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Technology In Action, Complete, 14e (Evans et al.)
Chapter 6 Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System
1) The rule of thumb that predicts that the number of transistors on a CPU will double every two
years is called ________ Law.
A) Charles'
B) Moore's
C) Intel's
D) Boyle's
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Objective: 6.01 Describe the changes in CPU performance over the past several decades
2) Which of the following is the lightest computer?

A) Laptop
B) Ultrabook
C) Tablet
D) Desktop
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Objective: 6.02 Compare and contrast a variety of computing devices
3) The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________.
A) IBM
B) Microsoft
C) Intel
D) Apple
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Objective: 6.03 Describe how a CPU is designed and how it operates
4) Which of the following does NOT determine a CPU's processing power?

A) Clock speed
B) Number of cores
C) Amount of cache memory
D) Speed of the motherboard
Answer: D
Diff: 3
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5) Which of the following activities is carried out by the ALU?
A) Moves read/write heads
B) Performs arithmetic calculations
C) Creates virtual memory
D) Renders video images
Answer: B
Diff: 1
6) All of the following are part of the machine cycle EXCEPT ________.
A) fetch
B) encode
C) execute
D) store
Answer: B
Diff: 3
7) The CPU consists of which two parts?

A) The arithmetic logic unit and the front side bus
B) The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit
C) The control unit and the front side bus
D) Cache memory and SSD storage
Answer: B
Diff: 2
8) The control unit is one component of the ________.

A) CPU
B) cache
C) front side bus
D) clock
Answer: A
Diff: 2
9) Running the CPU at a faster speed than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.
A) fetching
B) latency
C) overclocking
D) hyperthreading
Answer: C
Diff: 2
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10) Cache memory levels are based on proximity to ________.
A) the hard drive
B) RAM
C) the processor
D) the video card
Answer: C
Diff: 3
11) ________ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions
to start before the previous set is finished.
A) Multitasking
B) Cache memory
C) Hyperthreading
D) Overclocking
Answer: C
Diff: 2
12) Some of the cache memory of a CPU is ________.

A) inside the CPU, itself
B) on the hard disk drive
C) on a nearby SSD
D) in cloud storage
Answer: A
Diff: 2
13) RAM is an example of ________ storage.

A) volatile
B) nonvolatile
C) permanent
D) mobile
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Objective: 6.05 Discuss how RAM is used in a computer system.
14) The amount of RAM storage is measured in ________.

A) gigabytes
B) gigahertz
C) gigabits
D) machine cycles
Answer: A
Diff: 2
3
15) Windows uses a memory-management technique known as ________ to monitor which
applications you use most frequently an d then preloads them into your system memory.
A) SuperGet
B) SuperFetch
C) SuperTake
D) SuperRetrieve
Answer: B
Diff: 2
16) Select the best way to determine your RAM allocation.

A) List all programs you would run simultaneously and the amount of RAM each needs and add
together.
B) Count the number of available slots on the motherboard.
C) Divide the number of used memory slots by the number of total memory slots.
D) Monitor RAM usage in performance monitor and calculate an average of RAM used over 10
random periods.
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Objective: 6.06 Evaluate whether adding RAM to a system is desirable
17) When referring to hard drives, access time is measured in ________.

A) megahertz
B) bits per second
C) milliseconds
D) kilobytes
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Objective: 6.07 Classify and describe the major types of nonvolatile storage drives
18) A ________ uses electronic memory and has no motors or moving parts.
A) mechanical hard drive
B) solid-state drive
C) Bluray disc
D) digital video disc
Answer: B
Diff: 1
19) How do optical discs store data?

A) A laser burns tiny pits onto a disc.
B) A magnet aligns iron particles on a platter.
C) Electronic memory records data on chips.
D) A digital spectrometer leaves grooves in a platter.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
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20) Which of the following is NOT a permanent storage option?
A) Optical drive
B) Random access memory
C) Internal hard drive
D) SSD
Answer: B
Diff: 3
21) The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device.
A) compact disc
B) solid state drive
C) Bluray disc
D) mechanical hard drive
Answer: D
Diff: 2
22) Which of the following ports is NOT considered to be exclusively a video port?
A) HDMI
B) DVI
C) USB
D) DisplayPort
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Objective: 6.09 Describe the features of video cards
23) To speed up the display of graphics, a(n) ________ is integrated into some video cards.
A) GPU
B) CPU
C) ALU
D) SSD
Answer: A
Diff: 2
24) A(n) ________ enables the computer to drive the speaker system.
A) HDMI port
B) display port
C) sound card
D) PCI bus
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Objective: 6.10 Describe the features of sound cards
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25) How many channels are in a Dolby 7.1 surround sound system?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 6
D) 12
Answer: B
Diff: 2
26) Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________.

