Deck 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System

Question 1

Select the best way to determine your RAM allocation.

A)List all programs you would run simultaneously and the amount of RAM each needs and add together.
B)Count the number of available slots on the motherboard.
C)Divide the number of used memory slots by the number of total memory slots.
D)Monitor RAM usage in performance monitor and calculate an average of RAM used over 10 random periods.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Cache memory levels are based on proximity to ________.

A)the hard drive
B)RAM
C)the processor
D)the video card

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The control unit is one component of the ________.

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

________ 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 5

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)Cache memory and SSD storage

Question 6

The amount of RAM storage is measured in ________.

A)gigabytes
B)gigahertz
C)gigabits
D)machine cycles

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a permanent storage option?

A)Optical drive
B)Random access memory
C)Internal hard drive
D)SSD

Question 11

The rule of thumb that predicts that the number of transistors on a CPU will double every two years is called ________ Law.

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

Question 12

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

A)Moves read/write heads
B)Performs arithmetic calculations
C)Creates virtual memory
D)Renders video images

Question 13

Which of the following does NOT determine a CPU's processing power?

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

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

How do optical discs store data?

A)A laser burns tiny pits onto a disc.
B)A magnet aligns iron particles on a platter.
C)Electronic memory records data on chips.
D)A digital spectrometer leaves grooves in a platter.

Question 16

Some of the cache memory of a CPU is ________.

A)inside the CPU, itself
B)on the hard disk drive
C)on a nearby SSD
D)in cloud storage

Question 17

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

A)megahertz
B)bits per second
C)milliseconds
D)kilobytes

Question 18

Which of the following is the lightest computer?

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

Question 19

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

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

Question 20

RAM is an example of ________ storage.

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

Question 21

How many channels are in a Dolby 7.1 surround sound system?

A)7
B)8
C)6
D)12

Question 22

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

Question 23

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 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

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

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device.

A)compact disc
B)solid state drive
C)Bluray disc
D)mechanical hard drive

Question 28

The CPU is composed of two units, the control unit and the ________.

Question 29

Which of the following ports is NOT considered to be exclusively a video port?

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

Question 30

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 31

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

Question 32

The ________ of a CPU dictates how many instructions the CPU can process each second.

Question 33

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 34

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

A)overwritten seven times
B)deleted
C)encoded
D)refactored

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

________ Law predicts that the number of transistors in a CPU will double about every two years.

Question 38

________ 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 39

The CPU is located on the ________.

Question 40

A(n) ________ enables the computer to drive the speaker system.

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

Question 41

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

Question 42

GPU stands for ________.

Question 43

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

Question 44

A video card can deliver output to multiple ________.

Question 45

The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device.

Question 46

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

Question 47

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

Question 48

________ drives are 100 times faster than mechanical hard drives.

Question 49

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

Question 50

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

Question 51

________ sound is a type of audio system where the listener hears the sound as if it were coming from multiple speakers.

Question 52

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

Question 53

Desktop computer systems are less reliable than laptop computers.

Question 54

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

Question 55

Solid state hybrid drives are a combination of a mechanical hard drive and an SSD drive.

Question 56

Level 3 cache memory is faster than Level 1 and Level 2 cache.

Question 57

Many computer manufacturers offer ________ programs to reduce the amount of computers in landfills.

Question 58

macOS X uses ________ software to automatically backup and restore data.

Question 59

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

Question 60

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

Question 61

Cache memory is a form of ROM.

Question 62

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

Question 63

Video cards are designed with their own RAM storage.

Question 64

Match each of the following terms to its meaning:
I) latency
II) sectors
III) tracks
IV) seek time
V) platters

A) time required for the read/write head to move to the correct track
B) round, thin plates of metal within a hard drive
C) time needed for correct sector to spin to the read/write head
D) concentric circles on a hard drive
E) pie-shaped wedges on the surface of a hard drive

Question 65

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

Question 66

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

Question 67

3D sound is different from surround-sound.

Question 68

Match each of the following terms to its purpose:
I) virtual memory
II) physical memory
III) random access memory
IV) cache memory
V) video memory

A) temporary storage space
B) used by a video card
C) space on the hard drive for data that doesn't fit in RAM
D) can be accessed more quickly than regular RAM
E) the amount of RAM contained on memory modules

Question 69

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

Question 70

Optical discs store data using tiny pits and lands burned by a laser.

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.

Question 72

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

Question 73

Match each of the following terms to its function:
I) CPU
II) ALU
III) cache
IV) RAID
V) SSD

A) closest memory to the CPU
B) processor
C) uses electronic memory and has no moving parts
D) strategy for using more than one drive in a system
E) performs arithmetic calculations

Question 74

RAM prices tend to be very stable.

Question 75

Match each of the following terms to its meaning:
I) RAM
II) hyperthreading
III) clock speed
IV) quad-core processor
V) ROM

A) a CPU with 4 cores
B) volatile storage
C) measure of CPU speed
D) permanent storage
E) simultaneous execution of more than one instruction

Question 76

Dolby Digital 7.1 requires a total of eight speakers.