CEA201 Exam Questions With Correct Answers A+

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CEA201 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers A+


Computer _________ refers to those attributes that have a direct impact on the logical execution
of a program.
a. organization
b. specifics
c. design
d. architecture - Answer✔architecture
Architectural attributes include __________ .
a. I/O mechanisms
b. control signals
c. interfaces
d. memory technology used - Answer✔I/O mechanisms
_________ attributes include hardware details transparent to the programmer.
a. Interface
b. Organizational
c. Memory
d. Architectural - Answer✔Organizational
It is a(n) _________ design issue whether a computer will have a multiply instruction.
a. architectural
b. memory
c. elementary
d. organizational - Answer✔architectural
It is a(n) _________ issue whether the multiply instruction will be implemented by a special
multiply unit or by a mechanism that makes repeated use of the add unit of the system.

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a. architectural
b. memory
c. mechanical
d. organizational - Answer✔organizational
A __________ system is a set of interrelated subsystems.
a. secondary
b. hierarchical
c. complex
d. functional - Answer✔hierarchical
An I/O device is referred to as a __________.
a. CPU
b. control device
c. peripheral
d. register - Answer✔peripheral
When data are moved over longer distances, to or from a remote device, the process is known as
__________.
a. data communications
b. registering
c. structuring
d. data transport - Answer✔data communications
The _________ stores data.
a. system bus
b. I/O
c. main memory
d. control unit - Answer✔main memory
The __________ moves data between the computer and its external environment.
a. data transport
b. I/O
c. register

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d. CPU interconnection - Answer✔I/O
A common example of system interconnection is by means of a __________.
a. register
b. system bus
c. data transport
d. control device - Answer✔system bus
A _________ is a mechanism that provides for communication among CPU, main memory, and
I/O.
a. system interconnection
b. CPU interconnection
c. peripheral
d. processor - Answer✔system interconnection
_________ provide storage internal to the CPU.
a. Control units
b. ALUs
c. Main memory
d. Registers - Answer✔Registers
The __________ performs the computer's data processing functions.
a. Register
b. CPU interconnection
c. ALU
d. system bus - Answer✔ALU
The _________ was the world's first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
a. UNIVAC
b. MARK IV
c. ENIAC
d. Hollerith's Counting Machine - Answer✔ENIAC
The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer project was a response to U.S. needs during
_________.
a. the Civil War

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b. the French-American War
c. World War I
d. World War II - Answer✔World War II
The ENIAC used __________.
a. vacuum tubes
b. integrated circuits
c. IAS - Answer✔vacuum tubes
The ENIAC is an example of a _________ generation computer.
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth - Answer✔first
The __________ interprets the instructions in memory and causes them to be executed.
a. main memory
b. control unit
c. I/O
d. arithmetic and logic unit - Answer✔control unit
The memory of the IAS consists of 1000 storage locations called __________.
a. opcodes
b. wafers
c. VLSIs
d. words - Answer✔words
The __________ contains the 8-bit opcode instruction being executed.
a. memory buffer register
b. instruction buffer register
c. instruction register
d. memory address register - Answer✔instruction register
During the _________ the opcode of the next instruction is loaded into the IR and the address
portion is loaded into the MAR.