Machine language is a high-level programming language.

False

The acronym ____ is frequently used to refer to the memory unit of a computer.
RAM

During the ____ phase, the control unit circuitry generates the necessary sequence
of control signals and data transfer signals to the other units of the computer to
carry out the instruction.
execution

A(n) ____ is a distinct point located on an image�s surface.

pixel

The Von Neumann bottleneck is the inability of the sequential one-instruction-at-a-

time computer Von Neumann model to handle today�s large-scale problems.
True

Which of the following is not the function of Operating System?

Clock Management

The variable used to determine the address of a given instruction or piece of data
is called the program counter.
False

Examples of volatile storage are mass storage devices such as disks and tapes.
False

C++ and Java are examples of HIGH-LEVEL languages.

True

A(n) ____ is a storage cell that holds the operands of an arithmetic operation and
that, when the operation is complete, holds its result.
register

____ schemes compress data in a way that does not guarantee that all of the
information in the original data can be fully and completely recreated.
lossy compression

Information is stored in the memory of a computer using the decimal numbering

system.
False

Which of the following in not an Operating System?

windows explorer

Registers can be accessed much more quickly than random access memory.
True

Which of the following is not a product of Microsoft?

Ubuntu

The instructions that can be decoded and executed by the control unit of a computer
are represented in machine language.
True

The branch of computer science that studies computers in terms of their major
functional units and how they work is known as computer organization.
True
The ____ operation complements the value of a Boolean expression.
not

The user interfaces on the operating systems of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were
text oriented.
True

The normal mode of operation of a Von Neumann machine is sequential.

True

All modern operating systems provide GUIs

True

The Memory Data Register contains the address of the cell being fetched or stored
False

Both RAM and ROM are memory chips into which information has been prerecorded
during manufacture
False

The binary-to-decimal algorithm is based on successive divisions by 2.

False

In a ____, the original contents of the memory cell are unchanged.

nondestructive fetch

What is an Operating System?

ALL
>it is an interface between the user and the hardware, >it is the first software
that runs when the computer boots up, >it provides a platform for the user to run
applications

The set of all operations that can be executed by a processor is called its I/O
set.
False