Exam 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System

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To remove all the changes made to your system, the Windows ________ utility returns your computer to the state it was in when it came from the factory.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 41

The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________.

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Question 42

How many channels are in a Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound System?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 43

Running the CPU at a faster speed than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 44

The ________ of a CPU dictates how many instructions the CPU can process each second.

(Short Answer)

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Question 45

________ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set is finished.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 46

Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 47

RAM is an example of ________ storage because when the power is turned off, RAM is cleared out.

(Short Answer)

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Question 48

RAID 0 automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.

(True/False)

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Question 49

The audio subsystem consists of the speakers and a(n)________.

(Short Answer)

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Question 50

Running the CPU faster than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.

(Short Answer)

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Question 51

A video card can deliver output to multiple ________.

(Short Answer)

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Question 52

A ________ uses electronic memory and has no motors or moving parts.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 53

________ is a feature of a CPU that allows it to begin to fetch the next instruction before it has finished executing the current one.

(Short Answer)

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Question 54

Accessing data from the hard drive to send to the CPU is faster than accessing data from RAM.

(True/False)

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Question 55

The process the CPU performs for each program instruction is called the ________.

(Short Answer)

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Question 56

Match each of the following terms to its meaning:

random access memory

temporary storage space

physical memory

the amount of RAM sitting on memory modules

video memory

space on the hard drive for data that doesn't fit in RAM

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random access memory

physical memory

video memory

virtual memory

cache memory

(Matching)

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Question 57

How do optical discs store data?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 58

Thunderbolt can carry three channels of information on the same connector.

(True/False)

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Question 59

Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________.

(Multiple Choice)

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To remove all the changes made to your system, the Windows ________ utility returns your computer to the state it was in when it came from the factory.

The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________.

How many channels are in a Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound System?

Running the CPU at a faster speed than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.

The ________ of a CPU dictates how many instructions the CPU can process each second.

________ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set is finished.

Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?

RAM is an example of ________ storage because when the power is turned off, RAM is cleared out.

RAID 0 automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.

The audio subsystem consists of the speakers and a(n)________.

Running the CPU faster than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.

A video card can deliver output to multiple ________.

A ________ uses electronic memory and has no motors or moving parts.

________ is a feature of a CPU that allows it to begin to fetch the next instruction before it has finished executing the current one.

Accessing data from the hard drive to send to the CPU is faster than accessing data from RAM.

The process the CPU performs for each program instruction is called the ________.

How do optical discs store data?

Thunderbolt can carry three channels of information on the same connector.

Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________.

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