A) detect and remove spyware
B) mark bad memory cells
C) make the hard drive work more efficiently
D) clean out your Startup folder
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Objective: 6.11 Describe steps you can take to optimize your system's reliability
27) Running the Disk Cleanup utility is a quick way to ________.

A) defrag your hard drive
B) remove spyware programs
C) clear out unnecessary files
D) clean out your Startup folder
Answer: C
Diff: 2
28) To remove all the changes made to your system, the Windows ________ utility returns your
computer to the state it was in when it came from the factory.
A) Backup
B) Erase
C) Restore
D) Refresh
Answer: D
Diff: 2
29) Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?

A) Having the latest version of software products can make your system more reliable.
B) An accumulation of temporary Internet files has no effect on your computer's overall
performance.
C) You can clean out unnecessary programs from your Startup folder.
D) When you defrag your hard drive, it works more efficiently.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
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30) To securely erase data, the U.S. Department of Defense suggests that data be ________.
A) overwritten seven times
B) deleted
C) encoded
D) refactored
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Objective: 6.12 Discuss how to recycle, donate, or dispose of an older computer
31) ________ Law predicts that the number of transistors in a CPU will double about every two
years.
Answer: Moore's
Diff: 1
Objective: 6.01 Describe the changes in CPU performance over the past several decades
32) The CPU is located on the ________.

Answer: motherboard; system motherboard; mother board; system board
Diff: 2
33) A CPU's processing power is determined by the combination of the clock speed, the number
of cores, and the amount of ________ memory.
Answer: cache
Diff: 2
34) The ________ of a CPU dictates how many instructions the CPU can process each second.
Answer: clock speed
Diff: 2
35) The CPU is composed of two units, the control unit and the ________.
Answer: arithmetic logic unit; ALU
Diff: 1
36) The process the CPU performs for each program instruction is called the ________.
Answer: machine cycle
Diff: 1
37) ________ is a feature of a CPU that allows it to begin to fetch the next instruction before it
has finished executing the current one.
Answer: Hyperthreading
Diff: 2
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38) Running the CPU at a faster speed than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.
Answer: overclocking
Diff: 2
39) ________ is the type of RAM memory used most often in today's lower-end computers.
Answer: DDR3; Double data rate 3; DDR3 memory modules; Double data rate 3 memory
modules
Diff: 3
40) The CPU's ________ memory is a form of RAM that gets data to the CPU for processing
much faster than bringing the data in from the computer's RAM.
Answer: cache
Diff: 2
41) RAM is an example of ________ storage because when the power is turned off, RAM is
cleared out.
Answer: volatile; temporary
Diff: 1
42) The time it takes a storage device to locate stored data and make it available for processing is
called ________ time.
Answer: access
Diff: 3
43) The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device.
Answer: mechanical hard drive; hard drive; hard disk drive
Diff: 1
44) ________ drives are 100 times faster than mechanical hard drives.
Answer: Solid-state; Solid state; SSD
Diff: 2
45) ________ drives run with no noise and very little heat, and require very little power.
Answer: Solid-state; Solid state; SSD
Diff: 2
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46) Optical drives use a(n) ________ to read and write data.
Answer: laser; high speed laser; high-speed laser
Diff: 2
47) A(n) ________ moves over the spinning platters to retrieve data from a hard disk.
Answer: read/write head
Diff: 3
48) A stoppage of the hard drive that often results in data loss is called a(n) ________.
Answer: head crash
Diff: 2
49) ________ improves disk writing performance because data is written across two drives.
Answer: RAID 0
Diff: 2
Objective: 6.08 Evaluate the amount and type of storage needed for a system
50) ________ automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.
Answer: RAID 1
Diff: 2
51) A video card can deliver output to multiple ________.

Answer: monitors; displays
Diff: 2
52) GPU stands for ________.

