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This kind of data transmission transfers one (1) data bit at a time and is used in long-distance data
Serial
Asynchronous
Parallel
Synchronous
It i a set of ANSI standard electronic interfaces that is more flexible than parallel data transfer interfaces
Industry Standard Architecture
Small Computer Systems Interface
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Universal Serial Bus
These types of devices transmit and receive information between the computer and the user
Input Peripherals
Output Peripherals
Storage Devices
Input-Output Peripherals
These types of devices allow user input from the outside world to the computer
Input Peripherals
Output Peripherals
Storage Devices
Input-Output Peripherals
This bus communication protocol follows irregular gaps when transmitting and receiving data.
Serial
Asynchronous
Parallel
Synchronous
These types of devices are used to send data from the computer to the outside world
Input Peripherals
Output Peripherals
Storage Devices
Input-Output Peripherals
This mode of I/O data transfer is the result of I/O instructions written in a computer program
Programmed I/O
Interrupted I/O
Direct Memory Access
Cache Buffers
It is the process in which multiple requests are recognized and priority are given
Protocols
Policies
Expansion
Arbitration
This bus technology includes a 32-/64-bit bus that runs at a 33/66 MHz clock speed
Industry Standard Architecture
Small Computer Systems Interface
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Universal Serial Bus
This bus allows the processor to communicate with the system's central memory or the random access memory
Internal Bus
Input/Output Bus
Expansion Bus
Chipset Bus
This bus communication protocol follows the continuous stream of a master clock when transmitting and receiving data
Serial
Asynchronous
Parallel
Synchronous
This bus technology is capable of enhancing plug-and-play and allows hot swapping of serial devices.
Industry Standard Architecture
Small Computer Systems Interface
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Universal Serial Bus
IBM introduced this bus technology for IBM PC using an 8088 microprocessor
Industry Standard Architecture
Small Computer Systems Interface
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Universal Serial Bus
These types of devices use I/O for storing and fetching of information
Input Peripherals
Output Peripherals
Storage Devices
Input-Output Peripherals
It has a 68-pin connector that is connected to a slot in PC, which enables hot swapping of devices.
Video Electronics Standards Association
Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association
Accelerated Graphics Port
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
Which of the following statements best describes synchronous bus protocol?
Data bits are transmitted as a continuous stream in time with a master clock.
Data bits can be sent at any point in time.
Stop bits and start bits are used between data bytes to synchronize the transmitter and receiver and to ensure that the data is transmitted correctly
This time between sending and receiving data bits is not constant; thus, the gaps are used to provide time between transmissions.
Which of the data following statements is NOT a condition for a DMA to work?
I/O module must be able to read from and write to memory.
It uses traps or exceptions to avoid errors or illegal instructions.
It is a method to avoid conflict between CPU and the I/O module that writes to memory at the time.
It is a method of connecting the I/O module and the memory.
Which of the following statements best describes buffer chaining?
It handles multiple transfers without the processor.
It is a device with a linked list of buffers.
It furthers the optimization of smart devices.
It is a device hardware that automatically uses the next buffer on the list.
Which of the following statements DOES NOT correctly describe Direct Memory Access?
It removes the CPU From the path and lets the peripheral device manage the memory buses directly to improve the speed of transfer.
It manages to transfer data between peripherals and memory unit.
In DMA, the CPU would initiate the transfer, do other operations while the transfer is in progress, and receive an interrupt from the DMA controller, when the transfer has been completed.
After receiving the interrupt signal, the CPU stops the task it processes and services the I/O transfer. It returns to its previous processing task afterward.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a computer bus?
Data Sharing
Addressing
Power
Adaptability
Which of the following statements DOES NOT refer to computer drivers?
These are small pieces of software that tell the operating system and other software how to communicate with a piece of hardware.
These similar to translators between pa program user is using and a device that a program wants to utilize
A software program can provide information to a driver to explain what it wants a piece of hardware to do, and the driver understands what it can fulfill with the hardware
Most of them are device controllers that serve as direct interfaces between a general system bus and each of the system's peripheral devices.
Which of the following statements DOES NOT refer to the I/O controller tasks?
I/O controllers offload a considerable amount of work from the CPU
It controls I/O peripherals with a few simple I/O commands from the CPU
It supports DMA in order to free up the CPU from other tasks
It does not allow processing of each instruction to progress in parallel
Which of the following statements best describes asynchronous bus protocol?
Data accuracy is highly dependent on timing being correctly synced in between devices.
