10 Minute Test 1

Which of these contains instructions used by the CPU when a computer is booting up?

• Hard Disk Drive

• RAM

• ROM

Which part of the CPU performs operations such as AND, OR and NOT?

• Arithmetic Logic Unit

• Control Unit

• Memory Data Register

• Accumulator

A device driver is a piece of software which...

• ... provides a user interface

• ... allows an OS to interact with internal hardware or peripherals

• ... manages user files and applications

• …reduces the memory footprint of a file.

Which of the following types of storage media are commonly used by businesses to archive large amounts of data?

• Solid state drives

• Optical Disc

• Magnetic tape

• ROM

Processor registers temporarily hold small amounts of data needed by...

• ... the CPU

• ... RAM

• ... the hard disk drive

• ... the user

Which of these storage devices generally has the highest cost per gigabyte?

• Solid state drive

• Hard Disk Drive

• Magnetic Tape

True or False? " In the Von Neumann Architecture, the same memory unit is used for data AND instructions (a program)

• True

• False

An operating system helps with file management by...

• ... Compressing every file

• ... arranging the files into a hierarchical structure

• ... providing a user interface

• ... allowing users to reset passwords on their accounts

Drag these computer systems into the correct category...

Groups:

(a) Embedded System

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(b) General Purpose System

• Smart Television

• Washing machine

• Tablet computer

• Desktop computer

• Car

• Laptop

Virtual memory is used when ​ (a)   is full. Data that is open but not currently in use is moved to Virtual Memory, which is a section of ​ (b)   . Due to this data needing to be transferred back and forth as needed, Virtual memory ​ (c)   the performance of the computer system.

• RAM
• ROM
• Secondary Storage
• Primary Storage
• slows down
• speeds up