CSE3 - Personal Computers Quiz #2

Which of the following represents the binary number 1011 in decimal?

11

_____ is an encoding for English alphanumeric characters as 7-bit numbers.

ASCII

Adding two inputs is a(n)

Arithmetic operation

Producing output involves

Communicating information to the outside world

By what unit is a modern computer's clock speed typically measured?

GHz (gigahertz)

Determining whether one value is equal, greater, or smaller than another value is a(n)

Logical operation

A common hand-held input device used to move a cursor around a computer screen is called a

Mouse

________ is a component found on a computer's motherboard.

PCI slots RAM CPU

Processing information involves ____

Performing arithmatic or logical operatioms on binary data

The acronym RAM stands for

Random Access Memory

The acronym ROM stands for

Read Only Memory

On Thursday, January 9th, the instructor showed the following video:

The Monty Python "Spam" sketch

_____ is a character encoding system that can range from 7 to 32 bits which represent text and symbols used in a wide variety of languages worldwide.

Unicode

If a piece of software designed to run on Windows XP can run on the latest version of Windows, we say the latest version of Windows is

backward compatible

Binary is an example of what kind of numeral system?

base-2

In a desktop computer, hard drives or optical drives are typically held inside the computer using ______

bays

Which of the following is the main circuit board in computer that holds important hardware components such as the CPU, memory and hardware buses?

motherboard

________ is when several processes on a computer system are distributed across different processors and executed simultaneously, generally to speed up processing.

parallel processing

A computer's primary storage can be likened to a person's

short term memory

What is the most common output device for a personal computer?

video monitor