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Class Quiz 02 - Chapter 02 - The System Unit Processing and Memory

This document is a quiz for a course on information and communication technologies. The quiz contains multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions testing knowledge of computer system units, processing, and memory. Questions cover topics such as data size terminology, components of the central processing unit, computer buses, and techniques for improving computer performance like parallel processing.

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Class Quiz 02 - Chapter 02 - The System Unit Processing and Memory

This document is a quiz for a course on information and communication technologies. The quiz contains multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions testing knowledge of computer system units, processing, and memory. Questions cover topics such as data size terminology, components of the central processing unit, computer buses, and techniques for improving computer performance like parallel processing.

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GE-161 Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies FALL 2022

Quiz 02 – Chapter 02 – The System Unit: Processing and Memory [70 Marks, 60 Minutes]

Name: _____________________________ Roll No: _____________________________

Question 1: [1x12 marks] [estimated time 12 minutes] Question 2: [1x9 marks] [estimated time 3 minutes]
Supply the missing words to complete the statements. Number the following terms from 1 to 9 to indicate
their size from smallest to largest.
1. The smallest piece of data (a 0 or 1) that can be
represented by a computer is called a(n) _________. a) Petabyte _________.
2. _________ is an international coding system for text- b) Yottabyte _________.
c) Zettabyte _________.
based data using any written language.
3. The part of the CPU that performs logical operations d) Kilobyte _________.

and integer arithmetic is the____________________. e) Exabyte _________.

4. The main circuit board of a computer, located inside f) Terabyte _________.

the system unit, to which all computer system g) Gigabyte _________.

components connect is called __________________. h) Byte _________.

5. USB stands for _____________________________. i) Megabyte _________.


6. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus is Question 3: [1x5 marks] [estimated time 5 minutes]
Circle T if the statement is true and F otherwise.
essentially been replaced with the _______________.
1. T F A storage medium that can hold 256 GB
7. USB 3.0 standard (also called SuperSpeed USB) is can hold about 256 billion characters.
about ___________ times as fast as USB 2.0. 2. T F The amount of data that can be
8. In order to synchronize all of a computer’s transferred, over a bus in a given time period
determines the bus’s volatility.
operations, _______________ is used.
3. T F Cache memory is typically built into a
9. ______________ ports and _______________ ports
CPU.
are used to receive wireless transmissions from
4. T F A bus is a pathway, such as on the
devices; because the transmissions are wireless, these motherboard or inside the CPU, along which bits can
be transferred
ports do not use a plug.
5. T F Computers that process data with light are
10. If there are two or more processors or processing
referred to as quantum computers.
cores are located within a single computer,
Question 4: [5x6 marks] [estimated time 25 minutes]
techniques that perform operations simultaneously Give Short answers to the followings
such as ______________________________ (where 1. What is a Hot-swappable device?
each processor or core typically works on a different _____________________________________________
job) and _____________________________ (where
_____________________________________________
multiple processors or cores work together to make
one single job finish sooner) are possible. _____________________________________________

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GE-161 Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies FALL 2022

2. What is Moore’s Law? 6. Convert 1001110 in base 2 into a decimal number?


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3. Differentiate bandwidth and throughput?
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4. If your computer seems sluggish, list two things
you could do to try to speed it up without resorting Question 5: [7x2 marks] [estimated time 5 minutes]
to purchasing an entirely new system. Name seven components inside the CPU (at diagram)
and one-line purpose of each at following lines.
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5. Convert 13 in base 10 into a binary number?
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