Deck 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System

Question 1

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The control unit is one component of the ________.

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following does not influence a CPU's processing power?

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

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

RAM is an example of ________ storage.

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

Question 7

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 8

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

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

Question 9

The amount of RAM storage on modern computing devices is usually measured in ________.

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

Question 10

Cache memory levels are based on proximity to ________.

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

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

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 13

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

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

Question 14

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 them 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.

Question 15

Some of the cache memory of a CPU is ________.

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

Question 16

Which of the following storage devices has the largest potential capacity?

A) Compact disc
B) SD card
C) Bluray disc
D) Mechanical hard drive

Question 17

________ 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 18

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 19

Which is the lightest of the following types of computers?

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

Question 20

Which of the following is not a permanent storage option?

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

Question 21

________ is an electronics standard that allows different kinds of electronic instruments to communicate with each other and with computers.

A) MIDI
B) SOUNDID
C) MUSICID
D) SMID

Question 22

CPU ________ are measurements used to compare performance between processors.

A) stats
B) scores
C) benchmarks
D) records

Question 23

The Windows ________ utility returns your computer to the state it was in when it came from the factory.

A) Backup
B) Erase
C) Reset
D) Refresh

Question 24

Which statement pertaining to system reliability is not true?

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) Removing unnecessary programs from your Startup folder can improve system reliability.
D) When you defrag your hard drive, it works more efficiently.

Question 25

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

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

Question 26

According to the book, if your CPU usage levels are greater than ________ during most of your work session, a faster CPU can greatly increase your computer's performance.

A) 60%
B) 70%
C) 80%
D) 90%

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

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

Question 29

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 30

The collection of commands that a specific CPU can execute is called the ________ for that system.

A) instruction language
B) machine code
C) machine cycle
D) instruction set

Question 31

High-performance video graphics cards often use ________ memory.

A) GDDR3
B) GDDR4
C) GDDR5
D) GDDR6

Question 32

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 33

In Windows, you can monitor CPU utilization in Task Manager.

Question 34

When your hard drive has to wait for the correct sector to spin to the read/write head, the delay is known as ________.

A) read time
B) access time
C) seek time
D) latency

Question 35

What is the fastest, most expensive memory in your computer?

A) registers
B) L1 cache
C) RAM
D) Graphics memory

Question 36

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

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

Question 37

________ is a technique that allows the CPU to work on more than one instruction at the same time.

A) Hyperthreading
B) Pipelining
C) Parallel processing
D) Overclocking

Question 38

Running the Disk Cleanup utility is a quick way to ________.

A) defrag your hard drive
B) remove spyware programs
C) clear out temporary Internet files
D) uninstall unwanted apps

Question 39

Which of the following is not true about 3D sound cards?

A) They produce a fuller, richer sound than stereo sound.
B) They provide surround sound.
C) They are better at convincing the hearer that sound is omnidirectional.
D) Most computers now include one.

Question 40

When a large group of computers are networked to work together on a task, it is known as ________ processing.

A) pipelining
B) group
C) networked
D) parallel

Question 41

Pipelining increases your CPU's performance.

Question 42

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

Question 43

The system clock controls when the CPU moves to the next stage of processing.

Question 44

Checking the CPU usage figure will help you know how hard your processor is working.

Question 45

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

Question 46

3D sound is different from surround-sound.

Question 47

SSD drives can make a huge difference in the amount of time it takes your computer to boot up.

Question 48

Registers are areas of memory that are located close to the CPU.

Question 49

The collection of commands that a specific CPU can execute is called the instruction language for that system.

Question 50

Video cards are designed with their own RAM storage.

Question 51

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

Question 52

Cache memory is a form of ROM.

Question 53

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

Question 54

Dolby Digital 7.1 requires a total of eight speakers.

Question 55

Desktop computer systems are less reliable than laptop computers.

Question 56

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

Question 57

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

Question 58

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

Question 59

A CPU's benchmarks can help you decide between the various processors that are on the market.

Question 60

If you reformat the hard drive on a computer, it erases all personal information from your computer and makes it safe to donate.

Question 61

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

Question 62

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

Question 63

The CPU is located on the ________.

Question 64

SuperFetch is part of the Windows memory management system.

Question 65

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

Question 66

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

Question 67

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

Question 68

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

Question 69

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 main RAM.

Question 70

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

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

Question 73

The ________ has the largest potential capacity of any storage device.

Question 74

________ drives are much faster than mechanical hard drives.

Question 75

During a typical system evaluation, each of your computer's subsystems are evaluated under normal workday situations.

Question 76

________ 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 77

RAM memory is a type of nonvolatile storage that holds the critical startup instructions.

Question 78

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

Question 79

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

Question 80

The hard drive's seek time is the time it takes a storage device to locate its stored data and make it available for processing,