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Which component is a mass storage device?

• CPU

• Cache

• Hard drive

• RAM

When you load a program in Windows, the PC copies the program from the mass storage device to _______________ and then runs it.

• BIOS

• Hard drive

• RAM

• ROM

What was the width of the original 8088 processor's frontside bus?

• 1 bit

• 4 bits

• 8 bits

• 16 bytes

To optimize the flow of data into and out of the CPU, the modern MCC provides at least _______________ of data every time the CPU requests information from RAM.

• 8 bits

• 16 bits

• 32 bits

• 64 bits

In the acronym, SDRAM, what does the S represent?

• Sequential

• Synchronous

• Speedy

• Storage

SDRAM made its debut in 1996 on a stick called a(n) _______________.

• CRIMM

• RIMM

• SIMM

• DIMM

What type of memory stick do laptops use instead of a DIMM?

• SO-RIMM

• Micro-RIMM

• SO-DIMM

• Macro-DIMM

What type of computer uses the 68-pin micro-DIMM and 144-pin SO-DIMM?

• Desktop PC

• Laptop

• Mainframe

• Mobile

Which early DIMM form factor applied to laptops?

• 32-pin SO-DIMM

• 64-pin SO-DIMM

• 72-pin SO-DIMM

• 168-pin SO-DIMM

In early PCs, a DIMM in any one of the DIMM slots could fill the 64-bit bus; therefore, each slot was called a(n) _______________.

• bank

• index

• array

• frame