ITE 221 CORRECT STUDY GUIDE SETTINGS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Individual Processes - ✔✔In a Microsoft Windows environment, areas of RAM will
typically be assigned to:
✔✔L1 Cache Memory - ✔✔Which of the following memory types is found inside a CPU
✔✔Primary (RAM) Memory - ✔✔Which type of Memory is volatile
✔✔All of the above ( Flash, EPROM, RAM) - ✔✔Which of the following can be used to
hold a computer program
✔✔Boolean - ✔✔Binary numbers are well suited to computer processing because they
correspond directly with values in ______ logic
✔✔Truncation - ✔✔Numbers such as 1/3 are stored in floating-point format by ____.
✔✔The number of bits used - ✔✔The accuracy, or precision, of data format
representation increases with ______.
✔✔Most Significant Digit - ✔✔The left most digit in a bit string is called the ____.
, ✔✔BRANCH - ✔✔A ______ instruction causes the processor to depart from sequential
instruction order.
✔✔Load - ✔✔A _________ operation is a data transfer from main Memory into a
register.
✔✔AND - ✔✔A(n) ________ instruction generates the result true if both of its data
inputs are true.
✔✔Cycle Time - ✔✔In most CPUs, the ________ is the time required to fetch and
execute the simplest instruction in the instruction set.
✔✔System Clock - ✔✔The _______ is a digital circuit that generates timing pulses, or
signals, and transmits the pulses to other devices in the computer.
✔✔ALU - ✔✔The ______ section of the CPU performs all computation and comparison
operations.
✔✔OP Code - ✔✔The first group of bits in an instruction represents its unique binary
number, commonly called the ____.
✔✔Resistance - ✔✔The loss of electrical power that occurs as electrons pass through a
conductor is called ____.
✔✔Instruction Register - ✔✔When the control unit fetches an instruction from memory,
it stores it in the ____.
✔✔Multiprocessing - ✔✔________ describes any CPU architecture in which duplicate
CPUs or processor stages can execute in parallel.
✔✔Cylinder - ✔✔A _______ consists of all tracks at an equivalent distance from the
edge or spindle on all platter surfaces
✔✔Wait State - ✔✔A ______ is a CPU cycle spent waiting for access to an instruction
or data.
✔✔Nonvolatile - ✔✔A storage device or medium is _______ if it can't hold data reliably
for long periods.
✔✔Sequentially - ✔✔Programs usually access instructions and data items ____
✔✔Access Time - ✔✔Storage device speed is called ______.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Individual Processes - ✔✔In a Microsoft Windows environment, areas of RAM will
typically be assigned to:
✔✔L1 Cache Memory - ✔✔Which of the following memory types is found inside a CPU
✔✔Primary (RAM) Memory - ✔✔Which type of Memory is volatile
✔✔All of the above ( Flash, EPROM, RAM) - ✔✔Which of the following can be used to
hold a computer program
✔✔Boolean - ✔✔Binary numbers are well suited to computer processing because they
correspond directly with values in ______ logic
✔✔Truncation - ✔✔Numbers such as 1/3 are stored in floating-point format by ____.
✔✔The number of bits used - ✔✔The accuracy, or precision, of data format
representation increases with ______.
✔✔Most Significant Digit - ✔✔The left most digit in a bit string is called the ____.
, ✔✔BRANCH - ✔✔A ______ instruction causes the processor to depart from sequential
instruction order.
✔✔Load - ✔✔A _________ operation is a data transfer from main Memory into a
register.
✔✔AND - ✔✔A(n) ________ instruction generates the result true if both of its data
inputs are true.
✔✔Cycle Time - ✔✔In most CPUs, the ________ is the time required to fetch and
execute the simplest instruction in the instruction set.
✔✔System Clock - ✔✔The _______ is a digital circuit that generates timing pulses, or
signals, and transmits the pulses to other devices in the computer.
✔✔ALU - ✔✔The ______ section of the CPU performs all computation and comparison
operations.
✔✔OP Code - ✔✔The first group of bits in an instruction represents its unique binary
number, commonly called the ____.
✔✔Resistance - ✔✔The loss of electrical power that occurs as electrons pass through a
conductor is called ____.
✔✔Instruction Register - ✔✔When the control unit fetches an instruction from memory,
it stores it in the ____.
✔✔Multiprocessing - ✔✔________ describes any CPU architecture in which duplicate
CPUs or processor stages can execute in parallel.
✔✔Cylinder - ✔✔A _______ consists of all tracks at an equivalent distance from the
edge or spindle on all platter surfaces
✔✔Wait State - ✔✔A ______ is a CPU cycle spent waiting for access to an instruction
or data.
✔✔Nonvolatile - ✔✔A storage device or medium is _______ if it can't hold data reliably
for long periods.
✔✔Sequentially - ✔✔Programs usually access instructions and data items ____
✔✔Access Time - ✔✔Storage device speed is called ______.
