Chapter 6: Computer Science - Computer Components

A computer technician told your friend he needed a circuit board that provides a connection to a peripheral device for use with his computer. What category of circuit board should your friend purchase?

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?

Computer memory and computer storage are available in varying sizes. Which of the following is the largest amount of memory or storage?

Current processors include advanced transfer cache, a type of cache built directly on a processor chip. Which type of cache is this?

Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) chips are even faster than SDRAM chips because which of the following is true?

How many fans are typically in a desktop case?

If a computer advertisement states a computer operates at 5 GHz, what does that mean?

If a dog is identified by scanning the shoulder or neck of the animal, what provides the information about the dog?

If you see eight numbers such as 01000101 grouped together and you are told these numbers represent the letter E, what is this combination of numbers called?

If your instructor turns on his computer and then starts a web browser, what contents are in RAM?

In your engineering class, you are required to calculate the approximate size of a series of chips. Which of the following is true?

Memory access times can be measured in fractions of a second. When measuring memory access times, which of the following is the fastest?

On which of the following does battery life depend?

One gigahertz (GHz) equals how many ticks of the system clock per second?

Some computer and chip manufacturers use which of the following terms to refer to a personal computer processor chip?

The faster the clock speed, the more of these the processor can execute per second. What are they?

The processor relies on which of the following to control the timing of all computer operations?

The role of memory to store both data and programs is known as which of the following concepts?

To which of the following is a control unit most analogous?

What are the four steps in the machine cycle?

What are the roles of the control unit and the ALU?

What are the three categories of items stored in computer memory?

What are three names for the electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer?

What component converts the AC power in a wall plug to the DC power required by a computer?

What does CMOS, which provides high speeds and consumes little power, stand for?

What is memory access time?

What is the best analog for a 32-bit bus?

What is the process of copying items from RAM to a storage device?

What is the purpose of the system bus?

What is the role of an address when used in the context of computer memory?

What is the term for an electrical channel within the circuitry of a computer than can transfer 8 bytes of data at a time?

What is unique about a multi-core processor?

What method do chip manufacturers use to identify their chips?

What numbering system uses only the numbers 0 and 1?

What type of circuit board is used to convert computer output into a video signal that displays an image on a monitor?

When 8 bits are grouped together as a unit, how many individual characters can these 8 bits represent?

When a user runs an application, what transfers from a storage device to memory?

When determining the amount of RAM necessary for a computer you wish to purchase, what should you consider?

When someone reads a research paper about computers and runs across the term, bit, to what is the paper referring?

When you examine a computer chip under a microscope, what will you see?

When your friend opened the case containing the electronic components of his computer, he saw the main circuit board for the computer. What is this circuit board called?

When your friend turns off her computer, what kind of memory loses its contents?

Where do RAM chips usually reside within a computer?

Which component allows processors to perform at faster rates than those processors that do not have this component?

Which kind of tablet positions the case below a keyboard, providing functionality similar to that of a laptop?

Which kind of tablet typically does not include a physical keyboard and puts the case behind the display?

Which of the following adapter cards connects to musical instruments?

Which of the following allows the processor to communicate with peripheral devices?

Which of the following are small high-speed storage locations contained by the processor that temporarily hold data and instructions?

Which of the following are the two leading manufacturers of personal computer processor chips?

Which of the following can track your pulse and heart rate, as well as accept calls and display notifications from a smartphone?

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?

Which of the following circuits contains many microscopic pathways capable of carrying electrical current?

Which of the following connects the processor to cache?

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)?

Which of the following describe computer memory?

Which of the following describes a computing environment where everyday objects are connected to the Internet?

Which of the following determines the number of bits that the computer can transmit at one time?

Which of the following identifies ROM chips that contain permanently written data, instructions, or information?

Which of the following identifies three types of RAM in sequence from the slowest to the fastest?

Which of the following interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer?

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?

Which of the following is a register function?

Which of the following is a small piece of semiconducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched?

Which of the following is a type of nonvolatile memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten?

Which of the following is an alternate term for an adapter card?

Which of the following is an application that incorporates data from multiple providers into a new application?

Which of the following is another term for the system unit?

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?

Which of the following is measured by the number of ticks per second?

Which of the following is NOT true of the new multi-core processor you have just purchased?

Which of the following is the component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer?

Which of the following is the component of the processor that performs arithmetic, comparison, and other operations?

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?

Which of the following is the International Electronics Commission working to make the universal connector standard for charging mobile devices?

Which of the following is the least likely to need additional cooling?

Which of the following is the main circuit board of the system unit?

Which of the following is the most common type of volatile memory?

Which of the following is true of synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) chips?

Which of the following processors is a single chip with two or more separate processor cores?

Which of the following refers to an environment of servers that house and provide access to resources users access via the Internet?

Which of the following rests below a laptop and protects the computer from overheating and also your lap from excessive heat?

Which of the following should you have if you plan to connect your computer or mobile device to a wired computer network?

With the cover off the system unit of a lab computer, your instructor pointed out a type of nonvolatile memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten. What did your instructor call this memory?

You are going to purchase a mass-produced computer from your local computer store. Which of the following is likely a component you can customize?

You want to add a new external hard disk to your computer, but you are unable to connect because you have run out of USB ports. Which of the following can you use instead?

You want to allow sound to be input through a microphone and output through external speakers on your computer. What must you have in order to do this?

Your business is looking to rely on cloud computing services to create applications using web-based development platforms. What is the term for this?

Your business is looking to rely on cloud computing services to make data available to its developers to incorporate in applications. What is the term for this?

Your business is looking to rely on cloud computing services to manage your company's hardware, for example. What is the term for this?

Your business is looking to rely on cloud computing services to provide system backup and the archiving of earlier versions of files, for example. What is the term for this?

Your business is looking to rely on cloud computing services to specify the applications, security settings, and computing resources available to employees on their computer desktops. What is the term for this?