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1. ROM chips called _________, contains permanently written data, instructions or information.

A. Transistors

B. Firmware

C. Registers

D. Memory cache

2. A processor contains small, high-speed storage locations, called _________.

A. Heat sinks

B. jacks

C. registers

D. Flash drives

3. ___________ is an internal chip where data is temporarily stored when running applications.

A. CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)

B. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)

C. Read Only Memory (ROM)

D. Random Access Memory (RAM)

4. _________ connect processor to main memory and is part of motherboard.

A. School bus

B. Expansion bus

C. Backside bus

D. Front side bus

5. The processor is also called the _____________.

A. Motherboard

B. Central Processor Unit (CPU)

C. Adapter card

D. Chip

6. The __________ is the component of a processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer.

A. Control Unit (CU)

B. Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

C. Register

D. Machine cycle

7. A(n) _________ is part of the motherboard and connects the processor to peripherals.

A. School bus

B. Expansion bus

C. Backside bus

D. Front side bus

8. The following are cooling effects required to prevent processor chip from malfunction except _________.

A. Heat sinks

B. Liquid cooling technology

C. Cooling mats

D. Battery

9. Memory consists of electronic components that store ____________.

A. Operating System (OS)

B. applications

C. data

D. All of the above

10. ___________technology provides high speeds and consumes little power.

A. CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)

B. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)

C. Read Only Memory (ROM)

D. Random Access Memory (RAM)

11. __________ is the time it takes the processor to read data, instructions and information from memory.

A. Access time

B. Clock time

C. Speed time

D. System

The Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) is the component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer.

True

False

A computer chip is a small piece of semi-conducing material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched.

True

False

Read-Only Memory (ROM) refers to memory chips storing temporary data and instructions.

True

False

A backside bus is part of the motherboard and connects the processor to peripherals.

True

False

Clock speed is the amount of time it takes the processor to read data, instructions and information from memory.

True

False

Memory consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processing the data.

True

False

Access time is time the processor to read data, instructions and information from memory is measured in nanoseconds.

True

False

A multi-core processor is a single chip with two or more separate processor cores.

True

False

For every instruction, a processor repeats a set of four basic operations, which comprise a machine cycle.

True

False

Memory cache slows the processes of the computer because it stores frequently used instructions and data.

True

False

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology provides high speeds and consumes little power.

True

False

Flash memory is a volatile memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten.

True

False

The system clock controls the timing of all computer operations, measured by the number of ticks per second.

True

False

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