Deck 7: Processing

Question 1

Integrated circuits are also known as _____.

A) monochips
B) macrochips
C) minichips
D) microchips

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A gaming system takes advantage of _____ processors to power up its speed and performance.

A) central
B) multicore
C) cycle
D) multitasking

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The speed of the _____ influences how fast the processor can process data.

A) critical transistor
B) storage device
C) software
D) internal clock

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In a trend called BYOD (for "bring your own data"),workers are increasingly bringing portable hard drives to work.

Question 5

Moore's Law states that the number of transistors on a chip will double about every _____ months.

A) 10
B) 12
C) 36
D) 24

Question 6

A motherboard can be found in almost all digital electronics devices.

Question 7

An integrated circuit is a chip that can contain millions of transistors.

Question 8

Software instructions are processed in the machine cycle of the processor.

Question 9

____________ systems utilize hundreds or thousands of CPUs working together.

A) Serial processing
B) Massive parallel processing
C) Multitasking operating
D) DASD

Question 10

The CPU is a group of circuits that perform processing in a computer.

Question 11

A CPU component known as the _____ carries out the instructions used for mathematical and logical operations.

A) control unit
B) ALU
C) register
D) system clock

Question 12

The speed of the bus can impact the overall performance of a CPU.

Question 13

Processing is basically turning information into data.

Question 14

Transistors today are so small that over two billion can be stored on a surface the size of your thumbnail.

Question 15

The machine cycle and the system clock work together when processing instructions.

Question 16

A transistor is an electronic component that opens or closes a circuit.

Question 17

Optical computing and quantum computing are two new promising types of mobile processing technology.

Question 18

A quad-core processor combines four CPUs on one chip to share the workload and speed up processing.

Question 19

Using Moore's Law,we can gauge how fast ____________ might be in the coming years.

A) Internet access
B) processors
C) magnetic disk storage
D) telecommunications

Question 20

The _____ is housed in the CPU and temporarily stores frequently used data.

A) FPU
B) ALU
C) cache
D) system clock

Question 21

All of the following sequences are stages of the machine cycle EXCEPT _________.

A) fetch
B) decode
C) sort
D) store

Question 22

The _____ is the key active component in practically all modern electronics.

A) port
B) adapter
C) transistor
D) amplifier

Question 23

The _____ plays an important role in transforming data into useful information.

A) clock speed
B) LPC bus
C) hard drive
D) processor

Question 24

Employees have been the driving force in making _____ the most popular hardware brand today.

A) Microsoft
B) Apple
C) Dell
D) Unix

Question 25

The size and shape of the _____ influences what a system component may look like.

A) bus
B) motherboard
C) microprocessor
D) transistor

Question 26

Transistors control the flow of _____ by switching electrical pulses on and off.

A) atoms
B) neutrons
C) protons
D) electrons

Question 27

An integrated circuit may hold thousands,millions,or even billions of _____.

A) buses
B) transistors
C) chips
D) instructions

Question 28

The specifications of a computer usually include the speed of the _____ bus.

A) front side
B) PCI
C) LPC
D) back side

Question 29

All of the following are common kinds of multicore processors EXCEPT _____.

A) dual-core
B) triple-core
C) quad-core
D) mega-core