ITE 221 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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Nonvolatile - Answer -A storage device or medium is _______ if it can't hold data reliably for
long periods.
Sequentially - Answer -Programs usually access instructions and data items ____
Access Time - Answer -Storage device speed is called ______.
Cache Controller - Answer -A ________ is a processor that guesses what data will be requested
in the near future and loads this data from the storage device into the cache before it's actually
requested.
Bus - Answer -A ______ is a shared electrical or optical channel that connects two or more
devices.
I/O port - Answer -A(n) _____ is a communication pathway from the CPU to a peripheral device.
Buffer Overflow - Answer -If a buffer isn't large enough to hold a full page, an error called a
_____ occurs.
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, Sampling - Answer -The process of converting analog sound waves to digital representation is
called _____.
Cycle - Answer -A complete _____ of a sine wave follows its full range from zero to positive
peak, back to zero, to its negative peak, and then back to zero again.
Cyclic Redundancy Checking - Answer -_____ is the most widely used error-detection method.
Frequency Modulation - Answer -_______ represents bit values by varying carrier wave
frequency while holding amplitude constant.
Access Point - Answer -A wireless _____ connects a wireless network to a wired network.
Collision - Answer -If multiple nodes attempt to transmit across the same medium at the same
time, their messages mix, producing noise or interference that's called a _____.
Network - Answer -The ______ layer is the interface between network software and hardware.
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Nonvolatile - Answer -A storage device or medium is _______ if it can't hold data reliably for
long periods.
Sequentially - Answer -Programs usually access instructions and data items ____
Access Time - Answer -Storage device speed is called ______.
Cache Controller - Answer -A ________ is a processor that guesses what data will be requested
in the near future and loads this data from the storage device into the cache before it's actually
requested.
Bus - Answer -A ______ is a shared electrical or optical channel that connects two or more
devices.
I/O port - Answer -A(n) _____ is a communication pathway from the CPU to a peripheral device.
Buffer Overflow - Answer -If a buffer isn't large enough to hold a full page, an error called a
_____ occurs.
1|Page
, Sampling - Answer -The process of converting analog sound waves to digital representation is
called _____.
Cycle - Answer -A complete _____ of a sine wave follows its full range from zero to positive
peak, back to zero, to its negative peak, and then back to zero again.
Cyclic Redundancy Checking - Answer -_____ is the most widely used error-detection method.
Frequency Modulation - Answer -_______ represents bit values by varying carrier wave
frequency while holding amplitude constant.
Access Point - Answer -A wireless _____ connects a wireless network to a wired network.
Collision - Answer -If multiple nodes attempt to transmit across the same medium at the same
time, their messages mix, producing noise or interference that's called a _____.
Network - Answer -The ______ layer is the interface between network software and hardware.
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