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Quiz 3
CSE 3
Fall 2005
Circle the correct answer.
1. Computer memory is divided into and addressable as equal sized cells of size:
A. 1 byte
B. 2 bytes
C. 3 bytes
D. 4 bytes
2. Which of the following is NOT considered a computer peripheral:
A. Monitor
B. Control Unit
C. Hard Drive
D. Keyboard
3. The computer’s speed is measured in gigahertz (GHz), that is:
A. billions of cycles per minute
B. millions of cycles per minute
C. billions of cycles per second
D. millions of cycles per second
4. A 1 GHz processor has a cycle time of 1 nanosecond (ns). 1 ns is approximately the amount of time it
takes light to travel:
A. 1 mile
B. 1 yard
C. 1 foot
D. 1 inch
5. Which of the following is not an operating system?
A. Mac OS X
B. Unix
C. Linux
D. Java
6. The instruction cycle is:
A. Instruction Fetch -> Instruction Decode -> Execute -> Operand/Data Fetch -> Store Result
B. Instruction Fetch -> Operand/Data Fetch -> Instruction Decode -> Store Result -> Execute
C. Instruction Fetch -> Instruction Decode -> Operand/Data Fetch -> Execute -> Store Result
D. Instruction Fetch -> Operand/Data Fetch -> Instruction Decode -> Execute -> Store Result
(Over)