Deck 3: Hardware: Input, Processing, Output, and Storage Devices

Question 1

A coprocessor speeds processing by executing specific types of instructions while the central processing unit (CPU) works on another processing activity.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

When making hardware decisions, the overriding considerations of a business should be technology cost and currency.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Sequential access storage devices (SASDs) allow data to be accessed more quickly than direct access storage devices (DASDs).

Answer 3

False

Question 4

There are a number of compact disk devices including read-only, recordable, and rewritable.

Question 5

Solid state storage devices (SSDs) store data in hard disk drives or optical media rather than memory chips.

Question 6

​A digital video disc (DVD) looks like a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) but has a greater storage capacity and can transfer data at a faster rate.

Question 7

People involved in selecting their organization's computer hardware need not understand current and future business requirements.

Question 8

Massively parallel processing systems are a form of multiprocessing that speeds processing by linking hundreds or thousands of processors to operate at the same time.

Question 9

Devices used to sequentially access secondary storage data are called direct access storage devices (DASDs).

Question 10

Each central processing unit (CPU) produces a series of electronic pulses at a predetermined rate, called the clock speed, which affects machine cycle time.

Question 11

Secondary storage can store large amounts of data, instructions, and information more permanently than allowed with main memory.

Question 12

Compared to main memory, secondary storage has the advantages of volatility, lowered capacity, and higher costs.

Question 13

Magnetic ink character recognition technology codes data on the bottom of a check or other form using special magnetic ink, which is readable by people and computers.

Question 14

RAM stands for random access memory, a form of memory that holds its contents even if the current is turned off or disrupted.

Question 15

Disk mirroring is a method of storing data that generates extra bits of data from existing data, allowing the system to create a "reconstruction map" so that if a hard drive fails, it can rebuild lost data.

Question 16

Primary memory, which holds program instructions and data, is not associated with the central processing unit (CPU).

Question 17

A terabyte is about one billion bytes of data.

Question 18

Virtual tape technology can decrease data access time, lower the total cost of ownership, and reduce the amount of floor space consumed by tape operations.

Question 19

A redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks (RAID) is a method of storing data so that data can be accessed more quickly.

Question 20

Regardless of how data gets into the computer, it should be captured and edited at its destination.

Question 21

Compared with main memory, secondary storage:

A) is faster.
B) is less expensive.
C) is more volatile.
D) has less capacity.

Question 22

A tablet computer is a low-cost, centrally managed computer with no internal or external attached drives for data storage.

Question 23

The need for additional data storage capacity is one of the factors driving the growth in data centers.

Question 24

_____ is the backbone of a computer, connecting all of its components including the central processing unit (CPU) and primary storage and providing connectors for peripheral devices such as printers, external hard drives, sound cards, and video cards.

A) The motherboard
B) A register
C) A bus
D) The microprocessor

Question 25

Which of the following is a multiple-user system?

A) Mainframe computers
B) Thin client computers
C) Workstations
D) Nettop computers

Question 26

A liquid crystal display (LCD) functions by exciting organic compounds with electric current to produce bright and sharp images.

Question 27

_____ is a storage technology for less frequently needed data that makes it appear to be stored entirely on tape cartridges, although some parts may be stored on faster hard disks.

A) Magnetic disk
B) Compact disc
C) Virtual tape
D) Cache memory:

Question 28

_____ is the use of a collection of computers, often owned by many people or different organizations, to work in a coordinated manner to solve a common problem.

A) Cloud computing
B) Grid computing
C) Parallel computing
D) Web computing

Question 29

Thin client computers are a type of portable single-user computers.

Question 30

As the difference among computer manufacturers in the arenas of price and performance narrows, support for green computing is emerging as a new business strategy for these companies to distinguish themselves from the competition.

Question 31

One of the advantages of handheld computers is that they require little power relative to their size.

Question 32

The central processing unit (CPU) and the primary storage of a computer are housed in the same box call the _____.

A) processing
B) motherboard
C) chip set
D) system unit

Question 33

A _____ is a climate-and-access-controlled building or a set of buildings that houses the computer hardware that delivers an organization's data and information services.

A) data mart
B) data warehouse
C) data center
D) data mine

Question 34

The scope of green computing is limited to the efficient and environmentally responsible design and manufacture of all types of computers.

Question 35

A type of memory whose contents are not lost if the power is turned off or interrupted is said to be _____.

A) unarbitrary
B) nonvolatile
C) inaccessible
D) nonadjacent

Question 36

_____ is a program concerned with the efficient and environmentally responsible design, manufacture, operation, and disposal of IS-related products.

A) Green computing
B) Grid computing
C) Cloud computing
D) Utility computing

Question 37

_____ is used to temporarily hold small units of program instructions and data immediately before, during, and after execution by the central processing unit (CPU).

A) Main memory
B) A register
C) The control unit
D) The motherboard

Question 38

Like netbook computers, nettop computers are designed to be portable.

Question 39

Chip-and-PIN cards employ a computer chip that communicates with a card reader using infrared frequencies so that the cards do not need to be swiped at a terminal.

Question 40

Moore's Law is a rule of thumb that states that transistor densities on a single chip will reduce to half every two years.

Question 41

The process of converting human-readable data into machine-readable form is called _____.

A) source data automation
B) data input
C) data entry
D) data conversion

Question 42

Which of the following statements is true of organic light-emitting diode (OLED)?

A) It enables improved contrast than a liquid crystal display (LCD).
B) It consumes more power than a light-emitting diode (LED).
C) It employs a backlight.
D) It produces dull images.

