ITE 119 Qz 3 Module 3 Flashcards
In a trend called BYOD (for “bring your own data”), workers are increasingly bringing portable hard drives to work.
True
False
False
The CPU is a group of circuits that perform processing in a computer.
True
False
True
Software instructions are processed in the machine cycle of the processor.
True
False
True
A motherboard can be found in almost all digital electronics devices.
True
False
True
The machine cycle and the system clock work together when processing instructions.
True
False
True
Optical computing and quantum computing are two new promising types of mobile processing technology.
True
False
False
The goal of processing is to transform useful information into bits of data.
True
False
False
The history of the electronic computer can be traced back to the invention of the integrated circuit in 1940.
True
False
False
A CPU component known as the _____ carries out the instructions used for mathematical and logical operations.
control unit
ALU
register
system clock
ALU
The _____ is housed in the CPU and temporarily stores frequently used data.
FPU
ALU
cache
system clock
cache
The speed of the _____ influences how fast the processor can process data.
critical transistor
storage device
software
internal clock
internal clock
Using Moore’s Law, we can gauge how fast ____________ might be in the coming years.
Internet access
processors
magnetic disk storage
telecommunications
processors
Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors on a chip will double about every _____ months.
10
12
36
24
24
The _____ plays an important role in transforming data into useful information.
clock speed
LPC bus
hard drive
processor
processor
The size and shape of the _____ influences what a system component may look like.
bus
motherboard
microprocessor
transistor
motherboard
Employees who want to bring their own personal devices to work have been the driving force in making _____ the most popular hardware brand today.
Microsoft
Apple
Dell
Unix
Apple
All of the following sequences are stages of the machine cycle EXCEPT _________.
fetch
decode
sort
store
sort
One of the earliest uses of an electronic digital computer involved ________.
University research
Weather forecasting
Statistical analysis of aircraft wing flutter
Calculating missile trajectory in WWII
Statistical analysis of aircraft wing flutter
In the late 1950s the ________ was introduced and enabled engineers to create complicated circuitry in a much smaller package.
transistor
vacuum tubes
electrical relay
microchip
microchip
In computing and digital technologies, storage refers to the ability to maintain data within the system temporarily or permanently.
True
False
True
The CPU works separately from RAM on unrelated tasks.
True
False
False
RAM can be inserted into slots on a motherboard to expand storage on some computers.
True
False
True
Magnetic storage is considered permanent storage.
True
False
True
A Blu-ray disc is an example of solid-state storage.
True
False
False
Read-only memory (ROM) provides temporary optical storage for data and instructions on discs.
True
False
False
The process of writing to an optical disc is sometimes called laser-etching.
True
False
False
Flash memory is an example of solid state storage.
True
False
True