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instruction - ✔✔The processing required for a single instruction is called a(n) __________
cycle.
a. execute
b. fetch
c. instruction
d. packet
John von Neumann - ✔✔Virtually all contemporary computer designs are based on concepts
developed by __________ at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton.
a. John Maulchy
b. John von Neumann
c. Herman Hollerith
d. John Eckert
lane - ✔✔Each data path consists of a pair of wires (referred to as a __________) that
transmits data one bit at a time.
a. lane
b. path
c. line
d. bus
program interrupt - ✔✔A(n) _________ is generated by some condition that occurs as a
result of an instruction execution.
a. timer interrupt
b. I/O interrupt
,c. program interrupt
d. hardware failure interrupt
protocol - ✔✔A __________ is the high-level set of rules for exchanging packets of data
between devices.
a. bus
b. protocol
c. packet
d. QPI
routing - ✔✔The QPI _________ layer is used to determine the course that a packet will
traverse across the available system interconnects.
a. link
b. protocol
c. routing
d. physical
software - ✔✔A sequence of codes or instructions is called __________.
a. software
b. memory
c. an interconnect
d. a register
system bus - ✔✔A bus that connects major computer components (processor, memory, I/O)
is called a __________.
a. system bus
b. address bus
c. data bus
,d. control bus
transaction layer - ✔✔The _________ receives read and write requests from the software
above the TL and creates request packets for transmission to a destination via the link layer.
a. transaction layer
b. root layer
c. configuration layer
d. transport layer
Location - ✔✔__________ refers to whether memory is internal or external to the
computer.
a. Location
b. Access
c. Hierarchy
d. Tag
bytes - ✔✔Internal memory capacity is typically expressed in terms of _________.
a. hertz
b. nanos
c. bytes
d. LOR
unit of transfer - ✔✔For internal memory, the __________ is equal to the number of
electrical lines into and out of the memory module.
a. access time
b. unit of transfer
c. capacity
d. memory ratio
, sequential access - ✔✔"Memory is organized into records and access must be made in a
specific linear sequence" is a description of __________.
a. sequential access
b. direct access
c. random access
d. associative
direct access - ✔✔individual blocks or records have a unique address based on physical
location with __________.
a. associative
b. physical access
c. direct access
d. sequential access
access time - ✔✔For random-access memory, __________ is the time from the instant that
an address is presented to the memory to the instant that data have been stored or made
available for use.
a. memory cycle time
b. direct access
c. transfer rate
d. access time
memory cycle time - ✔✔The ________ consists of the access time plus any additional time
required before a second access can commence.
a. latency
b. memory cycle time
c. direct access
d. transfer rate
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