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IFT Exam Practice Questions and Answers |100% Pass Moore's Law - Answer-A prediction that states that he number of transistors on a CPU chip will double every two years. The number of transistors in a CPY chip ____________________. - Answer-helps determine how fast it can process data The cap...

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IFT Exam Practice Questions and
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Moore's Law - Answer✔✔-A prediction that states that he number of transistors on a CPU chip will

double every two years.


The number of transistors in a CPY chip ____________________. - Answer✔✔-helps determine how fast

it can process data


The capacity of memory chips such as DRAM increases about ____% every year. - Answer✔✔-60


Hard dirves have been growing in storage capacity by _____% each year. - Answer✔✔-50


Katy uses the computer primarily for Internet access, uses some software applications locally like

Microsoft Office, and uses video and software but does not create them. Katy is a _________. -

Answer✔✔-Causal User


Tyler needs fast, powerful processing, fast storage and lots of it, and creates videos and software

programs. Tyler is a ____________. - Answer✔✔-Power User


Emerald neess a lightweight computer & a long battery life, and is happy to sacrifice some capabilities

for less weight. Emerald is a _______________. - Answer✔✔-Mobile User


Deskstio systems are _______ than laptops. - Answer✔✔-more reliable


Laptops have a ________ lifespan than desktop computers. - Answer✔✔-shorter




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How long you should keep your computer dependes on - Answer✔✔-how easy it is to upgrade your

system


Laptops are often equipped with an ___________ slot. - Answer✔✔-ExpressCard


ExpressCard - Answer✔✔-Can add a solid-state drive (SSD), new kinds of ports, and other capabilities to

a system.


System Evaluation - Answer✔✔-The process of looking at a computer's subsystems.


The ________ is located on the systems motherboard and is reponsible for processing instructions,

performing calculations, and managing the flow of information through your computer. - Answer✔✔-

CPU


The CPU is conposed of two units; ____________ - Answer✔✔-control unit & arithmetic logic unit (ALU)


The _____________ coordinated the activities of all the other computer components. - Answer✔✔-

control unit


The __________ is responsible for performingh all the arithmetic calculations. - Answer✔✔-ALU


The 4 steps a CPU goes through to perform a program instruction are - Answer✔✔-fetches the required

piece of data or instruction from RAM, decodes the instruction into something the computer can

understand, executes the instruction, amd stores the result to RAM before fetching the next instructio


The process in which a CPU goes through to perform a program instruction is called a - Answer✔✔-

machine cycle




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Clock Speed - Answer✔✔-The steading and constant pace at which a computer goes through the

machine cylces, measured in hertz(Hz)


Overclocking - Answer✔✔-Running the CPU at a speed faster than the manufacturer recommends


__________ produces more heat, meaning a shorter lifetime for the CPU, and usually voids any

warranty. - Answer✔✔-Overclocking


A ______ is a complete processing section from the CPU, embedded into one physical chip. -

Answer✔✔-core


A technology that permits quicker processing of information by enabling a new set of instructions to

start executing before the previous set has finished is called - Answer✔✔-hyperthreading


Cache Memory - Answer✔✔-Small blocks of memory, located directly on and next to the CPU chip, that

act as holding places for recently or frequently used instructions or data that he CPU accesses the most.


_________ cache is a block of memory built on the CPU chip inself for storage of data or commands that

have just been used. Gets the data to the CPU blindingly fast. - Answer✔✔-Level 1


__________ cache is loacted on teh CPU chip but is slightly farther away and so takes somewhat longer

to access. - Answer✔✔-Level 2


____________ cache is slower for the CPU to reach but is larger in size. - Answer✔✔-Level 3


______________ are measurments used to compare performance between processors. - Answer✔✔-

CPU benchmarks


Your _______ is the percentage of time your CPU is working. - Answer✔✔-CPU usage


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You can access the CPU usage in the ________ on Windows systems. - Answer✔✔-Task Manager


Your CPU affects only the ___________ portion of the system performance. - Answer✔✔-processing


RAM is an example of __________ storage. - Answer✔✔-volatile (temporary)


RAM appears in the system on ____________ - Answer✔✔-memory modules


Mempry Modules - Answer✔✔-Small circuit boards that hold a series of RAM chips and fit into special

slots on the motherboard


The amount of RAM that's installed in the computer is called - Answer✔✔-Physical Memory


Windows usues a memory-management technique known as __________ that monitors the applications

you use the most and preloads them into your system memory. - Answer✔✔-SuperFetch


At a minimum, your system needs enough RAM to - Answer✔✔-run the OS


A hard drive is composed of several coated, rounf, thin plates of metal stacked on a spindle. Each plate is

called a - Answer✔✔-platter


Access Time - Answer✔✔-the time it take a storage device to locate its stored data ad make it available

for processing.


The hard drive's access time - Answer✔✔-is faster than optical drives


A __________ uses electronic memory and has no mechanical motors or moving parts. - Answer✔✔-

solid-state drive (SSD)


SSDs are ________ than mechanical hard drives and optical drives. - Answer✔✔-faster



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