CMPE Quiz 2
A hexadecimal digit is a number in base ______
16
The number 5 in hexadecimal is ______ in decimal.
5
What does ALU stand for?
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Adding two inputs is a(n)
Arithmetic operation
The acronym CPU stands for
Central Processing Unit
Which of the following storage units are solid state (no physical moving parts)? -Hard Disk Drive (HDD) -Cassettes -CD-ROM -Flash memory
Flash Memory
Determining whether one value is equal, greater, or smaller than another value is a(n)
Logical operation
Which of the following are examples of ASCII characters? "$" "!" "@" all of the above
all of the above
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
A _______ number is represented by a string of 0's and 1's (e.g. 1010).
binary
What is typically the smallest addressable unit of memory on a computer system?
byte
The CPU is also sometimes referred to as the
microprocessor
When a CPU has more than a single processor, it is called a __________.
multi-core processor
________ is when several processes on a computer system are distributed across different processors and executed simultaneously, generally to speed up processing.
parallel processing
________ is when several processes on a computer system are executed one after the other on a single processor.
serial processing
When you are working on an unsaved document on a PC, where is the document temporarily saved?
the RAM