Computer Fundamentals Flashcards
An abbreviation for binary digit is
bit
A byte is composed of how many bits?
8 adjacent binary digits (bits)
1 KB is how many bytes?
1000 bytes
The largest binary number that can obtained with 16 bits in its decimal equivalent is
65535
The number of bytes in 48k memory is
ASCII means?
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
What is the most widely used 7-bit alphanumeric code? (letter only)
ASCII
What is a computer programming language in which groups of 1s and 0s are used to represent instructions and the only language a computer actually understood?
Machine language
An area of memory that holds the ASCII characters that are being displayed on a monitor is called ___
screen image
Processors with more than two registers for arithmetic and logical operations are classified as:
general register processors
What input device translates motions of a ball rolled on a flat surface to the monitor screen? (Apr 2018)
Mouse
What is the system program used to translate directly an assembly language to machine language called?
Assembler
What is an operand address?
The address of the data to be operated as the CPU executes the
instruction called for by the 2p code.
What is the standard method for coding data on 80-column, 12-row card?
Hollerith code
A software program designed to enter a computer system, usually a network, through security “holes’ and then replicate itself.
Worm
What refers to the computer’s use of hard disk storage to simulate RAM?
virtual memory
What is a set of instructions that resides an a storage device, such as a hard drive, and can be loaded into memory and executed called?
Stored program
Which of the following devices is NOT serially interfaced to a PC?
Printer
____ is a software that allows users to have fast and flexible access to information in large documents, constructing associations among data items needed.
Hypertext
Which memory holds the most recently read and frequently read data in
memory, making subsequent retrieval of that data much faster than reading from a tape or disk drive or even from the main memory?
Cache memory
A large application or program is divided into modules of equal size
called
pages
What 5-bit code that has long been used in Telex and teletypewriter communications?
Baudot Code
What is the term for a deadlock situation that occurs when a program references a different page for almost every instruction, and there is not even enough real memory to hold most of the virtual memory?
Thrashing
What is a single word memory location used to temporarily hold data during program execution?
Register
What refers to the debugging method in which the program is executed one instruction at a time and the register contents can be examined after each step?
Trace
In a computer system, _______ is a hardware unit where the control keys are located
Console
All are the parts of the computer hardware organization except one. Which one?
assembler
The data manipulated by a program is called ____ depending on its nature and extent
all of the choices (database, file, input)
Which one represents machine instructions by mnemonic names and allows memory addresses and other constants to be represented by Symbols rather than bit strings?
Assembly language
Which of the following is an instruction that causes data to be brought from memory into an accumulator register?
LOAD
What term is used to describe storing of data into a memory?
Writing
What register holds the data being written into or read out of the addressed memory location?
Memory data Register
What does “CMOS” means?
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
___ a system software that translate a program written in a computer language by a computer programmer (such as BASIC) into the language (machine language) that the computer understand.
Language translator
What do you call a translated program in machine language?
An object program
A program designed to attached itself to a file, reproduce, and spread from one file to another, destroying data, displaying an irritating: message, or otherwise disrupting computer operations.
Computer virus
Which one is the portion of an instruction cycle where the instruction is
sent from memory to the instruction register?
FETCH
The decimal system is composed of how many numerals or symbols?
10
A special file that is used by the operating system to store the physical location of all the files on a storage medium, such as a hard disk or floppy disk is called ___
File allocation table
What is that part of a computer instruction that defines what type of Operation the computer is to execute on specified data?
Op code
A digital circuit is also known as:
logic circuit
What does “TTL” means?
Transistor Transistor Logic
Which computer port is commonly used in order to speed up the transfer of the computer data?
Parallel port
Which device puts data on the data bus during a write operation?
CPU
What is an instruction mnemonic?
A short abbreviation for the operation
What is the term used to describe the moving of software from another computer to your own computer?
Downloading
What abbreviation represents the op code of a computer instruction?
Mnemonic
Which of the following classes of mass memory devices use a laser beam to write and read onto a specified coated disk?
Optical disk memory
Which of the following is the busiest bus and the one that carries that actual data?
Data bus
HTTP:// is an identifier that appears at the beginning of most Web page.
What does HTTP stands for?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
A megabyte is exactly ____ bytes
1 018 576
The bus that communicates control and status information is the
Control bus
What do you call a program stored in ROM that loads and initializes the operating system on a computer?
Bootstrap program
What is the term for a computer or software that requests information from another computer or server
Client
A software that translates a program written in a high-level language into low-level instructions before the program is executed is called
Compiler
The term “bus” refers to:
the physical path along which the signal travels
What computer memory is used during the first cycles of data processing activity?
Cache memory
A parity bit is also called ___ is an extra bit attached to the end of a byte for purposes of checking for accuracy.
check bit
Which of the following belongs to a class of codes called the minimum change codes, in which only one bit in the code group changes when going from one step to the next?
Gray code
What is the difference between the high and low frequency spectrum?
Bandwidth
What does ‘DTML’ means?
Diode Transistor Micro Logic
A group of records are stored in a ___
file
Which of the following takes the complete decimal number and represents it in binary?
Straight binary code
All are basic operation in Boolean Algebra except:
Logical subtraction
What is the most common type of digital IC package?
DIP
What refers to the time with which a disk can find data being sought?
Access time
What type of database contains records in an organized, structured format?
Hierarchical database
In what slot does the CD drive will be connected to the mother board of
the computer?
IDE slot
______ two way parallel path connecting processors and memory containing addresses.
Address bus
What is the smallest changeable data unit?
Bit
The command line in basic programming is always started by which of the following?
Integer
An instruction that alters the normal course of a program by causing it to jump to another instruction is the ___
JUMP
An instruction that causes data in the accumulator to be moved to the memory or a peripheral register.
STORE
What refers to a specific register that always points to the address of the next instruction to be executed?
Program counter
What is the term for a high-speed memory used to store a small amount of data temporarily so that the data can be retrieved quickly?
Scratchpad memory
What program is executed on several different computers to compare their speed and performance?
Benchmark
A computer or software on the network that supplies the network with data and storage is called
server
Which of the following has a function of directing memory and I/O devices transfers?
Address bus
What is the language used in making an internet web page?
Hypertext Mark-up Language
What do you mean by the acronym “DCTL”?
Direct Coupled Transistor Logic
What register holds the current instruction during its execution?
Instruction register
A BCD code has how many bits per number?
4
A non impact printer that forms images with little dots and produces high quality images
Inkjet printer
A nibble is composed of how many bits?
4