Assessing Hardware

Moore's law refers to

• the amount of memory on a memory chip.

• the overall system processing capability.

• the number of transistors inside a CPU chip.

• the speed of DRAM.

Which of the following is true?

• RAM is where the CPU is located.

• Intel is the only manufacturer of CPUs.

• The CPU contains the ALU.

• The Windows System Properties window tells you how much memory you should buy.

Computers are designed with

• Volatile memory

• Nonvolatile memory

• Both volatile and nonvolatile memory

• Neither volatile nor nonvolatile memory.

A good way to assess your CPU usage is to

• feel the temperature of the CPU with your hand.

• listen for the sound of a spinning hard disk drive.

• check the number reported by the system defrag utility.

• check the Performance tab of the Task Manager.

The video memory in a modern video card is

• mechanical.

• several gigabytes of GDDR5

• related to the size of the SSD drive.

• set by the CPU speed.

Windows creates “restore points” so that you can

• extend your warranty.

• add additional hard disk storage space.

• return your system to the way it was before you installed new software.

• protect your system from viruses.