CIS105 UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
CPU Cache - CORRECT ANSWER - Small, very quick memory that stores copies of
information and data from the most regularly used parts' main memory.
Process - CORRECT ANSWER - A job or task a computer performs.
Windows - CORRECT ANSWER - Proprietary graphical user interface-based (GUI )
operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation.
Mac OS - CORRECT ANSWER - Proprietary graphical user interface-based (GUI )
operating system developed by Apple Inc.
UNIX - CORRECT ANSWER - Proprietary operating system developed in the 1960s and
1970s Bell Labs.
Embedded Computing - CORRECT ANSWER - Refers to a computing system or device
that performs a dedicated function.
Registers - CORRECT ANSWER - Extremely fast very small amounts of memory used to
quicken the implementation of computer programs.
Disk Storage - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-volatile, secondary storage that is recorded to
a physical device.
Virtual Memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Memory the operating system uses to
coordinate, track and efficiently allocate the use of CPU cache.
, RAM - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of storage that allows stored data to be accessed in
any order.
File Management - CORRECT ANSWER - Way to store and organize a user's work
represented by computer files to the memory of a computer.
Operating Systems - CORRECT ANSWER - Responsible for reading and writing data and
information onto a disk, typically a hard drive or a solid state storage device.
Device Drivers - CORRECT ANSWER - Computer programs that allow peripheral
hardware devices like printers or scanners to interface with a computer.
NOS - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of system software that controls an entire network of
computers which is accessed by many users.
Stand alone - CORRECT ANSWER - Computers that are not connected to any other
computer.
Magnetic Tape - CORRECT ANSWER - Data storage media packaged on reel-to-reel
cartridges like a cassette tape.
Mass Storage - CORRECT ANSWER - Storage of large amounts of data and information.
Internet Drive - CORRECT ANSWER - A storage service on the World Wide Web.
RAID - CORRECT ANSWER - A series of stacked, spinning hard disk platters connected
to one another that divide and replicate data and information to provide more reliable storage.
DVD - CORRECT ANSWER - An optical disc like a CD that can be used for data storage,
but more typically used to deliver high-definition movies and sound.
CORRECT Answers
CPU Cache - CORRECT ANSWER - Small, very quick memory that stores copies of
information and data from the most regularly used parts' main memory.
Process - CORRECT ANSWER - A job or task a computer performs.
Windows - CORRECT ANSWER - Proprietary graphical user interface-based (GUI )
operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation.
Mac OS - CORRECT ANSWER - Proprietary graphical user interface-based (GUI )
operating system developed by Apple Inc.
UNIX - CORRECT ANSWER - Proprietary operating system developed in the 1960s and
1970s Bell Labs.
Embedded Computing - CORRECT ANSWER - Refers to a computing system or device
that performs a dedicated function.
Registers - CORRECT ANSWER - Extremely fast very small amounts of memory used to
quicken the implementation of computer programs.
Disk Storage - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-volatile, secondary storage that is recorded to
a physical device.
Virtual Memory - CORRECT ANSWER - Memory the operating system uses to
coordinate, track and efficiently allocate the use of CPU cache.
, RAM - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of storage that allows stored data to be accessed in
any order.
File Management - CORRECT ANSWER - Way to store and organize a user's work
represented by computer files to the memory of a computer.
Operating Systems - CORRECT ANSWER - Responsible for reading and writing data and
information onto a disk, typically a hard drive or a solid state storage device.
Device Drivers - CORRECT ANSWER - Computer programs that allow peripheral
hardware devices like printers or scanners to interface with a computer.
NOS - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of system software that controls an entire network of
computers which is accessed by many users.
Stand alone - CORRECT ANSWER - Computers that are not connected to any other
computer.
Magnetic Tape - CORRECT ANSWER - Data storage media packaged on reel-to-reel
cartridges like a cassette tape.
Mass Storage - CORRECT ANSWER - Storage of large amounts of data and information.
Internet Drive - CORRECT ANSWER - A storage service on the World Wide Web.
RAID - CORRECT ANSWER - A series of stacked, spinning hard disk platters connected
to one another that divide and replicate data and information to provide more reliable storage.
DVD - CORRECT ANSWER - An optical disc like a CD that can be used for data storage,
but more typically used to deliver high-definition movies and sound.
