Exam 6: Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System

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Which of the following is the lightest computer?

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Which of the following activities is carried out by the ALU?

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3-D sound is different from surround-sound.

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The use of multiple cores on one CPU chip allows the execution of two or more sets of instructions at the same time.

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Mac OS X uses ________ software to automatically backup and restore data.

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The ________ has the largest capacity of any storage device.

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The CPU is composed of the control unit and the ________ unit.

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Desktop computer systems are less reliable than laptop computers.

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The control unit is one component of the ________.

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Level 3 cache memory is faster than the other cache memory levels.

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To speed up the display of graphics, a(n)________ is installed on some video cards.

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Which of the following ports is NOT used to connect to a video card?

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Match each of the following terms to its meaning:
FSB
connects the processor to the system memory
ALU
processor
SSD
strategy for using more than one drive in a system
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FSB
connects the processor to the system memory
ALU
processor
SSD
strategy for using more than one drive in a system
RAID
uses electronic memory and has no moving parts
CPU
performs arithmetic calculations
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________ sound is a type of audio system where the listener hears the sound as if it were coming from all directions.

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Running the Disk Cleanup utility is a quick way to ________.

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