the CPU to simulate the actions of a second processor?

A) Emulation
B) Multithreading
C) Multicore processing
D) Virtualization

Question 57

Which type of cache was originally located outside the CPU on the motherboard,but has since been relocated to the CPU for better performance?

A) AX
B) L1
C) L3
D) L2

Question 58

In the binary system,the number ____________________ represents the On state and the number ____________________ represents the Off state.

Question 59

Devices that hold ones and zeros that the CPU accesses are known generically as ____________________.

Question 60

Which component requires a constant electrical charge and a periodic refresh of the circuits?

A) DRAM
B) SRAM
C) MCC
D) GPU

Question 61

All modern CPUs run at some multiple of the __________ speed.

Question 62

A(n)____________________ helps to set data aside in a special fast storage area.

Question 63

RAM is measured in __________________.

Question 64

Some CPUs include three caches.They are the ____________________,____________________,and ____________________ caches.

Question 65

The CPU can access data quickest when it's stored in ____________________.

Question 66

A(n)____________________ is the series of steps that the CPU uses to process a command.

Question 67

With ____________________,each individual pipeline can run more than one thread at a time.

Question 68

Processor speeds on the motherboard are automatically configured through a function called __________.

Question 69

Almost all current CPUs have A(n)__________,moved from the motherboard chip into the CPU to optimize the flow of information into and out of the CPU.

Question 70

The CPUs of __________ must consume as little electricity as possible,to conserve battery life and limit heat.

Question 71

The speed at which the CPU and the rest of the system operate is determined by the ____________________.

Question 72

The connection between the CPU,the MCC,and the RAM is called the ____________________.

Question 73

The four stages of pipelining are __________.

Question 74

Computers use __________ for the main system memory.

Question 75

Forcing a system to run faster than the speed it's designed for is called ____________________.

Question 76

__________-bit processors can access up to 16 EB of RAM.

Question 77

The video processing portion of the computer traditionally has a discrete microprocessor unique to video capabilities,known as the __________.

Question 78

__________ processors are intended for higher-end servers.

Question 79

The __________ identifies what to do with the data in the registers.

Question 80

The connection between the CPU and the L2 cache is called the ____________________.