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ent / C182 WGU Objective Asse
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ssment EXAM NEWEST 2024 A
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CTUAL EXAM TEST BANK QUE
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ED ANSWERS VERIFIED ANSW
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ERS ALREADY GRADED A+
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,Control Unit (CU) - n n n
retrieves the instructions and the raw datathatis input and co
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ordinates orcontrols the sending of those instructions and dat
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a to the ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) -
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does the actual processing of the data; completing mathema
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tical calculations andlogical operations to process the data a
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ndconverting the input of the keyboard text entry to output di
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splayed on the screen - CORRECT ANSWER-Parts of the CPU
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Dynamic RAM (DRAM) - n n n
typically called main memory Static RAM (SRAM) -
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cache memory and registers - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Types of RAM n n
BIOS stands for: Basic Input Output System; ROM stands for Re
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ad Only Memory. Typically stored in ROM chip on the motherb
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oard. Is software NOT hardware, ("basic" operating system tha
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t runs when the computeris first turned on). Runs tests of memo
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ry and the CPU and initializes hardware components so that th
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e actual Operating System can be loaded from the hard disk. C
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an't choose the amount or contents. - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Vacuum tubes, relay switches,the needto program in machin
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e language - CORRECT ANSWER-1st Generation of Computers
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,Single chip processor, called microcomputer, first personal co
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mputer, rudimentary computer graphics, home use -
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CORRECT ANSWER-4th Generation of Computers 1971 -
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1980.
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, Doubling of transistor count roughly every 18 - n n n n n n n
24 months (exponential increase) - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Punch cards, magnetic tape, hard disks, floppy disks, optical dis
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cs, flash memory, cloud storage - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Evolution of Storage
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Improve language translator; requires that the components o
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f the software all be defined before compilation can begin; cod
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e is more efficient - CORRECT ANSWER-Compiler
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, easier real-
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world objectmodeling in programming code, andthe applicati
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on of inheritance in program code. - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Object Oriented Programming n n
A computer being accessed over the network -
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CORRECT ANSWER-Remote Computer
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Requires that a full pathway, orcircuit, be established before tra
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nsmission can begin and maintained during the entire transmi
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ssion; like calling someone on the phone - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Circuit Switched Network n n