CEA201 Exam Review | Questions and Answers 2024
There is a tremendous variety of products, from single-chip microcomputers costing a few dollars to supercomputers costing tens of millions of dollars that can rightly claim the name "computer".
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
The variet...
There is a tremendous variety of products, from single-chip microcomputers costing a
few dollars to supercomputers costing tens of millions of dollars that can rightly claim
the name "computer".
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
The variety of computer products is exhibited only in cost.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** False
Computer organization refers to attributes of a system visible to the programmer.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** False
Changes in computer technology are finally slowing down.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** False
The textbook for this course is about the structure and function of computers.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
The number of bits used to represent various data types is an example of an
architectural attribute.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
Interfaces between the computer and peripherals is an example of an organizational
attribute.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
Historically the distinction between architecture and organization has not been an
important one.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** False
A particular architecture may span many years and encompass a number of different
computer models, its organization changing with changing technology.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
,A microcomputer architecture and organization relationship is not very close.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** False
Changes in technology not only influence organization but also result in the introduction
of more powerful and more complex architectures.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
The hierarchical nature of complex systems is essential to both their design and their
description.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
Both the structure and functioning of a computer are, in essence, simple.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
A computer must be able to process, store, move, and control data.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
When data are moved over longer distances, to or from a remote device, the process is
known as data transport.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** False
Computer technology is changing at a __________ pace.
a. slow
b. slow to medium
c. rapid
d. non-existent ** Answ** rapid
Computer _________ refers to those attributes that have a direct impact on the logical
execution of a program.
a. organization
b. specifics
c. design
d. architecture ** Answ** architecture
Architectural attributes include __________ .
a. I/O mechanisms
b. control signals
c. interfaces
d. memory technology used ** Answ** I/O mechanisms
,_________ attributes include hardware details transparent to the programmer.
a. Interface
b. Organizational
c. Memory
d. Architectural ** Answ** Organizational
It is a(n) _________ design issue whether a computer will have a multiply instruction.
a. architectural
b. memory
c. elementary
d. organizational ** Answ** architectural
It is a(n) _________ issue whether the multiply instruction will be implemented by a
special multiply unit or by a mechanism that makes repeated use of the add unit of the
system.
a. architectural
b. memory
c. mechanical
d. organizational ** Answ** organizational
A __________ system is a set of interrelated subsystems.
a. secondary
b. hierarchical
c. complex
d. functional ** Answ** hierarchical
An I/O device is referred to as a __________.
a. CPU
b. control device
c. peripheral
d. register ** Answ** peripheral
When data are moved over longer distances, to or from a remote device, the process is
known as __________.
a. data communications
b. registering
c. structuring
d. data transport ** Answ** data communications
The _________ stores data.
a. system bus
b. I/O
c. main memory
d. control unit ** Answ** main memory
The __________ moves data between the computer and its external environment.
, a. data transport
b. I/O
c. register
d. CPU interconnection ** Answ** I/O
A common example of system interconnection is by means of a __________.
a. register
b. system bus
c. data transport
d. control device ** Answ** system bus
A _________ is a mechanism that provides for communication among CPU, main
memory, and I/O.
a. system interconnection
b. CPU interconnection
c. peripheral
d. processor ** Answ** system interconnection
_________ provide storage internal to the CPU.
a. Control units
b. ALUs
c. Main memory
d. Registers ** Answ** Registers
The __________ performs the computer's data processing functions.
a. Register
b. CPU interconnection
c. ALU
d. system bus ** Answ** ALU
The world's first general-purpose electronic digital computer was designed and
constructed at The Ohio State University.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** False
John Mauchly and John Eckert designed the ENIAC.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** True
The major drawback of the EDVAC was that it had to be programmed manually by
setting switches and plugging and unplugging cables.
a. True
b. False ** Answ** False
The IAS is the prototype of all subsequent general-purpose computers.
a. True
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