CSCI 103 Midterm Exam 2025 Questions and Answers

CSCI 103 Midterm Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers


Windows creates "restore points" so that you can

A. return your system to the way it was before you installed new software.

B. extend your warranty.

C. add additional hard disk storage space.

D. protect your system from hackers. - ANSWER-A.

A special processing chip found on video cards is the

A. ROM.

B. CPU.

C. GPU.

D. HDMI. - ANSWER-C.

When the binary code is retrieved from RAM and moved to the CPU, this stage is

known as

A. fetch.



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,B. execute.

C. decode.

D. store. - ANSWER-A.

_______ is a set of strategies for using more than one drive in a system.

A. RAID

B. A machine cycle

C. VPU

D. GPU - ANSWER-A.

A good way to assess your CPU usage is to

A. feel the temperature of the CPU with your hand.

B. check the Performance tab of the Task Manager.

C. listen for the sound of a spinning hard disk drive.

D. check the number reported by the system defrag utility. - ANSWER-B.

If you want to use your computer for recording your band, you would benefit most

from a(n)

A. MIDI interface.

B. RAID interface.




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, C. overclocking interface.

D. HDMI interface. - ANSWER-A.

RAM is

A. both volatile and nonvolatile memory.

B. nonvolatile memory.

C. volatile memory.

D. neither volatile nor nonvolatile memory. - ANSWER-C.

Data can be retrieved fastest from

A. registers.

B. RAM.

C. HDMI.

D. cache memory. - ANSWER-A.

An example of an open source OS is

A. DOS.

B. Linux.

C. macOS.

D. Windows. - ANSWER-B.




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