Name______________________
Information Technology Processor Quiz
1. What do the following acronyms stand for?
a. ROM__________________________________________________
b. RAM___________________________________________________
c. CPU____________________________________________________
d. ALU____________________________________________________
e. Ghz_____________________________________________________
f. GB______________________________________________________
2. List one brand of processor available on today’s market?
3. What two factors determine the performance of a computer system?
4. Convert the following measurements
a.
b.
c.
d.
5.5 TB = ______________________________GB
20 MB = _______________________________Bytes
5,500,000,000 bytes = _____________________________ MB
2000 GB = _______________________________ TB
True/False
5. ___________________Internal memory and hard drive memory refer to the same memory.
6. ___________________________It depends on what applications you use on the computer to determine
computer memory measurements.
7. ___________________________ Today’s internal memory is measured in terabytes.
8. _______________________________All RAM is the same on all computers.
9. _________________________________Booting refers to starting the computer.
10. Binary digit comes from what two words? ____________________ ________________________
11. Using the assigned computer answer the following:
A. Current operating system _____________
B. Type of processor ________________________
C. Internal memory/RAM of processor ______________
D. Capacity of hard drive space _________________
Name______________________
Matching—choose from list below
1.
2.
3.
4.
1 million cycles per second.
A measure of cycles of electricity or a process.
A step in the Machine Cycle where the processor gets the next instruction.
A step in the Machine Cycle where the processor performs the action that the current
instruction ordered.
5. A step in the Machine Cycle. The processor must turn an instruction into machine language
6. How fast data can be moved into and out of RAM chips.
7. Memory which cannot be changed by the user. Contains the minimum instructions to start the
computer.
8. Programs taking turns using the processor.
9. Silicon chip containing the CPU, ALU, and some memory
10. Taking data and doing things with it. It is the "thinking" that the computer does - the
calculations, comparisons, and decisions
11. Term for memory which loses data when the power goes off.
12. The instructions that the computer uses to tell itself how it “works". It's the answer to "Who am
I and what can I do?"
13. The largest circuit board in the computer, to which all peripherals and the CPU attach.
14. Volatile memory that is erased when power is turned off.
15. Where the computer stores the data and commands that are currently being used.
16. A computer program
17. The part of the CPU that executes the computer's commands by doing arithmetic or the
logical comparisons
18. Using or denoting a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
19. 8 bits
20. This occurs when the read/write head makes physical contact with the disk.
1. applicatio
ns
2. Arithmeti
c/Logic
Unit
(ALU)
3. ASCII
4. binary
5. bit
6. boot
7. bus
8. byte
9. Central
Processin
g Unit
(CPU)
10. Control
Unit
11. crash
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
decode
digital
EBCDIC
execute
fetch
gigahertz GHz
input/output
storage
kilobyte
(KB)
Machine
Cycle
main board
Main
Memory
23. megabyte
(MB)
24. megahertz
(MHz)
25. memory
address
26. memory speed
27. microprocesso
r
28. MIPS
29. motherboard
30. multi-tasking
31. operating
system
32. processing
33. processor speed
34. Random Access
Memory (RAM)
35. Read Only
Memory (ROM)
36. script (for a
language)
37. store
38. Unicode
39. unused storage
40. volatile
41. word
42. working storage
Name______________________