12/15/25, 9:39 PM ITE 221 EXAM 2
ITE 221 EXAM 2 NEWEST VERSION WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS\ACTUAL
EXAM ITE 221 EXAM 2026-2027 \LATEST VERSION
The ALU component of the F
CPU moves data and
instructions between main
memory and registers.
True or false
A complex chain of events T
occurs when the CPU
executes a program.
True or False
The CPU alternates T
constantly between fetch
and execution cycles.
True or False
According to Moore's Law, F
the doubling of transistor
density is achieved with a
50%
increase in unit cost.
True or False
Current fabrication F
technology is capable of
squeezing more than two
billion
transistors onto a wafer of
silicon
approximately one square
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centimeter.
True or False
A microprocessor that fails to T
perform
reliably at a higher clock rate
might still be usable and
rated for sale at a lower
clock rate.
True or False
Low voltage circuits are less F
susceptible to damage
from voltage surges and
static
electricity.
True or False
Early Xeon processors filled T
an important niche in the
small server market but
weren't powerful enough to
perform processing duties
in many large-scale servers.
True or False
Practical optical processors F
will probably appear first
as full-fledged computer
processors
True or False
Traditional bus interfaces T
are too slow and power
hungry to provide
sufficient data
transfer capacity between
many processors or
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between processors and
primary
storage.
True or False
As currently envisioned, T
quantum
computing offers no
benefit compared with
conventional electrical
processors for problem
types that don't require
massively parallel
computation.
True or False
The section of the CPU b
performs all
computation and comparison
operations.
a. register
b. ALU
c. shifter
d. control unit
During the cycle of the CPU, a
data inputs
are prepared for
transformation into data
outputs.
a. execution
b. store
c. fetch
d. wait
A(n) is the lowest-level d
command that
software can direct a
processor to perform.
a. cycle
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b. process
c. operand
d. instruction
The first group of bits in b
an instruction represents
its unique binary
number, commonly
called the ____.
a. dataword
b. op code
c. operand
d. operator
Subsequent groups of bits a
after the first
group in an instruction hold its
input values, called ____.
a. operands
b. op codes
c. operators
d. words
A(n) directs the CPU to route d
electrical
signals representing data
inputs through predefined
processing circuits that
implement the appropriate
function.
a. cycle
b. process
c. operand
d. instruction
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ITE 221 EXAM 2 NEWEST VERSION WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS\ACTUAL
EXAM ITE 221 EXAM 2026-2027 \LATEST VERSION
The ALU component of the F
CPU moves data and
instructions between main
memory and registers.
True or false
A complex chain of events T
occurs when the CPU
executes a program.
True or False
The CPU alternates T
constantly between fetch
and execution cycles.
True or False
According to Moore's Law, F
the doubling of transistor
density is achieved with a
50%
increase in unit cost.
True or False
Current fabrication F
technology is capable of
squeezing more than two
billion
transistors onto a wafer of
silicon
approximately one square
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centimeter.
True or False
A microprocessor that fails to T
perform
reliably at a higher clock rate
might still be usable and
rated for sale at a lower
clock rate.
True or False
Low voltage circuits are less F
susceptible to damage
from voltage surges and
static
electricity.
True or False
Early Xeon processors filled T
an important niche in the
small server market but
weren't powerful enough to
perform processing duties
in many large-scale servers.
True or False
Practical optical processors F
will probably appear first
as full-fledged computer
processors
True or False
Traditional bus interfaces T
are too slow and power
hungry to provide
sufficient data
transfer capacity between
many processors or
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between processors and
primary
storage.
True or False
As currently envisioned, T
quantum
computing offers no
benefit compared with
conventional electrical
processors for problem
types that don't require
massively parallel
computation.
True or False
The section of the CPU b
performs all
computation and comparison
operations.
a. register
b. ALU
c. shifter
d. control unit
During the cycle of the CPU, a
data inputs
are prepared for
transformation into data
outputs.
a. execution
b. store
c. fetch
d. wait
A(n) is the lowest-level d
command that
software can direct a
processor to perform.
a. cycle
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b. process
c. operand
d. instruction
The first group of bits in b
an instruction represents
its unique binary
number, commonly
called the ____.
a. dataword
b. op code
c. operand
d. operator
Subsequent groups of bits a
after the first
group in an instruction hold its
input values, called ____.
a. operands
b. op codes
c. operators
d. words
A(n) directs the CPU to route d
electrical
signals representing data
inputs through predefined
processing circuits that
implement the appropriate
function.
a. cycle
b. process
c. operand
d. instruction
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