CSCI 103 Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

CSCI 103 Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT 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. - CORRECT ANSWER - A.


A special processing chip found on video cards is the
A. ROM.
B. CPU.
C. GPU.

D. HDMI. - CORRECT ANSWER - C.


When the binary code is retrieved from RAM and moved to the CPU, this stage is known as
A. fetch.
B. execute.
C. decode.

D. store. - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT 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.
C. overclocking interface.

D. HDMI interface. - CORRECT ANSWER - A.


RAM is
A. both volatile and nonvolatile memory.
B. nonvolatile memory.
C. volatile memory.

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


Data can be retrieved fastest from
A. registers.
B. RAM.
C. HDMI.

D. cache memory. - CORRECT ANSWER - A.


An example of an open source OS is
A. DOS.
B. Linux.
C. macOS.

D. Windows. - CORRECT ANSWER - B.