The data transmitter and receiver both operate using synchronized clock frequency
The time between sending and receiving data bits is not constant; thus, the gaps are used to provide time between transmissions
Data moves faster and timing errors are less frequent because the transmitter and receiver time are synced.
Which of the following statements best describes Small Computer Systems Interface?
It is a set of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard electronic interfaces.
IBM introduced this bus for the IBM PC using an 8088 microprocessor.
Its data transfer rate ranges from 264 Mbps to 528 Mbps, and 800 Mbps up to 1.5 Gbps
Intel Corporation developed this bus.
Which of the following LEAST likely to describe a serial bus?
It is half duplex since the sender can send and receive the data.
It is full duplex since the sender can send and receive the data.
It is used to for long-distance communication
It transmits fewer data in a faster clock cycle in order to achieve a higher data rate.
Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of a parallel bus?
It is a parallel link that simultaneously transmits several streams of data along with multiple channels.
It is half duplex since data is either sent or received.
It is used for short distance.
It requires fewer interconnecting cables, hence occupies less space.
Which of the following I/O performances best describes the I/O bandwidth?
The amount of information communicated to the processor/memory per unit time
The total elapsed time to accomplish an input or output operation
The program that controls data transfer to and from CPU and peripheral
Transferring data under programmed I/O requires constant monitoring of the peripherals by the CPU
Which of the following statements is NOT a main condition for Direct Memory Access to work?
It is a method for connecting the I/O module and the memory.
The I/O module must be able oto read and from and write to memory.
It is a method to avoid conflict between the CPU and the I/O module that writes to the memory at the same time.
The I/O Module must rely heavily on storage in order to work.
Which of the following statements best describes the I/O Controller?
It offloads a considerable amount of work from the CPU
It is a device driver with a small piece of software that tells the operating system and ther software how to communicate with a piece of hardware
It allows the processing of each instruction to progress in parallel
It supports DMA so that the CPU may be free to perform other tasks.
Which of the data following I/O performances best describes the I/O response time?
The amount of information communicated to the processor/memory per unit time
The total elapsed time to accomplish an input or output operation
The program that controls data transfer to and from CPU and peripheral
Transferring data under programmed I/O requires constant monitoring of the peripherals by the CPU
In microprocessor components, it is the fastest memory in a computer that holds information
Register
Clock
I/O Devices
Direct Memory Access
In microprocessor components, this kind of bus is used to carry data and from the memory.
Data Bus
Address Bus
Control Bus
Expansion Bus
What do you call the delay in the transmission of data through the circuits of a computer's microprocessor
System Error
Deadlock
Processing Overhead
Bottleneck
In microprocessor components, this kind of bus carries control signals from the control unit to the computer components in order to control the operation of each component
Data Bus
Address Bus
Control Bus
Expansion Bus
What logic gate is required flash memory to work?
NAND Gate
AND Gate
OR Gate
NOT Gate
What kind of register holds the address of a memory location?
Accumulator
Memory Address Register
Memory Data Register
Instruction Pointer
In microprocessor components, these pertain to the physical device, port, or connection that interacts with the computer system.
Register
Clock
I/O Interfaces
Direct Memory Access
What type of semiconductor memory needs constant power to retain data?
Volatile Memory
Non-Volatile Memory
Conductive Memory
Non-Conductive Memory
What type of semiconductor memory keeps its contents even without power?
Volatile Memory
Non-Volatile Memory
Conductive Memory
Non-Conductive Memory
It is a type of EEPROM that allows multiple memory locations to be written or erased in one (1) operation.
Solid State
Relay-based
Flash Memory
RAID
In microprocessor components, it is responsible for accepting data from input devices, processing the data into information, and transferring the information to memory and output devices.
Central Processing Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Control Unit
Direct Memory Access
It refers to the tendency of a processor to access the same set of memory locations repetitively over a short period.
Locality of Reference
Virtual Memory
Dynamic Partiioning
Fragmentation
What is the exact binary size of 1 Kilobyte?
2014 bytes
1024 bytes
1000 bytes
2000 bytes
What do you call a collection of physical parts of a computer system?
Computer Hardware
Computer Equipment
Computer Parts
Computing Devices
It is composed of integrated circuits that hold thousands of transistors responsible for processing a unique set of instructions and processes
Microcontroller
Microprocessor
Microcomputer
Micro Devices
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the third generation of advancements of the computer system?
