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CMP 101 Midterm exam with completesolutions
communications - ANSWER- high speed movement of data or information
what improves hard drive performance? - ANSWER- disk cache, located on the
circuit board within the hard drive case
control unit - ANSWER- switches from one stage to the next and performs the
action of that stage
what does the control unit do? (4) - ANSWER- fetch, decode, execute, and store
motherboard - ANSWER- circuit board that connects the CPU to the other system
components
the motherboard contains? - ANSWER- system clock and microprocessor
system clock - ANSWER- generates pulses to synchronize the computer's
activities
microprocessor - ANSWER- the cpu
ALU - ANSWER- responsible for performing addition, subtraction, multiplication,
and division
ethical principles - ANSWER- a. defines the standards that promote trust,
fairness, good behavior, and kindness.
b. are used as justification for considering an act or a rule to be morally right or
wrong.
c. are tools which are used to think through difficult situations.
computer ethics - ANSWER- the use of basic ethical principles to help you make
the right decision in your daily computer use
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