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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Boolean - ✔✔Binary numbers are well suited to computer prcoessing because they
correspond directly with values in _____ logic.
✔✔Cycle - ✔✔the __________ time of a processor is one divided by the clock rate (in
hz).
✔✔instruction formats - ✔✔A CPU typically uses multiple ______ to account for
differences in the number and type of operands in instructions.
✔✔Resistance - ✔✔______ generates heat in electrical devices.
✔✔Gallium arsenide - ✔✔______ is a semiconducting material with optical properties
✔✔transistor - ✔✔A(n) ______ is an electrical switch built of semiconducting materials.
✔✔heat sink - ✔✔A(n) ______ improves heat dissipation by providing a thermal mass
and a large thermal transfer surface.
✔✔hertz (Hz) - ✔✔One ______ is one cycle per second.
, ✔✔Inclusive, Exclusive - ✔✔Applying a(n) ______ OR transformation to input bit values
1 and 1 generates true. Applying a(n) ______ OR transformation to the same inputs
generates false.
✔✔Instruction register, decoded - ✔✔When an instruction is first fetched from memory,
it's placed in the ______ and then ______ to extract its components.
✔✔fixed-length - ✔✔Using ______ instructions simplifies the process of instruction
fetching and decoding.
✔✔microprocessor - ✔✔A microchip containing all the components of a CPU is called
a(n) ______.
✔✔(inclusive) OR - ✔✔A(n) ______ instruction transforms the bit pairs 1/1, 1/0, and 0/1
into 1.
✔✔load - ✔✔The contents of a memory location are copied to a register while
performing a(n) ______ operation.
✔✔unconditional BRANCH, conditional BRANCH - ✔✔A(n) ______ instruction always
alters the instruction execution sequence. A(n) ______ instruction alters the instruction
execution sequence only if a specified condition is true.
✔✔integrated circuit or microchip - ✔✔A(n) ______ or ______ contains multiple
transistors or gates in a single sealed package.
✔✔RISC - ✔✔A(n) ______ processor doesn't directly implement complex instructions.
✔✔MOVE - ✔✔A(n) ______ instruction copies data from one memory location to
another.
✔✔wait states - ✔✔The CPU incurs one or more ______ when it is idle, pending the
completion of an operation by another device in the computer system.
✔✔word - ✔✔A(n) ______ is the number of bits the CPU processes simultaneously. It
also describes the size of a single register.
✔✔program status word (PSW) - ✔✔In many CPUs, a register called the ______ stores
bit flags representing CPU and program status, including those representing processing
errors and the results of comparison operations.
✔✔op code, operands - ✔✔The components of an instruction are its ______ and one or
more ______.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Boolean - ✔✔Binary numbers are well suited to computer prcoessing because they
correspond directly with values in _____ logic.
✔✔Cycle - ✔✔the __________ time of a processor is one divided by the clock rate (in
hz).
✔✔instruction formats - ✔✔A CPU typically uses multiple ______ to account for
differences in the number and type of operands in instructions.
✔✔Resistance - ✔✔______ generates heat in electrical devices.
✔✔Gallium arsenide - ✔✔______ is a semiconducting material with optical properties
✔✔transistor - ✔✔A(n) ______ is an electrical switch built of semiconducting materials.
✔✔heat sink - ✔✔A(n) ______ improves heat dissipation by providing a thermal mass
and a large thermal transfer surface.
✔✔hertz (Hz) - ✔✔One ______ is one cycle per second.
, ✔✔Inclusive, Exclusive - ✔✔Applying a(n) ______ OR transformation to input bit values
1 and 1 generates true. Applying a(n) ______ OR transformation to the same inputs
generates false.
✔✔Instruction register, decoded - ✔✔When an instruction is first fetched from memory,
it's placed in the ______ and then ______ to extract its components.
✔✔fixed-length - ✔✔Using ______ instructions simplifies the process of instruction
fetching and decoding.
✔✔microprocessor - ✔✔A microchip containing all the components of a CPU is called
a(n) ______.
✔✔(inclusive) OR - ✔✔A(n) ______ instruction transforms the bit pairs 1/1, 1/0, and 0/1
into 1.
✔✔load - ✔✔The contents of a memory location are copied to a register while
performing a(n) ______ operation.
✔✔unconditional BRANCH, conditional BRANCH - ✔✔A(n) ______ instruction always
alters the instruction execution sequence. A(n) ______ instruction alters the instruction
execution sequence only if a specified condition is true.
✔✔integrated circuit or microchip - ✔✔A(n) ______ or ______ contains multiple
transistors or gates in a single sealed package.
✔✔RISC - ✔✔A(n) ______ processor doesn't directly implement complex instructions.
✔✔MOVE - ✔✔A(n) ______ instruction copies data from one memory location to
another.
✔✔wait states - ✔✔The CPU incurs one or more ______ when it is idle, pending the
completion of an operation by another device in the computer system.
✔✔word - ✔✔A(n) ______ is the number of bits the CPU processes simultaneously. It
also describes the size of a single register.
✔✔program status word (PSW) - ✔✔In many CPUs, a register called the ______ stores
bit flags representing CPU and program status, including those representing processing
errors and the results of comparison operations.
✔✔op code, operands - ✔✔The components of an instruction are its ______ and one or
more ______.
