CIS 55 Quiz Chapter 7

Here are some sample quiz questions:

1.  A megabyte = ______bytes.

2.  The storage medium with the slowest access time is ______.

3.  The reason the storage medium referred to in question 2 has the slowest access time is

because ______.

4.  Disk cache is a portion of ______set aside to speed up processing.

5.  A portion of the operating system, called the ______, must remain in memory while the computer is running.

6.  ______is the process of starting or restarting the computer.

7.  A ______computer continues to operate when one of its components fails.

8.  A ______operating system enables two or more users to run programs simultaneously.

9.  A ______is a utility that reorganizes the files and unused space on a computer’s hard disk so the operating system accesses data more quickly and programs run faster.

10.  An ______operating system resides on a ROM chip.

The 2 main components of the CPU are:

11. ______

12. ______

13. ______helps speed the processes of the computer because it stores frequently used instructions and data.

14. The ______is the main circuit board in the system unit.

15. The ______interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer.

16. There are 4 basic operations that the CPU repeats over and over again while the computer is running. The name given to these 4 basic operations is the ______cycle.

17. 8 bits grouped together form a ______.

18. Memory chips that don’t lose their contents when power is removed from the computer are called ______chips.

19. Some devices, such as the mouse, keyboard, and monitor, are connected to the back of the system unit though a point of attachment called a ______.

20. Data is transferred internally throughout the computer via an electrical channel called a ______.

21. A ______is an opening, or socket, where a circuit board can be inserted into the motherboard.

22. The smallest unit of data a computer can handle is called a ______.