1. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC?
a) Memory address register
b) Memory data register
c) Instruction registers
d) Program counter
2. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
a) Floppy / hard disks
b) CD-ROMs
c) Tape devices
d) All of the above
3. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
a) RAM
b) ROM
c) ERAM
d) RW / RAM
4. What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special software called EMS (expanded memory specification)?
a) Extended
b) Expanded
c) Base
d) Conventional
5. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be?
a) Formatted
b) Reformatted
c) Addressed
d) None of the above
6. What type of device is computer keyboard?
a) Memory
b) Output
c) Storage
d) Input
7. The original ASCII code used___bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
8. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
a) Motorola
b) IBM
c) Intel
d) AMD
9. What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
a) Light pen
b) Mouse
c) Digitizer
d) Terminal
10. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?
a) Keyboard
b) Disk
c) ALU
d) All of the above
