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Computer Knowledge Test

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Question
1.
What does CPU stand for?
2.
When was the first microprocessor introduced?
3.
Out of what material are computer chips made?
4.
The width of the smallest wire on a computer chip is typcially measured in:
5.
To what do buses and lines connect in a computer chip?
6.
What does ROM stand for?
7.
On a PC, what do the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) instructions do?
8.
Computer chip designers create language instructions that the microprocessor reads. What part of the computer can translate the words from the instructions into bit patterns the chip can understand?
9.
About how much address space can a 64-bit microprocessor access?
10.
The Intel 8086 processor, introduced in 1978, included what important advance?
11.
How many transistors are included in the Intel Core i7 processor, introduced in 2008?
12.
The CPU is included on a central component of the computer known as:
13.
What is a CPU’s clock speed?
14.
The memory that a CPU can use directly is called:
15.
The process size of a CPU refers to what?
16.
A turbo boost allows a CPU to:
17.
Every CPU needs to:
18.
The first integrated circuit, the forerunner of the CPU, was used in:
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Computer Knowledge Test
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1 - What does CPU stand for?
Central processing unit

2 - When was the first microprocessor introduced?
1971

3 - Out of what material are computer chips made?
Silicon

4 - The width of the smallest wire on a computer chip is typcially measured in:
Microns

5 - To what do buses and lines connect in a computer chip?
Both ROM and RAM

6 - What does ROM stand for?
Read-only memory

7 - On a PC, what do the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) instructions do?
Both of the above

8 - Computer chip designers create language instructions that the microprocessor reads. What part of the computer can translate the words from the instructions into bit patterns the chip can understand?
The assembler

9 - About how much address space can a 64-bit microprocessor access?
One billion GB

10 - The Intel 8086 processor, introduced in 1978, included what important advance?
It was one of the first 16-bit processors.

11 - How many transistors are included in the Intel Core i7 processor, introduced in 2008?
731 million

12 - The CPU is included on a central component of the computer known as:
the motherboard

13 - What is a CPU’s clock speed?
the rate at which it can execute instructions

14 - The memory that a CPU can use directly is called:
cache memory

15 - The process size of a CPU refers to what?
the fineness of the manufacturing technique

16 - A turbo boost allows a CPU to:
run at a speed faster than that for which it’s rated

17 - Every CPU needs to:
dissipate heat

18 - The first integrated circuit, the forerunner of the CPU, was used in:
a programmable business calculator

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1 - What does CPU stand for?
_______________________________________________________________________________

2 - When was the first microprocessor introduced?
_______________________________________________________________________________

3 - Out of what material are computer chips made?
_______________________________________________________________________________

4 - The width of the smallest wire on a computer chip is typcially measured in:
_______________________________________________________________________________

5 - To what do buses and lines connect in a computer chip?
_______________________________________________________________________________

6 - What does ROM stand for?
_______________________________________________________________________________

7 - On a PC, what do the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) instructions do?
_______________________________________________________________________________

8 - Computer chip designers create language instructions that the microprocessor reads. What part of the computer can translate the words from the instructions into bit patterns the chip can understand?
_______________________________________________________________________________

9 - About how much address space can a 64-bit microprocessor access?
_______________________________________________________________________________

10 - The Intel 8086 processor, introduced in 1978, included what important advance?
_______________________________________________________________________________

11 - How many transistors are included in the Intel Core i7 processor, introduced in 2008?
_______________________________________________________________________________

12 - The CPU is included on a central component of the computer known as:
_______________________________________________________________________________

13 - What is a CPU’s clock speed?
_______________________________________________________________________________

14 - The memory that a CPU can use directly is called:
_______________________________________________________________________________

15 - The process size of a CPU refers to what?
_______________________________________________________________________________

16 - A turbo boost allows a CPU to:
_______________________________________________________________________________

17 - Every CPU needs to:
_______________________________________________________________________________

18 - The first integrated circuit, the forerunner of the CPU, was used in:
_______________________________________________________________________________

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