Question 1

Which of the following does not affect the speed of the machine instruction cycle?

Accepted Answer

A) Clock speed 
B) Word length 
C) Bus width 
D) Line width 
E) Physical design of the chip 
A) Clock speed 
B) Word length 
C) Bus width 
D) Line width 
E) Physical design of the chip

Question 2

A _____ refers to the fastest computing engines available at any given time.

Accepted Answer

A) Supercomputer 
B) Mainframe 
C) Midrange computer 
D) Microcomputer 
E) Laptop computer 
A) Supercomputer 
B) Mainframe 
C) Midrange computer 
D) Microcomputer 
E) Laptop computer

Question 3

Registers are high-speed storage areas that store __________ amounts of data and instructions for ___________ periods of time.

Accepted Answer

A) very large, long 
B) very large, short 
C) very small, long 
D) very small, short 
A) very large, long 
B) very large, short 
C) very small, long 
D) very small, short

Question 4

Which of the following is not a component of hardware?

Accepted Answer

A) Primary and secondary storage 
B) The operating system 
C) Input and output technologies 
D) The central processing unit 
E) Communication technologies 
A) Primary and secondary storage 
B) The operating system 
C) Input and output technologies 
D) The central processing unit 
E) Communication technologies

Question 5

To access a specific piece of information, _____ are usually faster than _____.

Accepted Answer

A) Sequential access storage devices, direct access storage devices 
B) Direct access storage devices, sequential access storage devices 
C) Streaming tape devices, DVDs 
D) Optical storage devices, random access memory 
E) Sequential access storage devices, thumb drives 
A) Sequential access storage devices, direct access storage devices 
B) Direct access storage devices, sequential access storage devices 
C) Streaming tape devices, DVDs 
D) Optical storage devices, random access memory 
E) Sequential access storage devices, thumb drives

Question 6

Jun has been in business selling unique lamp bases and shades for two years in her first location.She is getting ready to open a second location two towns over.What kind of computer does she need at this point?

Accepted Answer

A) Mainframe computer 
B) Server 
C) Supercomputer 
D) Personal computer 
E) iPad 
A) Mainframe computer 
B) Server 
C) Supercomputer 
D) Personal computer 
E) iPad

Question 7

Minicomputers are relatively small, inexpensive computers that perform the same functions as mainframe computers, but to a limited extent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A(n)_________ is the cheapest storage medium.

Accepted Answer

A) hard drive 
B) magnetic tape 
C) magnetic disk 
D) optical storage device 
A) hard drive 
B) magnetic tape 
C) magnetic disk 
D) optical storage device

Question 9

Magnetic tape provides faster access to data than magnetic disks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The amount and type of memory that a computer possesses affects which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The type of program the computer can run 
B) The speed of the computer 
C) The cost of the computer 
D) The cost of processing data 
E) All of these 
A) The type of program the computer can run 
B) The speed of the computer 
C) The cost of the computer 
D) The cost of processing data 
E) All of these

Question 11

Which of the following arranges the hierarchy of memory capacity from largest to smallest?

Accepted Answer

A) ZB, EB, PB, TB, GB, MB, KB 
B) ZB, EB, PB, TB, MB, GM, KB 
C) ZB, EB, PB, TB, GB, KB, MB 
D) ZB, EB, PB, TB, MB, KB, MB 
A) ZB, EB, PB, TB, GB, MB, KB 
B) ZB, EB, PB, TB, MB, GM, KB 
C) ZB, EB, PB, TB, GB, KB, MB 
D) ZB, EB, PB, TB, MB, KB, MB

Question 12

Microcontrollers are computer chips that are embedded in products and technologies of various types and sizes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

_________ uses the unused digital portion of a regular copper telephone line.

Accepted Answer

A) Dial-up access 
B) Cable 
C) DSL 
D) Wireless 
A) Dial-up access 
B) Cable 
C) DSL 
D) Wireless

Question 14

Source data automation uses various technologies to input data with minimal human intervention.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Primary storage is the main memory of a computer, in which small amounts of data that will be used immediately are stored.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Multimedia technologies integrate text, sounds, still images, animation, and digitized motion video.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Sequential access is a type of data access that is associated primarily with magnetic disks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

_____ are electronic storage devices that contain no moving parts.

Accepted Answer

A) Hard drives 
B) Flash memory devices 
C) Streaming tape devices 
D) DVDs 
E) CDs 
A) Hard drives 
B) Flash memory devices 
C) Streaming tape devices 
D) DVDs 
E) CDs

Question 19

The type of primary storage where certain critical instructions are safeguarded because the storage is nonvolatile and the instructions can be read only by the computer and not changed by the user is called:

Accepted Answer

A) Read-only memory. 
B) Random access memory. 
C) Cache memory 
D) Registers 
E) Flash memory 
A) Read-only memory. 
B) Random access memory. 
C) Cache memory 
D) Registers 
E) Flash memory

Question 20

Primary storage stores which of the following for very brief periods of time?

