CMPE Quiz 2

How many bytes are in a kilobyte?

1000

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

ASCII

The number 5 in hexadecimal is ______ in decimal.

5

Which of the following represents the binary number 110100 in decimal?

52

What does ALU stand for?

Arithmetic Logic Unit

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

_______ is the rate at which a computer's CPU executes instructions.

Clock Speed

Which processor family is most likely found on recent gaming laptops (Gaming laptops require a lot of computational power)?

Intel Processors

Which are the most common input devices for a personal computer?

Keyboards and pointing devices

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

Logical Operation

When a CPU has more than a single processor, it is called a __________.

Multi-core processor

What is the advantage of using parallel processing instead of serial processing?

Processing is generally faster

The acronym RAM stands for

Random Access Memory

The acronym ROM stands for

Read Only Memory

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

Short term memory

_____ 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

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

Video Monitor