ITE Chapter 6 Quiz

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

True

The amount of RAM storage is measured in ________.

Gigabytes

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

Refresh

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

False

Dolby Digital 7.1 requires a total of eight speakers.

True

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

True

RAM prices tend to be very stable.

False

The control unit is one component of the ________.

CPU

Which of the following is NOT a permanent storage option?

RAM

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

SuperFetch

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

USB

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

False

Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________.

make the hard drive work more efficiently

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

Intel

Desktop computer systems are less reliable than laptop computers.

False

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

Overclocking

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

True

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

Clear out unnecessary files

Cache memory levels are based on proximity to ________.

The processor

A ________ uses electronic memory and has no motors or moving parts.

Solid-state drive

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

Sound card

Which of the following activities is carried out by the ALU?

Performs arithmetic calculations

Video cards are designed with their own RAM storage.

True

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

False

Windows has tools to monitor CPU utilization in Task Manager.

True

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

Milliseconds

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

False

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

Encode

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

GPU

Cache memory is a form of ROM.

False

________ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set is finished.

Hyperthreading

Optical discs store data using tiny pits and grooves burned by a laser.

True

Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?

An accumulation of temporary Internet files has no effect on your computer’s overall performance.

Which of the following is the lightest computer?

Smartphone

How do optical discs store data?

A laser burns tiny pits onto a disc.

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

False

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

False

Select the best way to determine your RAM allocation.

List all programs you would run simultaneously and the amount of RAM each needs and add together

The CPU consists of which two parts?

The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit

3D sound is different from surround-sound.

True

The rule of thumb that predicts that the number of transistors on a CPU will double every two years is called ________ Law.

Moore’s

To securely erase data, the U.S. Department of Defense suggests that data be ________.

overwritten multiple times

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

Hard drives

Which of the following does NOT determine a CPU’s processing power?

Speed of the motherboard