Deck 5: The System Unit

Question 1

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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The system board is also known as the _______.

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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

B

Question 4

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 5

A type of specialty processor devoted exclusively to protecting your privacy.

A) Data cards
B) Micro cards
C) Cryptoprocessor
D) Embedded cards

Question 6

A byte is formed by a group of _______.

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

Question 7

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 8

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

A) slots
B) pins
C) ports
D) chip carriers

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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 12

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

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

Question 13

Tiny circuit-boards etched onto squares of sand-like material, called silicon, are called _______.

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

Question 14

Term 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 15

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

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

Question 16

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 movement of electronic signals between memory and the arithmetic-logic unit.
C) It performs fundamental math operations like addition, subtraction, and so on.
D) It uses the logic to compare two pieces of data.

Question 17

Which of the following is not a character encoding standard?

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

Question 18

Frequently-accessed information is held in _______.

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

Question 19

In most personal computer systems, the CPU is contained on a single chip called the _______.

A) semiconductor
B) ALU
C) microprocessor
D) control unit

Question 20

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 21

Virtual memory is stored on a RAM chip.

Question 22

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 23

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

Question 24

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 25

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 26

Most personal computers 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 27

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 28

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

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

ASCII supports Chinese and Japanese.

Question 31

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 32

Laptops and tablets use _______ that are typically located outside the system unit.

A) AC adapters
B) batteries
C) power supply units
D) MiniDc

Question 33

RAM is considered temporary, or volatile, storage.

Question 34

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

Question 35

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 36

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

Question 37

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 38

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 39

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

Question 40

Graphics cards connect the system board to secondary storage.

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

VGA and DVI ports provide connections to monitors.

Question 45

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

Question 46

MiniDP ports are an audiovisual port typically used to connect large monitors.

Question 47

A(n) _______ is the number of bits that can be accessed at one time by the CPU.

Question 48

Computers require direct current (DC) to power their electronic components and to represent data and instructions.

Question 49

The most widely used character encoding standard today is _______.

Question 50

_______ operations consist of making comparisons.

Question 51

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

Question 52

The system board is also known as the _______.

Question 53

_______ processors allow a single computer to run two or more operations at the same time.

Question 54

_______ memory uses the hard drive to substitute for RAM.

Question 55

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

Question 56

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

Question 57

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

Question 58

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

Question 59

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

Question 60

A(n) _______-bit-word computer can access eight bytes of information at a time.

Question 61

Describe the three principal types of expansion buses.

Question 62

How is the multicore chip useful for personal computers?

Question 63

_______ ports are an audiovisual port typically used to connect large monitors.

Question 64

Desktop computers have a(n) _______, located within the system unit, that plugs into a standard wall outlet, converts AC to DC, and provides the power to drive all of the system unit components.

Question 65

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

Question 66

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

Question 67

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

Question 68

Describe specialty ports including eSATA, HDMI, MIDI, MiniDP, and Thunderbolt.

Question 69

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

Question 70

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

Describe the character encoding schemes.

Question 73

_______ network cards allow computers to be connected without cables.

Question 74

_______ ports provide high-speed connections can connect up to seven separate devices connected one to another.

Question 75

Compare and contrast the four most common types of system units.

Question 76

Explain Plug and Play.

Question 77

Explain expansion slots and cards.

Question 78

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

Question 79

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