ITE 221 ACTUAL FINAL EXAMS TIPS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A(n) ____ is an electrical switch with three electrical connections.
a. transistor
b. resistor
c. insulator
d. conductor - ✔✔a
✔✔Several transistors and their interconnections on a single chip form a(n) ____.
a. optimized circuit
b. combination circuit
c. integrated circuit
d. reduced circuit - ✔✔c
✔✔____ is based on the observation that the rate of increase in transistor density on
microchips had increased steadily, roughly doubling every 18 to 24 months.
a. Lamb's Law
b. Newton's Law
c. Rock's Law
, d. Moore's Law - ✔✔d
✔✔____ states that the cost of fabrication facilities for the latest chip generation
doubles every four years.
a. Rock's Law
b. Moore's Law
c. Nelson's Law
d. Lamb's Law - ✔✔a
✔✔Quantum computing, introduced in a Technology Focus in Chapter 2, uses quantum
states to simultaneously encode two values per bit, called a ____.
a. bi-bit
b. neobit
c. qubit
d. sim-bit - ✔✔c
✔✔The read/write mechanism is the device used to read or write data to and from the
storage medium.
True or False - ✔✔T
✔✔Wait states increase CPU and computer system performance.
True or False - ✔✔F
✔✔Primary storage extends the limited capacity of CPU registers.
True or False - ✔✔T
✔✔The CPU moves data and instructions continually between registers and primary
storage.
True or False - ✔✔T
✔✔With current technology, secondary storage speed is typically faster than primary
storage speed.
True or False - ✔✔F
✔✔Block size is normally stated in bytes and is generally the same between storage
devices, especially in a single storage device.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A(n) ____ is an electrical switch with three electrical connections.
a. transistor
b. resistor
c. insulator
d. conductor - ✔✔a
✔✔Several transistors and their interconnections on a single chip form a(n) ____.
a. optimized circuit
b. combination circuit
c. integrated circuit
d. reduced circuit - ✔✔c
✔✔____ is based on the observation that the rate of increase in transistor density on
microchips had increased steadily, roughly doubling every 18 to 24 months.
a. Lamb's Law
b. Newton's Law
c. Rock's Law
, d. Moore's Law - ✔✔d
✔✔____ states that the cost of fabrication facilities for the latest chip generation
doubles every four years.
a. Rock's Law
b. Moore's Law
c. Nelson's Law
d. Lamb's Law - ✔✔a
✔✔Quantum computing, introduced in a Technology Focus in Chapter 2, uses quantum
states to simultaneously encode two values per bit, called a ____.
a. bi-bit
b. neobit
c. qubit
d. sim-bit - ✔✔c
✔✔The read/write mechanism is the device used to read or write data to and from the
storage medium.
True or False - ✔✔T
✔✔Wait states increase CPU and computer system performance.
True or False - ✔✔F
✔✔Primary storage extends the limited capacity of CPU registers.
True or False - ✔✔T
✔✔The CPU moves data and instructions continually between registers and primary
storage.
True or False - ✔✔T
✔✔With current technology, secondary storage speed is typically faster than primary
storage speed.
True or False - ✔✔F
✔✔Block size is normally stated in bytes and is generally the same between storage
devices, especially in a single storage device.
