Chapter 2

True or false
1. For a computer to add two numbers, the
numbers first must be converted to Unicode.
2. A simple on/off switch can store exactly two
bits of information.
3. The data processed by digital computers is
made up of discrete units, or digits.
4. The contents of RAM cannot be changed.
5. If a processor is backward compatible with
another, old processor, it can run older
programs written for that processor.
6. A gigabyte (GB) is ten times as big as a
megabyte (MB).

7. The information stored in RAM is nothing

more than a pattern of electrical current
flowing through microscopic circuits in
silicon chips.
8. Benchmark tests are used to determine CPU
clock speed, which is the most accurate
measure of a CPU's performance.
9. Slots and port make it possible for the CPU
to communicate with the outside world
through peripherals.
10. The access time for most memory is faster
than the access time for a typical hard disk.

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Multiple Choice
1. Why will Software written for Core2 Duo
CPU generally run on Core i7 CPU?
a. Microsoft uses special encoding
techniques when they build Core CPUs.
b. The Core 2 Duo has special compatibility
registers in RAM.
c. The Core i7 is designed to be backward
compatible with earlier Core chips.
d. Every CPU is, by definition, compatible
with the Core processor.

e. It doesn't; software written for one

processor won't run on another CPU.

2. Express cards are

a. cards that are designed to be inserted into
expansion slots on desktop PCs.
b. high-speed cards that are designed to
work with multicore CPUs.
c. compact cards that are designed to work
with portable computers.
d. cards that are necessary for parallel
processing to work.
e. None of the above

3. One terabyte equals approximately

4. How many values can be represented by a

single byte?
a. 2
b. 8
c. 16
d. 64
e. 256

5. Transformation of input into output is

performed by
a. peripherals.
b. memory.
c. storage.
d. the CPU.
e. the ALU.

6. A coding scheme that supports 100,000

unique characters has the name
a. parallel processing.
b. binary.
c. Unicode.
d. ASCII.
e. HTML

7. What does the speed of processor depend

on?

a. 1,000 bits.

a. The architecture of the processor

b. 1,000 bytes.

b. The clock speed of the processor

c. 1,000 megabytes.

c. The word size of the processor

d. 1,000 gigabytes.

d. The number of cores in the processor

e. 1,000 terabits

e. All of the above

e. The CD-ROM

8. Why are program instructions represented in

binary nation within the computer?

12. Information travels between components

on the motherboard through

a. Binary notation is more compact than

other representations.

a. flash memory.

b. Computer memory is made out of binary

b. CMOS.

digits (bits).

c. bays.

c. There are only two different directions for

d. buses.

electricity to move along a wire.

e. peripherals.

d. Computer programmers prefer to think in

13. Which of these is the best indicator of realworld performance of a computer?

binary.

a. Benchmark tests published in computer

e. A CPU can execute no more than two

magazines

instructions at one time.

b. The CPU's clock speed

9. A computer's internal bus can be connected

to an external bus through a

c. The number of cores in the CPU

a. depot.

d. The amount of memory

b. CPU.

e. The bus speed

c. port.

14. A collection of bits in the computer's

memory might be treated as

d. flash.

a. binary numbers that can be added and

e. megabit.
10.

subtracted.

When you first turn on a computer, the CPU

is preset to execute instructions stored in

b. ASCII codes representing letters and other

characters.

a. RAM.

c. program instructions that tell the

b. ROM.

computer what to do.

c. flash memory.
d. the CD-ROM.

d. Any of the above

e. the ALU.

e. None of the above

15. Storage devices can be connected to the

CPU and memory via

11. When you are working on an unsaved

document on a PC, where is the document
temporarily stored?

a. expansion slots.

a. RAM

b. ports.

b. ROM

c. bays.

c. The CPU

d. All of the above

d. The Internet

e. None of the above

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Answers
True or false
1.
2.
false
false
Multiple Choice
1.
2.
c
c

3.
true
3.
d

4.
e

4.
false
5.
d

5.
true
6.
c

7.
e

6.
false
8.
b

9.
c

7.
True
10.
b

8.
false
11.
a

12.
d

9.
true
13.
a

14.
d

10.
true
15.
d