Exam 4: The Components of the Unit System

What are the three basic types of RAM? Describe each type in detail.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Computer memory and computer storage are available in varying sizes. Which of the following is the largest amount of memory or storage?

A(n) ____________________ joins a cable to a port.

Compare personal computer processors. Distinguish between Intel and Intel-compatible processors.

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

A DC adapter converts the DC power from the wall outlet into the AC power that the peripheral requires.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT When a person types the letter T on a computer keyboard, what component of the computer converts the input from the keyboard into a digital representation of the letter and stores it in computer memory for processing?

Manufacturers and other retailers usually list a computer's memory in terms of its access time.

Which of the following drives, like that in the accompanying figure, fits into a port that is itself an interface that can connect up to 127 different peripherals together with a single connector?

Which of the following is a case that contains electronic components of the computer used to process data?

On which of the following are electronic components and most storage devices part of the system unit and do other devices, such as the keyboard, mouse, and monitor, normally occupy space outside the system unit?

With which of the following does the processor begin fetching a second instruction before it completes the machine cycle for the first instruction?

Explain what cache is used for, making sure to cover each of the types of cache.

The amount of RAM necessary in a computer is unrelated to the type of software used.

In the machine cycle, decoding is the process of obtaining a program instruction or data item from memory.

The ____________________ system is a number system that has just two unique digits, 0 and 1, called bits.

Explain what the motherboard is, and use the following terms in your answer: chip, integrated circuit, and transistor

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which component allows processors to perform at faster rates than those processors that do not have this component?

Some RAM chips, flash memory chips, and other types of memory chips use ______________________________ technology because it provides high speeds and consumes little power.

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)?