Comp. Science Illuminated Ch 4-5

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C2 Computer Science Test sobre Comp. Science Illuminated Ch 4-5, creado por johnrclark12 el 09/10/2014.
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Pregunta 1

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A gate is constructed of one or more transistors.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 2

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An AND gate and an OR gate produce opposite output.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 3

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The circle in the logic symbol of a NOT gate is known as what?
Respuesta
  • inversion bubble
  • sequential circuit
  • NAND gate
  • combinational circuit
  • completion sphere

Pregunta 4

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Which gate produces a 1 only if all its inputs are 1 and a 0 otherwise?
Respuesta
  • NOT
  • XOR
  • OR
  • NOR
  • AND
  • NAND

Pregunta 5

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A transistor is made of material that acts as a good insulator, such as rubber.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 6

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If an electrical signal is grounded, the electricity literally flows harmlessly to the ground.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 7

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Which gate does the following Boolean expression represent? X = A • B
Respuesta
  • NOR
  • NAND
  • NOT
  • OR
  • XOR
  • AND

Pregunta 8

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Which gate does the following truth table represent?
Respuesta
  • XOR
  • NOR
  • AND
  • NAND
  • NOT
  • OR

Pregunta 9

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A logic diagram and a truth table are equally powerful techniques for describing the behavior of a circuit.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 10

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DeMorgan's law states that inverting the output of an AND gate is equivalent to inverting the individual input signals and then passing them through an OR gate.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 11

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Which gate produces the sum portion of two binary digits in a half adder?
Respuesta
  • XOR
  • AND
  • NAND
  • NOT
  • OR
  • NOR

Pregunta 12

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A multiplexer (or mux) does which of the following?
Respuesta
  • adds two binary digits, taking the carry value into account
  • merges multiple input values into a single output value
  • acts as a memory circuit for a single binary digit
  • contains multiple S-R latch circuits
  • selects a single output value from a set of input values

Pregunta 13

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The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer is often a single integrated circuit.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 14

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The prefix kilo means 1000 when referring to speed and 1024 when referring to storage.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 15

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A VLSI chip contains how many gates?
Respuesta
  • 10 to 100
  • 2
  • 1 to 10
  • 0
  • more than 100,000
  • 100 to 100,000

Pregunta 16

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Which of the following executes an instruction once it is decoded?
Respuesta
  • auxiliary storage device
  • control unit
  • ROM
  • RAM
  • arithmetic/logic unit

Pregunta 17

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RAM is non-volatile and ROM is volatile.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 18

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The fetch part of the fetch-execute cycle fetches the next instruction to be executed from memory.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 19

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The prefix micro refers to which power of ten?
Respuesta
  • -6
  • -3
  • -12
  • -9

Pregunta 20

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If an ad for a computer describes a memory having 4 x 230 bytes, how many bytes of the computer are uniquely addressable?
Respuesta
  • 16GB
  • 4MB
  • 8GB
  • 8MB
  • 4GB

Pregunta 21

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A register is a small storage area in the CPU.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 22

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The CPU determines what additional data may be needed to execute an instruction.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 23

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What does the term "Core™ Duo" refer to in the description of the components of the Instavialion 640 Laptop?
Respuesta
  • the presence of two central core lithium batteries in the laptop computer
  • the presence of two front side buses (FSBs) in the laptop computer
  • the presence of two software operating systems in the laptop computer
  • the presence of two central core processors in the laptop computer
  • the presence of two central hard drives in the laptop computer

Pregunta 24

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A von Neumann computer architecture is best characterized by which of the following?
Respuesta
  • random access memory
  • program input device
  • stored-program concept
  • read only memory
  • the use of disk drives

Pregunta 25

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A touch screen is both an input and output device.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 26

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The bus is a group of wires through which data travels within a computer.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 27

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Which parallel-processing approach applies the same program to multiple data sets using multiple processors?
Respuesta
  • synchronous processing
  • decode processing
  • tandem processing
  • pipelining processing
  • transfer processing

Pregunta 28

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Which language is actually executed by the central processing unit of a computer?
Respuesta
  • high-level language
  • virtual language
  • machine language
  • assembly language
  • accumulator language

Pregunta 29

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The seek time of a disk drive is the time it takes for the specified sector to rotate under the read/write head.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 30

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Each machine language instruction performs a single complex task, such as sorting a list of numbers.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 31

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Which touch screen technology uses a laminate that conducts electricity and causes current to flow to a finger or stylus when touched?
Respuesta
  • capacitive touch screen
  • infrared touch screen
  • addressable touch screen
  • surface acoustic wave touch screen
  • resistive touch screen

Pregunta 32

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Which language uses mnemonics to represent instructions?
Respuesta
  • high-level language
  • accumulator language
  • assembly language
  • virtual language
  • machine language
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