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Chapter 10 & 11 Test

Authored by William McHale

Computers

8th Grade

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Chapter 10 & 11 Test
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

Match the following

The time frame in which system operations are performed.

firmware

A single pulse of voltage processed by a computing system. Also called a binary digit.

personal computer (PC)

A small desktop or portable computing unit built around a single integrated circuit.

microprocessor unit (MPU)

A microchip that combines the arithmetic logic unit and control circuitry of the computer.

bit

Programs that are held in a read-only memory.

MPU cycle

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

Match the following

The data storage capacity of a computer that allows information to be saved and retrieved.

binary logic circuit

A series of registers connected together.

memory

The technology that controls robotic and other automated systems.

static RAM (SRAM)

An arrangement of bistable devices that makes logical decisions based on input signals.

bus network

A random access memory circuit that uses semiconductor devices, called flip-flops, to store data.

digital electronics

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

Match the following

A cable that interfaces system controllers with programmable instruments and can support (15) device

general-purpose interface bus (GPIB)

An interface method in which multiple bits of data are sent at the same time, following side-by-side

pixel

Abbreviation for picture elements, which are dots of light that form an image.

parallel transmission

A function of machine vision in which a workpiece is illuminated and a picture is digitally created

image acquisition

An interface method in which data is sent one bit at a time over long distances.

serial transmission

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A type of computer system data storage that can be altered. Information may be retrieved from and written to random access memory.

read-only memory (ROM)

register unit

logic circuit

random access memory (RAM)

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A memory device that indicates the location in memory of either the instruction currently being performed or the next instruction to be executed.

octal number system

program counter

logic circuit

firmware

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

A binary system in which the digits 1 and 0 represent two operational conditions. The value of 0 indicates low voltage or no voltage. The number 1 indicates a voltage larger than 0.

positive logic

NAND gate

random access memory (RAM)

central processing unit (CPU)

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

A method of counting in which four binary digits are used to represent each decimal digit; devised to simplify the use of large binary numbers.

binary-coded-decimal (BCD) number system

data register

register unit

inverter

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