Engineering ACW Semester 1 - #1 Computer Architecture

What is the difference between an acronym and an initialism?

• Nothing, they are the same

• We pronounce an initialism as a word and an acronym as separate letters.

• We pronounce an initialism as separate letters and an acronym as a word.

• An initialism is always upper case letters whereas an acronym can be both upper and lower case letters.

In the first video, what games console does Jerome work on?

• Xbox

• Nintendo Switch

• PlayStation 5

• Sega Genesis

What is the master chip in a computer called?

• Random Access Memory (RAM)

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

• Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

• Basic Input Output System (BIOS)

The master chip can only process commands in what format?

• Decimal (0-9)

• Hexadecimal (0-F)

• Octal (0-7)

• Binary (0-1)

What is the master program that manages software called?

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

• Operating System (OS)

• Windows

• Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)

What part of a computer handles a mouse click?

• Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

• An electron

• Basic Input/Output (Sub)system (BIOS)

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

What does the mouse click handler do to alert the CPU that the mouse has actually been clicked by the user?

• Nothing

• It generates an interrupt

• It sends an IM

• It stops the CPU

What expression means being able to do more than one activity at once?

• Interrupt

• Load balance

• Multithread

• Multitask

What is one method for turning human-readable code into language that a computer can understand?

• Paraphrasing

• Compiling

• Squashing

• Translating

What do we call devices that are attached to a computer (e.g. printer, scanner etc.) ?

• Peripherals

• Components

• Bytes

• Binary