CSIS 110 Chapter 5 Question and
answers correctly solved
A von Neumann computer architecture is best characterized by which of the
following? - correct answer Stored-program concept
If a laptop computer contains a motherboard having dual core processors,
each of which works at as speed advertised at 2.66GHz with a FSB/6M
cache, how fast can each of the processors perform its various operations? -
correct answer 2.6 billion operations per second
The interface called SATA (serial ATA) used with the hard disk drive is both
faster and less costly to make than the Parallel ATA in the transmission of
individual data bits - correct answer True
The prefix giga refers to which power of two? - correct answer 2^30
The prefix mega refers to which power of two? - correct answer 2^20
The prefix micro refers to which power of ten? - correct answer 10^-6
The prefix nano refers to which power of ten? - correct answer 10^-9
True or False? A bus is a group of wires through which data travels within a
computer. - correct answer True
True or False? A disk drive may be composed of multiple disks. - correct
answer True
, True or False? A megabyte of memory space is larger than a gigabyte of
memory space. - correct answer False
True or False? A register is a small storage area in the CPU. - correct answer
True
True or False? A touch screen is both an input and output device. - correct
answer True
True or False? A volatile storage device loses the contents of its memory if its
power supply is turned off. - correct answer True
True or False? Both RAM and ROM are random-access devices. - correct
answer True
True or False? Pipelining is a technique that uses several different
processors, where each contributes one part to an overall computation. -
correct answer True
True or False? RAM is non-volatile and ROM is volatile. - correct answer
False
True or False? Task-level parallelism is based on the idea that different
processors can execute different tasks simultaneously. - correct answer True
True or False? The bit pattern stored at a particular memory location conveys
the kind of information that it represents (a number, part of an image, etc.). -
correct answer False
answers correctly solved
A von Neumann computer architecture is best characterized by which of the
following? - correct answer Stored-program concept
If a laptop computer contains a motherboard having dual core processors,
each of which works at as speed advertised at 2.66GHz with a FSB/6M
cache, how fast can each of the processors perform its various operations? -
correct answer 2.6 billion operations per second
The interface called SATA (serial ATA) used with the hard disk drive is both
faster and less costly to make than the Parallel ATA in the transmission of
individual data bits - correct answer True
The prefix giga refers to which power of two? - correct answer 2^30
The prefix mega refers to which power of two? - correct answer 2^20
The prefix micro refers to which power of ten? - correct answer 10^-6
The prefix nano refers to which power of ten? - correct answer 10^-9
True or False? A bus is a group of wires through which data travels within a
computer. - correct answer True
True or False? A disk drive may be composed of multiple disks. - correct
answer True
, True or False? A megabyte of memory space is larger than a gigabyte of
memory space. - correct answer False
True or False? A register is a small storage area in the CPU. - correct answer
True
True or False? A touch screen is both an input and output device. - correct
answer True
True or False? A volatile storage device loses the contents of its memory if its
power supply is turned off. - correct answer True
True or False? Both RAM and ROM are random-access devices. - correct
answer True
True or False? Pipelining is a technique that uses several different
processors, where each contributes one part to an overall computation. -
correct answer True
True or False? RAM is non-volatile and ROM is volatile. - correct answer
False
True or False? Task-level parallelism is based on the idea that different
processors can execute different tasks simultaneously. - correct answer True
True or False? The bit pattern stored at a particular memory location conveys
the kind of information that it represents (a number, part of an image, etc.). -
correct answer False
