cgs2060-chap6

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

Micro USB

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

Cloud computing

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

Flash memory

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

System Unit

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

Power supply

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

Microprocessor

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

Intel-compatible

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)

Memory

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

System clock

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

L2 cache

Which of the following modules is a removable flash memory device that adds memory, communications, multimedia, security, and storage capabilities to computers

ExpressCard

Which of the following is a register function

Storing the location where an instruction was fetched

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

Integrated

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

Slate

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

Clock speed

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

DIMM

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

Mashup

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

They transfer data twice for each clock cycle

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

Saving

How many fans are typically in a desktop case

At least three

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

Plug and Play

In the accompanying figure, what on the motherboard holds the memory modules

Memory slots

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

Computer chip

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

ALU

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

One billion

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

Expansion card

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

Bus width

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

Instructions

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

CPU

Which of the following adapter cards connects to musical instruments

MIDI

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

Stored program

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

Multi-core

As shown in the accompanying figure, 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

Adapter

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

Control Unit

Which of the following is a cache separate from the processor chip on the item shown in the accompanying figure

L3 cache

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

System board

On which of the following does battery life depend

Usage

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

Firmware

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

Convertible

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

Ethernet port

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

Transistor

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

RAM

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

They are synchronized to the system clock

Which of the following is another term for the system unit

Chassis

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

Graphics

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

Buses

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

Expansion bus

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

Memory