CHAPTER 6

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Moore’s

Question 2

One measurement of the speed of a CPU is the ____.

Answer 2

clock speed

Question 3

Volatile memory

Answer 3

content is erased when the device is shut off

Question 4

What type of storage drive uses electronic memory and has no mechanical motors or moving parts?

Answer 4

Solid State Drive

Question 5

Which type of drive stores your data as tiny “pits”?

Answer 5

Optical Drive

Question 6

The largest e-waste recycling company in the country has its US headquarters in ______.

Answer 6

Fresno

Question 7

In Windows, you can monitor CPU utilization in Task Manager.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

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

Answer 8

clear our temporary Internet

Question 9

________ is a technique that allows the CPU to work on more than one instruction at the same time.

Answer 9

Pipelining

Question 10

CPU ________ are measurements used to compare performance between processors.

Answer 10

benchmarks

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Overclocking

Question 12

Which of the following are the two major parts of the CPU?

Answer 12

The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit

Question 13

When a large group of computers are networked to work together on a task, it is known as ________ processing.

Answer 13

parallel

Question 14

What is the fastest, most expensive memory in your computer?

Answer 14

L1 cache

Question 15

Moore’s Law refers to the

Answer 15

pace at which CPUs improve.

Question 16

When the binary code is retrieved from RAM and moved to the CPU, this stage is known as

Answer 16

fetch

Question 17

RAM is

Answer 17

both volatile and nonvolatile memory

Question 18

A good way to assess your CPU usage is to

Answer 18

check the Performance tab of the Task Manager.

Question 19

is a set of strategies for using more than one drive in a system.

Answer 19

RAID

Question 20

A special processing chip found on video cards is the

Answer 20

GPU(Graphic Processing Unit)

Question 21

If you want to use your computer for recording your band, you would benefit most from a(n)

Answer 21

MIDI interface

Question 22

Before donating your Windows computer, you should perform a Windows

Answer 22

Reset this PC

Question 23

Data can be retrieved fastest from

Answer 23

registers

Question 24

Windows creates “restore points” so that you can

Answer 24

return your system to the way it was before you installed new software.