Accepted Answer

A) Data to be processed by the CPU 
B) Instructions for the CPU as to how to process the data 
C) Operating system programs that manage various aspects of the computer's operations 
D) All of these 
A) Data to be processed by the CPU 
B) Instructions for the CPU as to how to process the data 
C) Operating system programs that manage various aspects of the computer's operations 
D) All of these

Which of the following does not affect the speed of the machine instruction cycle?

A _____ refers to the fastest computing engines available at any given time.

Registers are high-speed storage areas that store amounts of data and instructions for _ periods of time.

Which of the following is not a component of hardware?

To access a specific piece of information, _ are usually faster than _.

Jun has been in business selling unique lamp bases and shades for two years in her first location.She is getting ready to open a second location two towns over.What kind of computer does she need at this point?

Minicomputers are relatively small, inexpensive computers that perform the same functions as mainframe computers, but to a limited extent.

A(n)_________ is the cheapest storage medium.

Magnetic tape provides faster access to data than magnetic disks.

The amount and type of memory that a computer possesses affects which of the following?

Which of the following arranges the hierarchy of memory capacity from largest to smallest?

Microcontrollers are computer chips that are embedded in products and technologies of various types and sizes.

_________ uses the unused digital portion of a regular copper telephone line.

Source data automation uses various technologies to input data with minimal human intervention.

Primary storage is the main memory of a computer, in which small amounts of data that will be used immediately are stored.

Multimedia technologies integrate text, sounds, still images, animation, and digitized motion video.

Sequential access is a type of data access that is associated primarily with magnetic disks.

_____ are electronic storage devices that contain no moving parts.

The type of primary storage where certain critical instructions are safeguarded because the storage is nonvolatile and the instructions can be read only by the computer and not changed by the user is called:

Primary storage stores which of the following for very brief periods of time?

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Exam 14: Tech Guide 1: Hardware

Which of the following does not affect the speed of the machine instruction cycle?

A _____ refers to the fastest computing engines available at any given time.

Registers are high-speed storage areas that store __________ amounts of data and instructions for ___________ periods of time.

Which of the following is not a component of hardware?

To access a specific piece of information, _____ are usually faster than _____.

Jun has been in business selling unique lamp bases and shades for two years in her first location.She is getting ready to open a second location two towns over.What kind of computer does she need at this point?

Minicomputers are relatively small, inexpensive computers that perform the same functions as mainframe computers, but to a limited extent.

A(n)_________ is the cheapest storage medium.

Magnetic tape provides faster access to data than magnetic disks.

The amount and type of memory that a computer possesses affects which of the following?

Which of the following arranges the hierarchy of memory capacity from largest to smallest?

Microcontrollers are computer chips that are embedded in products and technologies of various types and sizes.

_________ uses the unused digital portion of a regular copper telephone line.

Source data automation uses various technologies to input data with minimal human intervention.

Primary storage is the main memory of a computer, in which small amounts of data that will be used immediately are stored.

Multimedia technologies integrate text, sounds, still images, animation, and digitized motion video.

Sequential access is a type of data access that is associated primarily with magnetic disks.

_____ are electronic storage devices that contain no moving parts.

The type of primary storage where certain critical instructions are safeguarded because the storage is nonvolatile and the instructions can be read only by the computer and not changed by the user is called:

Primary storage stores which of the following for very brief periods of time?

Introduction to Information Systems

Organizational Strategy, Competitive Advantage, and Information Systems

Data and Knowledge Management

Networks

E-Business and E-Commerce

Wireless, Mobile Computing, and Mobile Commerce

Web 2.0 and Social Networks

Information Systems Within the Organization

Customer Relationship Management and Supply Chain Management

Business Intelligence

Acquiring Information Systems and Applications

Ethics and Privacy

Information Security

Tech Guide 2: Software

Tech Guide 3: Emerging types of enterprise computing

Tech Guide 4: Intelligent Systems

Tech Guide 5: Protecting your information assets

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Registers are high-speed storage areas that store amounts of data and instructions for _ periods of time.

To access a specific piece of information, _ are usually faster than _.