CSCIU 5

Which of the following allows a computer to run two or more operations simultaneously? multiplexing coprocessors binary system multicore processors

T or F A bus is a pathway for bits representing data and instructions

The processing speed of a microprocessor is typically represented by its ____ control unit clock speed ALU bus line

In most personal computer systems, the CPU is contained on a single chip called the ___ semiconductor ALU microprocessor control unit

T or F firewire ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, and storage devices.

T or F USB ports are used to connect keyboards, mice, printers, storage devices, and a variety pf specialty devices

T or F Graphics cards connect the system board to secondary storage

T or F Parallel processing requires a computer to perform one complete task before beginning the next task

With these systems, input and output devices are located outside the system unit. Desktop systems Smartphones personal digital assistants laptop computers

T or F 64-bit-work computer can access 8 bytes at a time

Term used to describe the number of bits that a CPU can access at one time pulse width bitrate character word

T or F RAM is considered temporary, or volatile, storage

Which of the following offers a combination of the features of RAM and ROM DRAM DDR Cache memory Flash memory

Integrated circuits must be mounted on ___ which are then plugged into the system board ports slots pins chip carriers

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

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 ____ graphics coprocessing multiplexer processing parallel processing arithmetic-logic processing

Which of the following ports provides high-speed connections for external hard-disk drives, optical discs, and other large secondary storage devices MiniDP S/PDIF HDMI eSATA

T or F The control unit directs the movement of electronic signals between the memory and the ALU

A 32 bit word computer can access 2 bytes at a time 16 bytes at a time 4 bytes at a time 8 bytes at a time

Frequently-accessed information is held in ___ read only memory flash memory hard drive cache memory

T or F VGA and DVI ports provide connections to monitors

These specialty chips are designed to improve specific computing operations such as displaying 3D images and encrypting data smartcards coprocessors NIC cards CPUs

Pathways that support communication among the various electronic components on the system board are called ___ network lines logic paths gate ways bus lines

T or F 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

T or F Virtual memory is stored on a RAM chip

The system board is also known as the ____ motherboard expansion slot expansion card bus

Laptops and tablets use ___ that are typically located outside the system unit. MiniDc power supply unit AC adapters batteries

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

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 speciality devices? SATA Firewire bus parallel port USB port

A type of speciality processor devoted exclusively to protecting your privacy cryptoprocessor micro cards data cards embedded cards

Most personal computers allow users to expand their systems by providing these on the system board ports network cards sound cards expansion slots

This character encoding scheme allows non-english characters and special characters to be represented unicode EBCDIC ASCII ANSIC

T or F The ALU tells the rest of the computer system how to carry out a program's instructions

When you reboot your system, the computer follows start-up instructions stored in this type of memory SDRAM flash cache DRAM

T or F eSATA ports provide high-speed connections for external hard-disk drives, optical discs, and other large secondary storage devices

T or F MiniDP ports are an audiovisual port typically used to connect large monitors

On the motherboard, the connection points for chips are referred to as ___ slots ports lines sockets

Which of the following is not a character encoding standard? CISC Unicode EBCDIC ASCII

All of the following are commonly used units of measurement to describe memory capacity, except ____ megabyte gigabyte nanobyte terabyte

Which of the following is a function of the control unit -it provides pathways that support communications among the various electronic component -it directs the movement of electronic signals between memory and the arithmetic-logic unit -it performs fundamental math operations like addition, subtraction, and so on -It uses the logic to compare two pieces of data

T or F ASCII supports languages such as Chinese and Japanese

With this type of memory, large programs are divided into parts and the parts are stored on a secondary device, usually a hard disk. flash virtual extended cache

This type of computer is a thin slab that is almost all monitor with the system unit located behind the monitor tablet laptop smartphone desktop

Tiny circuit boards etched onto squares of sandlike material, called silicon, are called ____. buses slots sockets chips

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

A byte is formed by a group of___ 16 bits 8 bits 12 bits 4 bits

Which of the following ports is used for connecting musical instruments to a sound card? eSATA S/PDIF MIDI MiniDP

These types of ports typically provide high-speed connections to specialized devices such as camcorders and storage devices. AGP Serial FireWire Parallel

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