Answer: graphics processing unit
Diff: 3
53) ________ sound is a type of audio system where the listener hears the sound as if it were
coming from multiple speakers.
Answer: Surround
Diff: 1
54) The audio subsystem consists of the speakers and a(n) ________.
Answer: sound card
Diff: 1
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55) macOS X uses ________ software to automatically backup and restore data.
Answer: Time Machine
Diff: 3
56) Many computer manufacturers offer ________ programs to reduce the amount of computers
in landfills.
Answer: recycling
Diff: 2
57) Solid state hybrid drives are a combination of a mechanical hard drive and an SSD drive.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
58) Desktop computer systems are less reliable than laptop computers.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Objective: 6.02 Compare and contrast a variety of computing devices
59) Level 3 cache memory is faster than Level 1 and Level 2 cache.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3
60) The use of multiple cores on one CPU chip allows the execution of two or more sets of
instructions at the same time.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
61) Cache memory is a form of ROM.

Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
62) Level 1 cache usually contains the least amount of storage of the cache memory levels.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
63) Accessing data from the hard drive to send to the CPU is faster than accessing data from
RAM.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
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64) The heads of a hard disk drive touch the surface of the platter to read or write the data.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
65) RAM prices tend to be very stable.

Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Objective: 6.06 Evaluate whether adding RAM to a system is desirable
66) Optical discs store data using tiny pits and lands burned by a laser.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
67) Video cards are designed with their own RAM storage.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
68) When using multiple monitors, you must have multiple video cards.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
69) 3D sound is different from surround-sound.

Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
70) Dolby Digital 7.1 requires a total of eight speakers.

Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
71) RAID 0 automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
72) If you reformat the hard drive on a computer, it erases all personal information from your
computer and makes it safe to donate.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
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73) Match each of the following terms to its meaning:
I. latency
II. sectors
III. tracks
IV. seek time
V. platters
A. time required for the read/write head to move to the correct track
B. round, thin plates of metal within a hard drive
C. time needed for correct sector to spin to the read/write head
D. concentric circles on a hard drive
E. pie-shaped wedges on the surface of a hard drive
Answer: C, E, D, A, B
Diff: 2
74) Match each of the following terms to its meaning:

I. RAM
II. hyperthreading
III. clock speed
IV. quad-core processor
V. ROM
A. a CPU with 4 cores

B. volatile storage
C. measure of CPU speed
D. permanent storage
E. simultaneous execution of more than one instruction
Answer: B, E, C, A, D
Diff: 2
Objective: Multiple Objectives in the Chapter
75) Match each of the following terms to its purpose:

I. virtual memory
II. physical memory
III. random access memory
IV. cache memory
V. video memory
A. temporary storage space

B. used by a video card
C. space on the hard drive for data that doesn't fit in RAM
D. can be accessed more quickly than regular RAM
E. the amount of RAM contained on memory modules
Answer: C, E, A, D, B
Diff: 2
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76) Match each of the following terms to its function:
I. CPU
II. ALU
III. cache
IV. RAID
V. SSD
A. closest memory to the CPU

B. processor
C. uses electronic memory and has no moving parts
D. strategy for using more than one drive in a system
E. performs arithmetic calculations
Answer: B, E, A, D, C
Diff: 3
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2) Which of the following is the lightest computer?

4) Which of the following does NOT determine a CPU's processing power?

7) The CPU consists of which two parts?

8) The control unit is one component of the ________.

12) Some of the cache memory of a CPU is ________.

13) RAM is an example of ________ storage.

14) The amount of RAM storage is measured in ________.

16) Select the best way to determine your RAM allocation.

17) When referring to hard drives, access time is measured in ________.

19) How do optical discs store data?

26) Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________.

27) Running the Disk Cleanup utility is a quick way to ________.

29) Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?

32) The CPU is located on the ________.

51) A video card can deliver output to multiple ________.

52) GPU stands for ________.

61) Cache memory is a form of ROM.

65) RAM prices tend to be very stable.

69) 3D sound is different from surround-sound.

70) Dolby Digital 7.1 requires a total of eight speakers.

74) Match each of the following terms to its meaning:

A. a CPU with 4 cores

75) Match each of the following terms to its purpose:

A. temporary storage space

A. closest memory to the CPU

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