Question 43

_____ involves the simultaneous execution of two or more computer instructions at the same time.

Question 44

_____ is a type of high-speed memory that a processor can access more rapidly than main memory.

A) Virtual memory
B) Cloud memory
C) Volatile memory
D) Cache memory

Question 45

Clock speed of the central processing unit (CPU) is often measured in billions of cycles per second also known as _____.

Question 46

_____ are used to support engineering and technical users who perform heavy mathematical computing, computer-assisted design (CAD), video editing, and other applications requiring a high-end processor.

A) Desktops
B) Netbooks
C) Workstations
D) Notebooks

Question 47

A(n) _____ bus enables the central processing unit (CPU) to communicate with a system's primary storage.

A) back-side
B) expansion
C) internal
D) input/output

Question 48

_____ is a computing model in which an organization outsources the equipment used to support its business operations, including storage, hardware, servers, and networking components.

A) Storage as a service
B) Grid computing
C) Cloud computing
D) Infrastructure as a Service

Question 49

A _____ is a low-cost, centrally managed computer with no internal or external attached drives for data storage with limited capabilities.

A) nettop computer
B) cloud computer
C) thin client
D) workstation

Question 50

The _____ unit of the central processing unit (CPU) performs mathematical calculations and makes logical comparisons.

Question 51

_____ is a hard disk drive storage device that is set up with its own network address and provides file-based storage services to other devices on the network.

A) The motherboard
B) A thin client
C) A storage area network (SAN)
D) Network-attached storage (NAS)

Question 52

A _____ is a computer employed by many users to perform a specific task, such as running network or Internet applications.

A) cache
B) register
C) server
D) bus

Question 53

The ability to increase the processing capability of a computer system so that it can handle more users, more data, or more transactions in a given period is known as _____.

Question 54

Which of the following is related to Moore's Law?

A) ​Data security
B) ​​Chip manufacturing
C) Secondary storage
D) ​Database administration

Question 55

Which of the following statements is true of the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive?

A) The directive enables purchasers to evaluate, compare, and select electronic products based on a total of 51 environmental criteria.
B) The directive ranks products according to three tiers of environmental performance: bronze, silver, and gold.
C) The directive implements a plan to manage products at the beginning of their life cycle in an environmentally safe manner.
D) The directive implements a plan to manage products at the beginning of their life cycle in an environmentally safe manner.

Question 56

The faster the clock speed of the central processing unit (CPU), _____.

A) the more memory is required for processing
B) the more heat the processor generates
C) the larger the chip size required
D) the slower the machine cycle time

Question 57

A(n) _____ is a server that houses many individual computer motherboards that include one or more processors, computer memory, computer storage, and computer network connections.

Question 58

_____ is an advanced optical disc technology that can store up to 3.9 terabytes, roughly 75-150 times more data than the Blu-ray optical disc system although it is the same size and shape as a regular digital video disc (DVD).

A) The holographic versatile disc
B) The motherboard
C) A compact disc read-only memory
D) A magnetic disc

Question 59

_____ are the most powerful computers with the fastest processing speed and highest performance.

A) Blade servers
B) Workstations
C) Mainframe computers
D) Supercomputers

Question 60

_____ are used in standardized tests, including the SAT and GMAT tests, and to record votes in elections.

A) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) devices
B) Optical mark recognition (OMR) systems
C) Speech recognition devices
D) Optical character recognition (OCR) systems

Question 61

Eight bits together form a(n) _____.

Question 62

Paper output from a printer is known as _____.

Question 63

​The _____ takes binary data from the central processing unit (CPU) and translates it into an image a user sees on his or her display device.

Question 64

_____ is the simultaneous execution of the same task on multiple processors to obtain results faster.

Question 65

A(n) _____ is an input device used with a personal computer to record and store images and video in digital form.

Question 66

_____ involves capturing and editing data where it is originally created and in a form that can be directly entered into a computer, thus ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

Question 67

A universal serial bus (USB) _____ drive is one example of a commonly used solid state secondary storage device (SSD).

Question 68

A(n) _____ is a climate-and-access-controlled building or a set of buildings that houses the computer hardware that delivers an organization's data and information services.

Question 69

_____ means that data can be retrieved without the need to pass by other data in sequence.

Question 70

_____ is a popular format for compressing a sound sequence into a very small file while preserving the original level of sound quality when it is played.

Question 71

Key to the success of grid computing is a(n) _____ that acts as a grid leader and traffic monitor.

Question 72

Optical mark recognition (OMR) and optical character recognition (OCR) are the two categories of a(n) _____.

Question 73

The _____ is the part of the central processing unit (CPU) that sequentially accesses program instructions, decodes them, and coordinates the flow of data in and out of the arithmetic/logic unit (ALU).

Question 74

_____ are credit cards embedded with computer chips containing key consumer and account data.

Question 75

A(n) _____ is a server that houses many individual computer motherboards that include one or more processors, computer memory, computer storage, and computer network connections.

Question 76

A(n) _____ is a personal computer designed for use by mobile users, being small and light enough to sit comfortably on a user's lap.

Question 77

_____ is a hypothesis stating that transistor densities on a single chip will double every two years.

Question 78

​A(n) _____ is a direct access storage device used to store and retrieve data from rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material.

Question 79

_____ is a technology that employs a microchip with an antenna to broadcast its unique identifier and location to receivers.

Question 80

The digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book is called a(n) _____.