CGS 2060 Chapter 6

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What on the motherboard holds the memory modules?
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memory slots
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Which of the following is a register function?
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Storing the location from where the instruction was fetched.
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Which of the following kinds of card is a circuit board that enhances functions of a component of the system unit and/or provides connections to peripherals?
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Adaptor
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What is the process of copying items from RAM to a storage device? What is the process of copying items from RAM to a storage device?
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saving
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Which of the following circuits contains many microscopic pathways capable of carrying electrical current?
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integrated
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Which of the following is a type of nonvolatile memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten?
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flash memory
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Which of the following refers to an environment of servers that house and provide access to resources users access via the Internet?
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cloud computing
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Which of the following is a case on a desktop that contains and protects the item shown in the accompanying figure and other electronic components?
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system unit
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Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) chips are even faster than SDRAM chips because which of the following is true?
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They transfer data twice for every clock cycle.
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Which of the following is another term for the system unit?
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Chassis
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Which of the following is the component of the processor that performs arithmetic, comparison, and other operations?
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ALU
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Which of the following is the component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer?
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Control Unit
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Which of the following is an application that incorporates data from multiple providers into a new application?
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mash up
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AMD is the leading manufacturer of which of the following kinds of processors, which have an internal design similar to Intel processors, perform the same functions, can be as powerful, but often are less expensive?
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Intel-Compatible
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Which of the following is an alternate term for an adapter card?
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Expansion Card
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The accompanying figure shows which of the following kinds of modules, which are small circuit boards where RAM chips usually reside, being inserted into the motherboard?
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memory
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Which of the following is the most common type of volatile memory?
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RAM
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On which of the following does battery life depend?
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usage
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Within the circuitry of a computer, each channel along which bits transfer allows the various devices both inside and attached to the system unit to communicate with each other. What are these channels, shown in the accompanying figure, called?
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Buses
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Some computer and chip manufacturers use which of the following terms to refer to a personal computer processor chip?
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microprocessor
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Which kind of tablet typically does not include a physical keyboard and puts the case behind the display?
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slate
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Which of the following should you have if you plan to connect your computer or mobile device to a wired computer network?
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ethernet port
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One gigahertz (GHz) equals how many ticks of the system clock per second?
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one billion
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The processor relies on which of the following to control the timing of all computer operations?
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system clock
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Which of the following modules is a removable flash memory device that adds memory, communications, multimedia, security, and storage capabilities to computers?
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express card
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Which of the following is a cache separate from the processor chip on the item shown in the accompanying figure?
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L3 cache
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Current processors include advanced transfer cache, a type of cache built directly on a processor chip. Which type of cache is this?
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L2 cache
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Which of the following means the computer automatically can configure cards like the one in the accompanying figure and other peripherals as users install them?
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plug and play
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What is the process of copying items from RAM to a storage device?
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Saving
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Which of the following processors is a single chip with two or more separate processor cores?
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Multi-core
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Which of the following are small high-speed storage locations contained by the processor that temporarily hold data and instructions?
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Registers
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Which allows the processor to communicate with peripheral devices?
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Expansion Bus
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Which of the following is the International Electronics Commission working to make the universal connector standard for charging mobile devices?
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micro usb
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Which of the following types of memory modules, such as that shown in the accompanying figure, positions the pins on opposite sides of the circuit board so they do not connect and thus form two sets of contacts?
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DIMM
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Which of the following is contained on an integrated circuit and can act as an electronic switch that opens or closes the circuit for electrical charges?
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Transitor
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Which of the following cards converts computer output into a video signal that travels through a cable to the monitor, which displays an image on the screen?
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Graphics card
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The faster the clocks speed, the more of these the processor can execute per second. What are they?
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Instructions
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Which of the following consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processed data (information)?
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Random Access memory
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Which of the following determines the number of bits that the computer can transmit at one time?
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Bus width
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Which of the following is a kind of ROM chip that contains permanently written data, instructions, or information that is recorded when the chip is manufactured?
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firmware
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Which of the following is the component of the system unit that converts the wall outlet AC power into the DC power a computer requires?
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Power supply
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The role of memory to store both data and programs is known as which of the following concepts?
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Stored program
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Which of the following adapter cards connects to musical instruments?
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MIDI
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Which of the following is the main circuit board of the system unit?
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System board
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Which of the following is true of synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) chips?
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They are synchronized
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Which of the following is a small piece of semiconducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched?
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computer chip