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CPU

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

The main circuit board in the system unit is also called the

a)

Busboard

b)

Chipboard

c)

RAM

d)

Motherboard

2.

The acronym CPU stands for

a)

Common processing unit

b)

Central procedures unit

c)

Central processing unit

d)

Common procedures unit

3.

Information used by the CPU is loaded first in

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

CMOS

d)

Register

4.

To hear music on a computer, you need a sound card to convert the musical data to ________ format

a)

Analog

b)

Digital

c)

Sound

d)

Wave

5.

You can add peripheral devices to your computer by inserting special-purpose circuit boards into these slots

a)

Bay slots

b)

Port slots

c)

Connector slots

d)

Expansion slots

6.

Computers use _______ signal to represent information

a)

Analog

b)

Digital

c)

Pulse

d)

Decimal

7.

The word "FITNESS" requires this many bytes?

a)

Two

b)

Seven

c)

Eight

d)

Ten

8.

Most personal computers use this eight-bit coding system

a)

Unicode

b)

ASCII

c)

EBCDIC

d)

Decode

9.

This coding system uses 16 bits instead of 8, and allows for approximately 65,000 different patterns

a)

Unicode

b)

ASCII

c)

EBCDIC

d)

Decode

10.

A component of the CPU that performs arithmetic, as well as comparison and logic operations, is the:

a)

ALU

b)

CMOS

c)

RAM

d)

Control unit

11.

For a CPU, the number of millions of CPU cycles per second is quoted as:

a)

Gigahertz

b)

Megahertz

c)

Clockhertz

d)

Bushertz

12.

Today's USB ports are USB ___________

a)

1.0

b)

2.0

c)

3.0

d)

4.0

13.

This connector has 5 pins that fit into the holes of this type of port.

a)

Serial port

b)

Parallel port

c)

USB port

d)

Firewire port

14.

This computer component keeps all of the computer's operations synchronized:

a)

CPU bus

b)

CPU clock

c)

CPU CMOS

d)

CPU battery

15.

Data is distributed throughout the computer system in the following order

a)

Output, Processing, Input, Memory, Storage

b)

Memory, Input, Processing, Storage

c)

Input, Processing, Memory, Storage, Output

d)

None of the above

16.

The Machine Cyle goes in the following order

a)

Fetch -> Decode -> Execute -> Store

b)

Execute -> Decode -> Store -> Fetch

c)

None of the Above