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01 Concept 2

1. What number system uses numerical and alphabetical characters to denote all
numbers? Alphanumeric

2. What device is essential for mathematical calculations in a computer? Calculator

3. What number system is represented by BF? Hexadecimal

4. Convert 710 to a binary equivalent. 010000110101100011101011110001

5. Convert 10102 to a decimal equivalent. 10

6. Convert 10112 to a hexadecimal equivalent. B

7. What type of storage device/component is volatile? Hard Disk Drive

8. What type of devices are primarily considered an input device? Keyboard

9. How many bits are required to form a byte? 8

10. A grouping of 4 bits is called a what? Nibble

11. The process of representing items with distinct numerical values is known as
what? Statistical Language

12. What type of the device can be considered an input or output device? Keyboard

13. Sound produced by a speaker is an example of type of ___Phoneme________

data.
14. A CPU processes ____central_______ data.

15. What are the components of a CPU? Arithmetic logical unit and control unit

16. What expansion slot used in servers was replaced by PCI-E? PCI, AGP, and
PCI-X

17. What would the purpose of the use of cache memory? To store the data from Main
Memory

18. What part of the CPU die takes up the most space? L2

19. What test does the BIOS perform as the computer is turned on? POST or
power-on-self-test

20. What are the following uses for a servers? Provides functionality for other
programs or devices