FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CIS CHAPTER 4 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CIS CHAPTER 4 EXAM

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-Guarantee passing score -105 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Improves computer processing times:

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cache Question 2: The machine cycle of translating the instruction into signals the computer can

execute:

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decoding Question 3: Word used to identify audio and video ports:

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jack Question 4: Memory chips storing permanent data and instructions, cannot be modified,

nonvolatile:

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Read-only memory (ROM)

Question 5: ROM chips that contain permanently written data, instructions, or information:

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firmware Question 6: Technology used in some RAM chips, flash memory and other memory chips, that provide high speeds and consume little power by using battery power to retain information even

when the power to a computer is off:

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compelementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) Question 7: Built directly in the processor chip, has very small capacity:

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L1 cache Question 8: Runs at a slower clock speed than a single processor, but increases overall

performance:

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multi-core processor Question 9: Part of the computer that contains the circuitry necessary to execute instructions:

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processor core Question 10: A circuit board that enhances functons of a component of the system unit and

provides connections to peripherals:

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adapter card, expansion card Question 11: Three types of memory modules (page 225):

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SIMMs, DIMMs, RIMMs Question 12: A rectangular opening that typically holds disk drives:

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drive bay

Question 13: When the processor begins fetching a second instruction before it completes the

machine cycle for the first instruction without having to wait:

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pipelining Question 14: A device that plugs in a USB port on the system unit and contains multiple USB

port:

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USB hub Question 15: A chip that contains two separate processor cores:

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dual-core processor Question 16: Devices that connect to a USB port:

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mouse, printer, digital camera, scanner, speakers, portable media player, optical disk drive, smart phone, PDA, game console, removable hard disk.Question 17: Nonvolatile memory:

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ROM, flash memory, CMOS Question 18: An opening inside the system unit in which you can install additional equipment:

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bay Question 19: Bay opening from outside the system unit:

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external bay Question 20: Electronic components of a system unit:

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processor, memory, adapter cards, drive bays, power supply

Question 21: Two states of on and off:

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digital

Question 22: Connects the processor to cache

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backside bus Question 23: Enhances the sound generating capabilities of a computer:

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sound card Question 24: Converts computer output into video signal that travels through a cable to the

monitor, which displays an image on the screen:

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video card, graphic card Question 25: Memory size equal to one trillion bytes:

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terabyte (TB) Question 26: A variation of a PROM chip which allows a programmer to erase the microcode

with an electric signal, flash drive:

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electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) Question 27: Computer processors clock speed range:

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gigahertz (GHz) Question 28: External power supply:

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AC adapter