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COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT In 1965, Gordon Moore, the cofounder of Intel, made a prediction that became known as Moore's Law. What did the original Moore's Law predict?

A) The cost of computers would decrease by 25% each year.
B) Computers would be in every household by the year 2007.
C) The speed of computers would triple every two years.
D) The number of transistors and resistors on a computer chip would double each year.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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AMD is the leading manufacturer of which of the following kinds of processors, which have an internal design similar to Intel processors, perform the same functions, can be as powerful, but often are less expensive?

A) Macintosh-compatible
B) Intel-compatible
C) Celeron-compatible
D) Xeon-compatible

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If you want to carry memory in your pocket or purse and plug it into a computer USB port to save a picture, what kind of device should you purchase?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following identifies three types of RAM in sequence from the slowest to the fastest?

____________________ cache is a type of cache that helps speed the processes of a computer because it stores frequently used instructions and data.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT With the cover off the system unit of a lab computer, your instructor pointed out a type of nonvolative memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten. What did your instructor call this memory?

Discuss the system unit with regard to notebook computers and tablets as distinct from that of traditional desktop computers.

When the processor needs an instruction or data, it searches memory in this order: L1 cache, then L2 cache, then L3 cache (if it exists), then RAM - with a greater delay in processing for each level it must search.

Female connectors have one or more exposed pins, like the end of an electrical cord that is plugged into the wall.

Which of the following is the component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What are the four steps in the machine cycle?

Rambus DRAM (RDRAM) chips are another type of DRAM chips that are much faster than SDRAM chips because which of the following is true?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which device plugs into a USB port on the system unit and contains multiple USB ports in which you can plug cables from USB devices?

Most of today's computers improve processing time with ____________________, which stores frequently used instructions and data.

Many computers have an ExpressCard slot, which is a special type of expansion slot.

Which of the following is a cache separate from the processor chip on the motherboard?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT If a computer advertisement states a computer operates at 5 GHz, what does that mean?

The latest FireWire version, called FireWire 3200, is faster than the original FireWire 400.

Current processors include advanced transfer cache, a type of cache built directly on a processor chip. Which type of cache is this?

For a PC Card, which of the following is the appropriate bus?