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Which statement pertaining to system reliability is FALSE?


A) Having the latest version of software products can make your system more reliable.
B) An accumulation of temporary Internet files has no effect on your computer's overall performance.
C) You can clean out unnecessary programs from your Startup folder.
D) When you defrag your hard drive, it works more efficiently.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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A video card can deliver output to multiple ________.

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Accessing data from the hard drive to send to the CPU is faster than accessing data from RAM.

A) True
B) False

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How do optical discs store data?


A) A laser burns tiny pits onto a platter.
B) A magnet aligns iron particles on a platter.
C) Electronic memory records data on chips.
D) A digital spectrometer leaves grooves in a platter.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The processor market for desktop and laptop computers is dominated by ________.


A) IBM
B) Microsoft
C) Intel
D) Apple

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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RAID 0 automatically duplicates your data and saves it on two identical drives.

A) True
B) False

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To remove all the changes made to your system, the Windows ________ utility returns your computer to the state it was in when it came from the factory.


A) Backup
B) Erase
C) Restore
D) Refresh

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The process the CPU performs for each program instruction is called the ________.

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________ provides high-speed information processing by enabling a new set of instructions to start before the previous set is finished.


A) Multitasking
B) Cache memory
C) Hyperthreading
D) Overclocking

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The ________ of a CPU dictates how many instructions the CPU can process each second.

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________ is a feature of a CPU that allows it to begin to fetch the next instruction before it has finished executing the current one.

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The audio subsystem consists of the speakers and a(n)________.

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Running the CPU at a faster speed than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.


A) fetching
B) latency
C) overclocking
D) hyperthreading

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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How many channels are in a Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound System?


A) 7
B) 8
C) 6
D) 12

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Match each of the following terms to its meaning:

Premises
random access memory
physical memory
video memory
virtual memory
cache memory
Responses
temporary storage space
the amount of RAM sitting on memory modules
space on the hard drive for data that doesn't fit in RAM
used by CPU
used by a video card

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random access memory
physical memory
video memory
virtual memory
cache memory

RAM is an example of ________ storage because when the power is turned off, RAM is cleared out.

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A ________ uses electronic memory and has no motors or moving parts.


A) mechanical hard drive
B) solid-state drive
C) Blu-ray disc
D) digital video disc

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Thunderbolt can carry three channels of information on the same connector.

A) True
B) False

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Running the CPU faster than the manufacturer recommends is called ________.

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Running the Disk Defragmenter utility will ________.


A) detect and remove spyware
B) mark bad memory cells
C) make the hard drive work more efficiently
D) clean out your Startup folder

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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