Computer Performance Factors

What has the biggest impact on the performance of a computer?

• XPU

• APU

• GPU

• CPU

Which of the following is not a storage medium?

• Solid state

• Magnetic

• Microwave

• Optical

The GPU supports the CPU with what?

• Input and output

• rendering graphics

• memory

• cacheing

What limits the number of cycles a computer can perform per second?

• Disk capacity

• RAM size

• Clock speed

• Cache size

1GHz is ...........

• 1 billion cycles per second

• 1 trillion cycles per second

• 1 million cycles per second

• 1 gazillion cycles per second

A cache is a small amount of memory located on the ......

• RAM

• PCIe bus

• PSU

• CPU

A cache does the same job as, but is quicker than, which computer component?

• RAM

• Hard disk

• GPU

• Network card

How many instructions can a quad-core CPU process at the same time?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

Which storage medium is significantly faster than the others?

• Solid state

• Magnetic

• Microwave

• Optical

The capacity of RAM is normally measured in .......

• KB

• MB

• GB

• XB