IT 201 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
A storage device consists of a read/ write mechanism and a storage medium - Answer -
True
wait states increase CPU and computer system performance - Answer -False
Primary storage extends the limited capacity of CPU registers - Answer -True
With current technology, secondary storage speed is typically faster than primary
storage speed - Answer -False
Magnetic tape and disk are considered volatile storage - Answer -False
The physical structure of a storage device's read/write mechanism and storage medium
determines the ways in which data can be accessed. - Answer -True
Storage device is called___.
a. Retrieval time
b. Acces time
c. Movement time
d. Fetch time - Answer -B. Access Time
A ___ Device isn't restricted to any specific order when accessing data
a. random access
b. serial access
c. dynamic access
d. linear access - Answer -A. Random Access
the term ___ describes primary storage devices that are implemented as microchips,
can read and write with equal speed, and can randomly access bytes. words, or larger
data units.
a. RAM
b. PROM
c. ROM
d. semiconducter - Answer -A. RAM
_______ is implemented entirely with transistors
a. Dynamic RAM
b. Static RAM
c. Dynamic ROM
d. Static Rom - Answer -B. Static RAM
the tendency of magnetically charged particles to lose their charge over time is called
____.
, a. magnetic half-life
b. magnetic flux
c.magnetic field
d. magnetic decay - Answer -d. magnetic decay
the time needed to move from one track to another is called ___, typically measured in
milliseconds.
a. track-to-track seek time
b. random seek time
c. average seek time
d. relocation seek time - Answer -a. track-to-track seek time
a disk with many program and data files scattered on it is said to be _____.
a. partitioned
b. segmented
c. clustered
d. fragmented - Answer -d. fragmented
a ____ is a storage device that mimics the behavior of a magnetic disk drive but uses
flash RAM or other NVM devices as the storage medium and read/write mechanism.
a. traditional hard drive
b.hybrid hard drive
c. solid state drive
d. memory drive - Answer -c. solid-state drive
modern computers use memory implemented with ______.
a. vacuum tubes
b. resistors
c. quasiconductors
d. semiconductors - Answer -d. Semiconductors
The CPU alternates constantly between fetch and execution cycles. - Answer -True
the operand of a CPU instruction cannot contain a location pointer to the item. - Answer
-False
The BRANCH command has one operand containing the memory address of the nest
instruction. - Answer -True
Complex instructions are a tradeoff between processor complexity and program
simplicity - Answer -True
a benchmark program performs specific tasks that can be counted or measured -
Answer -True
A storage device consists of a read/ write mechanism and a storage medium - Answer -
True
wait states increase CPU and computer system performance - Answer -False
Primary storage extends the limited capacity of CPU registers - Answer -True
With current technology, secondary storage speed is typically faster than primary
storage speed - Answer -False
Magnetic tape and disk are considered volatile storage - Answer -False
The physical structure of a storage device's read/write mechanism and storage medium
determines the ways in which data can be accessed. - Answer -True
Storage device is called___.
a. Retrieval time
b. Acces time
c. Movement time
d. Fetch time - Answer -B. Access Time
A ___ Device isn't restricted to any specific order when accessing data
a. random access
b. serial access
c. dynamic access
d. linear access - Answer -A. Random Access
the term ___ describes primary storage devices that are implemented as microchips,
can read and write with equal speed, and can randomly access bytes. words, or larger
data units.
a. RAM
b. PROM
c. ROM
d. semiconducter - Answer -A. RAM
_______ is implemented entirely with transistors
a. Dynamic RAM
b. Static RAM
c. Dynamic ROM
d. Static Rom - Answer -B. Static RAM
the tendency of magnetically charged particles to lose their charge over time is called
____.
, a. magnetic half-life
b. magnetic flux
c.magnetic field
d. magnetic decay - Answer -d. magnetic decay
the time needed to move from one track to another is called ___, typically measured in
milliseconds.
a. track-to-track seek time
b. random seek time
c. average seek time
d. relocation seek time - Answer -a. track-to-track seek time
a disk with many program and data files scattered on it is said to be _____.
a. partitioned
b. segmented
c. clustered
d. fragmented - Answer -d. fragmented
a ____ is a storage device that mimics the behavior of a magnetic disk drive but uses
flash RAM or other NVM devices as the storage medium and read/write mechanism.
a. traditional hard drive
b.hybrid hard drive
c. solid state drive
d. memory drive - Answer -c. solid-state drive
modern computers use memory implemented with ______.
a. vacuum tubes
b. resistors
c. quasiconductors
d. semiconductors - Answer -d. Semiconductors
The CPU alternates constantly between fetch and execution cycles. - Answer -True
the operand of a CPU instruction cannot contain a location pointer to the item. - Answer
-False
The BRANCH command has one operand containing the memory address of the nest
instruction. - Answer -True
Complex instructions are a tradeoff between processor complexity and program
simplicity - Answer -True
a benchmark program performs specific tasks that can be counted or measured -
Answer -True
