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CS101 Test 2

Question 1 of 50

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What number system has two digits, 0 and 1.

Select one of the following:

  • Binary number System

  • hexadecimal number system

  • Circular number system

  • Unicode number systyem

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Question 2 of 50

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A is the smallest addressable unit in a computer

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Question 3 of 50

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Used on microcomputers and has seven but binary code

Select one of the following:

  • ASCII

  • Unicode

  • EBCDIC

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Question 4 of 50

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Used on IBM mainframes and has Eight but binary code

Select one of the following:

  • ASCII

  • EBCDIC

  • Unicode

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Question 5 of 50

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16 bit coding scheme, 65,000 symbols and characters, Implemented on Window

Select one of the following:

  • ASCII

  • ENCDIC

  • Unicode

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Question 6 of 50

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is the main circuit board of the system

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Question 7 of 50

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or is electric circuitry responsible for interpreting and issuing instructions to the rest of the machine.

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Question 8 of 50

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Machines with multiple CPU's cab parallel processing.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 9 of 50

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or does math functions and decision making by comparing values.

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Question 10 of 50

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controls all the internal activities of the machine based on instructions it receives from programs.

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Question 11 of 50

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super fast memory inside CPU, temporary holds locations, hold data, instructions, etc..

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Question 12 of 50

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Holds the Results of the operations performed by the ALU

Select one of the following:

  • Accumulator

  • Storage Register

  • Address Register

  • General- Purpose Register

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Question 13 of 50

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Holds data just received from internal memory or data about to be sent to internal memory

Select one of the following:

  • Accumulator

  • Storage register

  • Address register

  • General-purpose register

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Question 14 of 50

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Holds the location of the data about to be transferred to/from internal memory.

Select one of the following:

  • Accumulator

  • Storage register

  • Address register

  • general-purpose register

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Question 15 of 50

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holds data, addresses, or instructions.

Select one of the following:

  • Accumulator

  • Storage register

  • Address register

  • General Purpose register

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Question 16 of 50

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is a collection of wires through which data is transmitted from one part of a computer to another; data and instructions flow between the CPU, memory, and other parts of the computer.

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Question 17 of 50

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part of CPU, holds data/ instructions that the CPU will work with immediately, holds results of the last processing step.

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Question 18 of 50

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not part of CPU, an intermediary between the CPU and I/O devices, helps to avoid too much CPU idle time.

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Question 19 of 50

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high speed RAM logically located between CPU and main memory, its purpose is to increase the speed at which data are accessed

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Question 20 of 50

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The control unit copies an instruction from main memory and stores it in a register.

Select one of the following:

  • Fetch

  • Decode

  • Execute

  • Store

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Question 21 of 50

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The control unit decodes the instructions, is data is required it fetches it from memory, then it is sent to ALU.

Select one of the following:

  • Fetch

  • Decode

  • Execute

  • Store

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Question 22 of 50

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The ALU does the required calculations or comparison.

Select one of the following:

  • Fetch

  • Decode

  • Execute

  • Store

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Question 23 of 50

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The control unit stores the result of the ALU in main memory or a register

Select one of the following:

  • Fetch

  • Decode

  • Execute

  • Store

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Question 24 of 50

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divides a single problem into portions so that multiple processors work on their assigned portion of the task at the same time.

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Question 25 of 50

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group of main commands that the CPU has, has two major software designs- RICS, and CISC, computer speed is also measured by the number of instructions completed per second or millions of instructions per second (MIPS).

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Question 26 of 50

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access tome is how long it takes to access and retrieve data, it is listed in billions of seconds (nana seconds), the lower the number the faster the chip, when adding memory make sure speed of the chip is fast enough for CPU.

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Question 27 of 50

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Address, each memory location

Select one or more of the following:

  • has a unique address, a number

  • May store many items at a time

  • May contain data or an instruction

  • may store only one item at a time

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Question 28 of 50

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is a very simple scheme to check if one error occurred during transmission

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Question 29 of 50

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calculations are performed by manipulating strings of beads, It's fast, inexpensive, portable, non-electric.

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Question 30 of 50

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french mathematician, invented first adding machine.

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Question 31 of 50

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expanded Pascals calculator, all digits of a number could be entered at once.

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Question 32 of 50

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invented an attachment for the mechanical loom weaving cloth, recognized the design followed a fixed, repetitive pattern, punch holes in cards to control the loom's threads.

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Question 33 of 50

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father of modern computers, designed machine to calculate the tables accurately and automatically, special purpose machine.

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Question 34 of 50

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mathematician, developed problem solving instructions, 1st programmer.

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Question 35 of 50

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Dr. John V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry designed and build the first electronic digital computer

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Question 36 of 50

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Germany 1st developed computer prototype

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Question 37 of 50

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England developed 1st practical single purpose electronic computer to break German codes; Harvard Univarsity computer called Mark 1

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Question 38 of 50

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ENIAC-18,000 vacuums, had to be rewired to change the program (hard wired), the program is not stored in memory.

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Question 39 of 50

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generation computer (1951-1958), vacuum tube technology, punched card or magnetic stripe, machine langauage, magnetic core (UNIVAC 1, IBM 650

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Question 40 of 50

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generation computer (1959-1964) transistor, solid-state technology, punched card or magnetic stripe, assembly language and some machine language, magnetic core.

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Question 41 of 50

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generation computer (1965-early 1970's) Integrated circuit technology, silicon chips, large scale integration, punch cards, magnetic tape, magnetic disk, magnetic core with some semiconductor memory.

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Question 42 of 50

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generation computer very large scale integration, microprocessor chip, magnetic disk and floppy disk, high level language, user friendly software, semiconductor memory.

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Question 43 of 50

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generation computer artificial intelligence, vocie recognition, parallel processing, quantum computation, natural language, self learning.

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Question 44 of 50

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1st personal computer, Ed Roberts, kit that you put together for hobbyist.

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Question 45 of 50

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Apple 1, Steve jobs and Stephen Wozniak, Non-hobbyist

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Question 46 of 50

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IBM, personal computer (PC)

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Question 47 of 50

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SW designed to perform calculations and has the appearance of a ledger, 1st released in 1979, a table that consist of columns (letters) and rows (numbers) which make up calls.

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Question 48 of 50

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the file you work with and store data, has multiple pages.

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Question 49 of 50

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the individual pages.

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Question 50 of 50

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is a formula that refers to the cell that the formula is in or causes a circle to form in formulas.

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