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The _________ was the world's first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
a. UNIVAC
b. MARK IV
c. ENIAC
d. Hollerith's Counting Machine - ✔✔ENIAC
The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer project was a response to U.S. needs during
_________.
a. the Civil War
b. the French-American War
c. World War I
d. World War II - ✔✔World War II
The ENIAC used __________.
a. vacuum tubes
b. integrated circuits
c. IAS - ✔✔vacuum tubes
The ENIAC is an example of a _________ generation computer.
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth - ✔✔first
,The __________ interprets the instructions in memory and causes them to be executed.
a. main memory
b. control unit
c. I/O
d. arithmetic and logic unit - ✔✔control unit
The memory of the IAS consists of 1000 storage locations called __________.
a. opcodes
b. wafers
c. VLSIs
d. words - ✔✔words
The __________ contains the 8-bit opcode instruction being executed.
a. memory buffer register
b. instruction buffer register
c. instruction register
d. memory address register - ✔✔instruction register
During the _________ the opcode of the next instruction is loaded into the IR and the address
portion is loaded into the MAR.
a. execute cycle
b. fetch cycle
c. instruction cycle
d. clock cycle - ✔✔fetch cycle
Second generation computers used __________.
,a. integrated circuits
b. Transistors
c. vacuum tubes
d. large-scale integration - ✔✔Transistors
The __________ defines the third generation of computers.
a. integrated circuit
b. vacuum tube
c. transistor
d. VLSI - ✔✔integrated circuit
The use of multiple processors on the same chip is referred to as __________ and provides the
potential to increase performance without increasing the clock rate.
a. multicore
b. GPU
c. data channels
d. MPC - ✔✔multicore
With the __________, Intel introduced the use of superscalar techniques that allow multiple
instructions to execute in parallel.
a. Core
b. 8080
c. 80486
d. Pentium - ✔✔Pentium
The __________ measures the ability of a computer to complete a single task.
a. clock speed
b. speed metric
, c. execute cycle
d. cycle time - ✔✔speed metric
ARM processors are designed to meet the needs of _________.
a. embedded real-time systems
b. application platforms
c. secure applications
d. all of the above - ✔✔all of the above
One increment, or pulse, of the system clock is referred to as a _________.
a. clock tick
b. cycle time
c. clock rate
d. cycle speed - ✔✔clock tick
The __________ are used to designate the source or destination of the data on the data bus.
a. system lines
b. data lines
c. control lines
d. address lines - ✔✔address lines
The von Neumann architecture is based on which concept?
a. data and instructions are stored in a single read-write memory
b. the contents of this memory are addressable by location
c. execution occurs in a sequential fashion
d. all of the above - ✔✔all of the above
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