Transistors replaced the vacuum tube for it is faster, smaller, highly reliable, and significantly cheaper
Computers in this generation were characterized by a significant increase in the number of transistors integrated into a single chip and by the invention of the microprocessor
The integrated circuit is a collection of transistors integrated and compacted into a single chip.
The vacuum tube was invented in parallel to the electric bulb and used a similar concept.
Which of the following statements best describes RISC?
It has a multiple number of cycles per instruction.
It requires few instructions to process
It takes time to process instructions
It is efficient in terms of RAM usage
Which of the following items is a primary memory?
Read-Only Memory
Hard Disk Drive
Solid State Drive
Flash Drive
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the first generation of advancements of the computer system?
Transistors replaced the vacuum tube for it is faster, smaller, highly reliable, and significantly cheaper
Computers in this generation were characterized by a significant increase in the number of transistors integrated into a single chip and by the invention of the microprocessor.
The integrated circuit is a collection of transistors integrated and compacted into a single chip.
The vacuum tube was invented in parallel to the electric bulb and used a similar concept.
Which of the following statements is NOT a part of RAM's operations
The data bus allows the passage of data out or in the RAM.
The address bus is used to select a memory location
The read signal activates when reading data from RAM
The write line deactivates when writing to the RAM
Which of the following statements best describes primary cache?
This is as fast as the processor because it is embedded in the processor
This is used to catch recent data access from the processor not caught by L1
This catches the recent data across all CPU Cores and is usually slower than L1 and L2
This does not catch the recent data across all CPU cores
In microprocessor operations, what is the purpose of the 'fetch' stage?
It identifies the opcode that determines the type of instruction
It is the process of accumulating and executing computer instructions and tasks from the processor via a logical pipeline
It executes the part of each different instruction
It is designed to get several instructions at a time in parallel
Which of the following statements best describes the accumulator register?
This holds a data value that is being stored to or retrieved from the memory location currently addressed by the memory address register.
This holds the address of the current instruction being executed
This allows the computer to keep track of special conditions such as arithmetic carry and overflow, power failure, and internal computer error
This stores any transient data required by the processor.
What occurs when a cache miss happens?
It repeatedly seeks for the same piece of data.
It pertains to data that isn't in the cache.
It implies that the likelihood of referencing a storage location near it has been recently referenced
A resource that is referenced at one (1) point in time will be referenced again.
Which of the following items is NOT a secondary memory?
Random Access Memory
Hard Disk drive
Solid State Drive
Flash Drive
Which of the following statements is incorrect about CISC?
It has a multiple number of cycles per instruction
It takes time to process instructions
It is efficient in terms of RAM usage
It has a single instruction per cycle
Which of the following statements best describes shared cache?
This is as fast as the processor because it is embedded in the processor
This is used to catch recent data access from the processor not caught by L1
This catches recent data across all CPU Cores and is usually slower than L1 and L2
This does not catch the recent data across all CPU Cores
Which of the following statements best describes CISC?
It has greater energy consumption due to power-hungry components
It requires few instructions to process
It has a single instruction per cycle
It is heavy in terms of RAM usage
Which of the following statements best describes external cache?
This is as fast as the processor because it is embedded in the processor
This is used to catch recent data access from the processor not caught by L1
This catches the recent data across all CPU Cores and is usually slower than L1 and L2
This does not catch recent data across all CPU cores
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the second generation of advancements of the computer system?
Transistors replaced the vacuum tube for its faster, smaller, highly reliable, and significantly cheaper
Computers in the process generation were characterized by a significant increase in the number of transistors integrated into a single chip and by the invention of the microprocesser
The integrated circuit is collection of transistors integrated and compacted into a single chip.
The vacuum tube was invented in parallel to the electric bulb and used a similar concept.
It is mostly used as a volatile temporary storage for processed data and running applications
Microprocessor
Primary Storage
Secondary Storage
Input Devices
What type of non-volatile storage media stores data on spinning magnetic disks rotating at a high-speed
Hard Disk Drive
Solid-State Drive
Flash Drive
Tape Drive
In data as a alphanumeric characters, it supports approximately a million characters, using a combination 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit words.
EBCDIC
Unicode
UTF-8
ASCII
What type of non-volatile storage media stores data in a single NAND memory?
Hard Disk Drive
Optical Drive
Flash Drive
Tape Drive
In a video format, this refers to a container that serves as a superstructure to hold videos
Inducer
Decoder
Encoder
Codec
What do you call the fundamental representation of facts and observations
Data
Software
Hardware
Communication
In this type of data compression, the data operates on the assumption that the user can accept a certain amount of data degradation to save storage on data transmission itme
Lossless algorithm
Loseless algorithm
Lossy algorithm
Lossly algorithm
These images made up of graphical shapes can be defined geometrically using software tools or apparatus.
