Multiple Choice Questions

A ________ uses electronic memory and has no motors or moving parts.
  • video card
  • solid-state drive
  • mechanical hard drive
  • sound card
The CPU consists of which two parts?
  • make the hard drive work more efficiently
  • the chip's proximity to the CPU
  • The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit
  • mechanical hard drive
Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?
  • Speed of the motherboard
  • Read-erasable (RE)
  • An accumulation of temporary Internet files has no effect on your computer's overall performance.
  • Perform arithmetic calculations.
Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________.
  • the chip's proximity to the CPU
  • clear out unnecessary files
  • mechanical hard drive
  • make the hard drive work more efficiently
When referring to hard drives, access time is measured in ________.
  • sound card
  • solid-state drive
  • memory modules
  • milliseconds
Running the Disk Cleanup utility is a quick way to ________.
  • overclocking
  • clear out unnecessary files
  • Perform arithmetic calculations.
  • Blu-ray drives
________ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set is finished.
  • Hyperthreading
  • overclocking
  • SuperFetch
  • memory modules
Which optical disc has the greatest storage capacity?
  • Read-erasable (RE)
  • tablet
  • Blu-ray drives
  • Blu-ray
Which of the follow ports is NOT used to connect to a video card?
  • NIC
  • Perform arithmetic calculations.
  • tablet
  • USB
Which of the following activities is carried out by the ALU?
  • Perform arithmetic calculations.
  • Read-erasable (RE)
  • clear out unnecessary files
  • Speed of the motherboard
The rule of thumb that predicts that CPU capacity will double every 2 years is called ________ Law.
  • Moore's
  • An accumulation of temporary Internet files has no effect on your computer's overall performance.
  • Intel
  • refresh
Which is the fastest type of optical drive on the market?
  • Perform arithmetic calculations.
  • Blu-ray drives
  • Speed of the motherboard
  • Blu-ray
To securely erase data, the U.S. Department of Defense suggests that the data be overwritten ________ times.
  • seven
  • SuperFetch
  • refresh
  • three
To speed up the display of graphics, a(n) ________ is installed on some video cards.
  • USB
  • GB
  • CPU
  • GPU
The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device
  • solid-state drive
  • mechanical hard drive
  • the chip's proximity to the CPU
  • sound card
The control unit is one component of the ________.
  • CPU
  • GPU
  • GB
  • USB
Which of the following does NOT determine processor power?
  • clear out unnecessary files
  • tablet
  • Perform arithmetic calculations.
  • Speed of the motherboard
Cache memory levels are defined by ________.
  • the chip's proximity to the CPU
  • Speed of the motherboard
  • Perform arithmetic calculations.
  • The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit
In most current systems, ________ is the type of RAM used.
  • DDR3
  • Blu-ray
  • sound card
  • CPU
The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________.
  • three
  • Intel
  • seven
  • encode
The speed of a level of cache memory is impacted by ________.
  • The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit
  • mechanical hard drive
  • Speed of the motherboard
  • the chip's proximity to the CPU
In Dolby Digital 7.1, the 1 indicates a ________ speaker.
  • subwoofer
  • Blu-ray drives
  • SuperFetch
  • encode
RAM is an example of ________ storage.
  • volatile
  • subwoofer
  • three
  • Blu-ray
A(n) ________ is an expansion card that's installed inside the system unit to translate data into images.
  • mechanical hard drive
  • sound card
  • solid-state drive
  • video card
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.
  • SuperFetch
  • refresh
  • three
  • Intel
Which of the following is the lightest computer?
  • Read-erasable (RE)
  • tablet
  • USB
  • Blu-ray drives
All of the following are procedures you can follow to ensure your system performs reliably, EXCEPT ________.
  • Speed of the motherboard
  • Read-erasable (RE)
  • make the hard drive work more efficiently
  • run key utilities only when you can observe the process
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