Question 1

In the binary system, the digit 1 represents the electronic state of off (absence of an electronic charge).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

You have just purchased a new tablet and your last one was plagued with a poorly functioning battery. For this reason, with your new one, you have decided to become fully conversant in best practices with regard to battery life, so you can get the most out of this new one.
Which of the following should you disable unless you are using it in order to conserve battery life?

Accepted Answer

A)  eSATA 
B)  BRAM 
C)  MIDI 
D)  Wi-Fi

Question 3

When you examine a computer chip under a microscope, what will you see?

Accepted Answer

A)  silicon molecules 
B)  circuit boards 
C)  integrated circuits 
D)  quad cores

Question 4

When your friend turns off her computer, what kind of memory loses its contents?

Accepted Answer

A)  partial 
B)  static L1 ROM 
C)  digital fixed memory when installed on memory modules 
D)  volatile

Question 5

The electronic components and circuitry of the system unit, such as the processor and memory, usually are part of or are connected to a circuit board called the fatherboard.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal rate 
B)  system rate 
C)  processor speed 
D)  clock speed

Question 8

The data bus transfers information about where the data should reside in memory, and the address bus transfers actual data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What method do chip manufacturers use to identify their chips?

Accepted Answer

A)  clock speed 
B)  vPro technology 
C)  multi-core identification compatibility schematic 
D)  model name or number

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  computer plug 
B)  computer port 
C)  computer chip 
D)  computer roster

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  L1 cache 
B)  L2 cache 
C)  L3 cache 
D)  L4 cache

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  parallel 
B)  compressed 
C)  multi-core 
D)  binary

Question 13

A dual-core processor doubles the processing speed of a single-core processor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Inserting dirty media can damage a computer or mobile device's internal components.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following describe computer memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  electronic components that store, among other things, instructions waiting to be executed by the processor 
B)  chips stored on the computer processor board that interact with both the system unit and the processor in order to extract the data required for processing 
C)  a series of digital devices embedded within computers that interprets commands from computer users and remembers them for future reference in order to increase the processing power of a computer 
D)  manufactured devices that store a single digital address at a time in order to facilitate an orderly transfer of data within a computer

Question 16

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  SIMM 
B)  RIMM 
C)  DIMM 
D)  CIMM

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  FireWire 
B)  micro USB 
C)  MIDI 
D)  serial

Question 18

What are the roles of the control unit and the ALU?

Accepted Answer

A)  The control unit directs the operations of the ALU. 
B)  The ALU directs the operations of the control unit. 
C)  The ALU acts as a traffic cop and the control unit coordinates most operations in the computer. 
D)  The ALU carries out different operations based on comparing items and the control unit ensures the results of the comparisons are accurately interpreted.

Question 19

L2 cache is slightly faster than L1 cache but has a much smaller capacity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Dynamic RAM (DRAM) chips are faster and more reliable than any version of SDRAM chips.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Computing Components

In the binary system, the digit 1 represents the electronic state of off (absence of an electronic charge).

When you examine a computer chip under a microscope, what will you see?

When your friend turns off her computer, what kind of memory loses its contents?

The electronic components and circuitry of the system unit, such as the processor and memory, usually are part of or are connected to a circuit board called the fatherboard.

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

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

The data bus transfers information about where the data should reside in memory, and the address bus transfers actual data.

What method do chip manufacturers use to identify their chips?

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

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

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

A dual-core processor doubles the processing speed of a single-core processor.

Inserting dirty media can damage a computer or mobile device's internal components.

Which of the following describe computer memory?

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?

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

What are the roles of the control unit and the ALU?

L2 cache is slightly faster than L1 cache but has a much smaller capacity.

Dynamic RAM (DRAM) chips are faster and more reliable than any version of SDRAM chips.