Containers
Graphical objects
Video images
Bitmap objects
It is a name given to a specific kind of file
Metadata
File Attribute
File Format
File Type
In data as alphanumeric characters, the American National Standards Institute originally developed it as a standard.
EBCDIC
Unicode
UTF-8
ASCII
What do you call the channel that provides the connection between computers?
Data
Software
Hardware
Communication
It is where the computer processes all data and instructions.
Microprocessor
Storage Devices
Input Devices
Output Devices
It is a common graphic identifier for file extension
File Extension Icon
File Name
File Association
File Extension
What classification of computers refers to large organization computer systems that act as the main computational infrastructure
Terminals
Microcomputers
Mini Computers
Mainframe
These are settings associated with computer files that grant or deny certain rights to how a user or the operating system can access that file
Metadata
File Attribute
File Format
File Type
Which of the following statements best describes a keyboard?
It is a handheld input device that is capable of controlling and maneuvering graphical user interface (GUI) with the use of a cursor on display.
It is capable of displaying the GUI of a computer
It is one of the primary input devices composed of buttons with alphanumeric characters
It is capable of representing data on paper
What is the purpose of encoding in digital data processing?
It lays out the analog signal in a graph.
It layers the discrete signal in the analog signal with less margin of error
It converts the discrete signals into highs (1) and lows (0), hence the binary equivalent of a time-bound discrete signal
It convers the analog value to a digital equivalent
How is the file type GIF used?
It allows users to store and exchange online bitmap images in 256 colors on different computing platforms.
It can store up to 48 bits of color per pixel and can store a transparency percentage value and correction factor for the color in a monitor or printer.
It employs a compression algorithm to reduce the amount of data stored and transmitted and reduce image resolution under certain circumstances
It is determined by a codec or encoder/decoder algoritm referred to as a "Container"
What is the function of an ADC in data conversion?
It lays out the analog signal in a graph.
It layers the discrete signal in the analog signal with less margin of error
It serves as a superstructure to encode, decode, hold, and stream video.
It converts the analog value to a digital equivalent
Which of the following is NOT a file attribute?
Read-Only
Archive
System
Compressed
What does data sorting refer to in computer operations?
It pertains to the placement of data or out of the computer system
It pertains to the placement of data from one (1) memory location to the other
It pertains to the arrangement of data by a list or specific criterion or criteria
It pertains to getting and/or placing of data in a non-volatile storage.
Which of the following is NOT a classification of data
Alphanumeric Characters
Audio
Visual
Metadata
Which of the following best describes the enumerated data type?
Numbers with decimal portion
User-defined data type
Alphanumeric character code
Constant value of true or false
Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of a monitor?
It is a handheld input device that is capable of controlling and maneuvering graphical user interface (GUI) with the use of a cursor on display.
It is capable of displaying the GUI of a computer
It is one of the primary input devices composed of buttons with alphanumeric characters
It is capable of representing data on paper.
How do Unicode planes manage character encoding?
It allows space for about a million characters.
It provides various symbols, line shapes, and accented foreign letters for the additional 128 entries.
It is used in IBM-compatible mainframe computers and terminals
It can serve both video and audio and can support multiple codecs
What does quantization achieve in data conversion?
It lays out the analog signal in a graph
It layers the discrete signal in the analog signal with less margin of error
It serves as a superstructure to encode, decode, and hold, and stream video
It converts the analog value to a digital equivalent
Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of a printer?
It is a handheld input device that is capable of controlling and maneuvering graphical user interface (GUI) with the use of a cursor on display.
It is capable if displaying the GUI of a computer.
It is one of the primary input devices composed of buttons with alphanumeric characters.
It is capable of representing data on paper.
How does the sampling work in signal processing?
It lays out the analog signal in a graph.
It layers the discrete signal in the analog signal with less margin of error.
It serves as a superstructure to encode, decode, hold, and stream video
It converts discrete signals into highs and lows.
How does hierarchy contribute to architectural complexity solutions?
It is used to characterize a certain object at different levels of representation offering models
It refers to systems that are organized in the shape of a pyramid, with each row of objects linked to objects directly beneath it.
It is a process of splitting the system in smaller chunks since people can work better by working on smaller separate tasks.
It is a method that allows people to communicate data.
Which of the following is NOT an input device?
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitor
Touchscreen
