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A gate is constructed of one or more transistors.
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An AND gate and an OR gate produce opposite output.
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The circle in the logic symbol of a NOT gate is known as what?
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inversion bubble
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sequential circuit
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NAND gate
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combinational circuit
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completion sphere
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Which gate produces a 1 only if all its inputs are 1 and a 0 otherwise?
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A transistor is made of material that acts as a good insulator, such as rubber.
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If an electrical signal is grounded, the electricity literally flows harmlessly to the ground.
Pregunta 7
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Which gate does the following Boolean expression represent?
X = A • B
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Which gate does the following truth table represent?
Pregunta 9
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A logic diagram and a truth table are equally powerful techniques for describing the behavior of a circuit.
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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.
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Which gate produces the sum portion of two binary digits in a half adder?
Pregunta 12
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A multiplexer (or mux) does which of the following?
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adds two binary digits, taking the carry value into account
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merges multiple input values into a single output value
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acts as a memory circuit for a single binary digit
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contains multiple S-R latch circuits
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selects a single output value from a set of input values
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The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer is often a single integrated circuit.
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The prefix kilo means 1000 when referring to speed and 1024 when referring to storage.
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A VLSI chip contains how many gates?
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10 to 100
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2
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1 to 10
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0
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more than 100,000
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100 to 100,000
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Which of the following executes an instruction once it is decoded?
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auxiliary storage device
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control unit
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ROM
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RAM
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arithmetic/logic unit
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RAM is non-volatile and ROM is volatile.
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The fetch part of the fetch-execute cycle fetches the next instruction to be executed from memory.
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The prefix micro refers to which power of ten?
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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?
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A register is a small storage area in the CPU.
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The CPU determines what additional data may be needed to execute an instruction.
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What does the term "Core™ Duo" refer to in the description of the components of the Instavialion 640 Laptop?
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the presence of two central core lithium batteries in the laptop computer
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the presence of two front side buses (FSBs) in the laptop computer
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the presence of two software operating systems in the laptop computer
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the presence of two central core processors in the laptop computer
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the presence of two central hard drives in the laptop computer
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A von Neumann computer architecture is best characterized by which of the following?
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random access memory
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program input device
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stored-program concept
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read only memory
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the use of disk drives
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A touch screen is both an input and output device.
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The bus is a group of wires through which data travels within a computer.
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Which parallel-processing approach applies the same program to multiple data sets using multiple processors?
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synchronous processing
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decode processing
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tandem processing
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pipelining processing
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transfer processing
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Which language is actually executed by the central processing unit of a computer?
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high-level language
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virtual language
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machine language
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assembly language
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accumulator language
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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.
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Each machine language instruction performs a single complex task, such as sorting a list of numbers.
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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?
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Which language uses mnemonics to represent instructions?
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high-level language
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accumulator language
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assembly language
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virtual language
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machine language