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Floyd The Science of Electronics: Digital 1e

Chapter 11

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1. Dr. von Neumann is known as the father of the modern computer.

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Hint: Refer to Section 11-1 of the text.
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2. The data bus is a one-directional bus.

Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 11-2 of the text.
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3. Dr. John V. Atanasoff with the help of Clifford E. Berry constructed the first computer
that used electronics to perform switching.

Answer: True
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4. Tristate buffers have three different legal logic level outputs.

Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 11-4 of the text.
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5. The CPU is the "brain" of the computer.


Answer: True
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6. In a read operation the line is LOW.

Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 11-4 of the text.
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7. ROM stores temporary binary data and programs.

Answer: False
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8. The burst feature of an SRAM means that read and write operations can occur
simultaneously.

Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 11-4 of the text.
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9. The most common way to connect to the Internet is through servers called hosts.

Answer: True
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10. Cache memory is faster than main memory.


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