Application Software Infrastructure Test 1
Just for fun! Can you pass CSU's CIS 606 test for graduate students? ? ?
- 1.The best internal storage method for storing the number of students in a class would be
- A.
Integer
- B.
Floating Point
- C.
EBCDIC
- D.
Unicode
- E.
Extended ASCII
- 2.How many different characters can be represented by an 8-bit character code?
- A.
8
- B.
16
- C.
256
- D.
65,536
- E.
8^2
- 3.Which character code allows for the most number of characters?
- A.
Integer
- B.
Floating Point
- C.
EBCDIC
- D.
Unicode
- E.
Extended ASCII
- 4.What is the main problem when using 32-bit floating point numbers for business applications?
- A.
Can't store negative values
- B.
Can only store integers
- C.
Can't store a number like 2.56 * 10^23
- D.
Precision
- E.
Not available in most programming languages
- 5.A company uses the following scheme for its product numbers: The first character is either A, B, or C, this is followed by two numeric characters (0-9) Example: B20. How many different products are possible using this scheme?
- A.
3
- B.
99
- C.
300
- D.
2600
- E.
None of the above
- 6.Modern processors can directly execute
- A.
Visual Basic
- B.
Java
- C.
Machine Code
- D.
Windows
- E.
All of the above
- 7.A machine instruction has two basic components, the opcode and the operand. If the opcode is 4 bits wide, then the processor can
- A.
Address 4 bytes of RAM
- B.
Execute 4 unique instructions
- C.
Execute 2^4 or 16 unique instructions
- D.
Address 2^4 or 16 bytes of RAM
- 8.Put the following storage technlologies in order of their speed, starting with the fastest:
- A.
Register, Level 1 Cache, Level 2 Cache, Disk, RAM
- B.
Register, Level 2 Cache, Level 1 Cache, Disk, RAM
- C.
Level 1 Cache, Level 2 Cache, Register, RAM, Disk
- D.
RAM, Level 1 Cache, Level 2 Cache, Register, Disk
- E.
Register, Level 1 Cache, Level 2 Cache, RAM, Disk
- 9.A Benchmark Test Suite
- A.
Uses a complicated formula based on the processor speed to determine performance
- B.
Uses actual programs to test system performance
- C.
Is less useful than knowing the processor speed in GHz
- D.
Requires knowing both the processor speed and the bus width to determine performance
- 10.Which of the following is the most recent trend in increasing processor performance?
- A.
Processors with a level 4 cache
- B.
Processors with higher clock rates
- C.
Multi-core processors
- D.
Super-scalar processors
- 11.If two 64-bit processors run at the same clock speed, what difference would be most likely to cause one processor to perform better than the other?
- A.
The better performing processor can address more RAM
- B.
The better performing processor has more cache
- C.
The better performing processor can access more disk space
- D.
If the clock speeds are the same, then both processors will perform the same
- 12.If a processor breaks each instruction into the following sub-operations Instruction Fetch Instruction Decode Operand 1 Fetch Operand 2 Fetch Operation Execution Operand 3 Store How deep is the pipeline?
- A.
1
- B.
3
- C.
6
- D.
7
- E.
Not enough information to determine the pipeline depth
- 13.IBM used the Intel 8088 processor rather than the Intel 8086 processor in the original PC because
- A.
The 8088 was newer than the 8086
- B.
The 8088 ran at a faster clock speed than the 8086
- C.
Supply chain and price point issues
- D.
The 8088 had a wider data bus than the 8086
- 14.As discussed in class, at CES 2012 Intel will probably do which one of the following:
- A.
A Tick announcing 22 nm processors
- B.
A Tock with 22 nm processors
- C.
A Tick announcing 32 nm processors
- D.
A Tock with 32 nm processors
- 15.Which best characterizes the Itanium processor
- A.
Was the first 128-bit processor for servers
- B.
Will eventually replace the Xeon processor in servers
- C.
Was jointly developed by Itnel and Dell
- D.
Future is uncertain because of low sales
- E.
Will finally ship in the 4th quarter of 2010
- 16.Using Intel's star rating system, an i5 processor Pentium would probably get
- A.
1 star
- B.
2 stars
- C.
3 stars
- D.
4 stars
- E.
5 stars
- 17.The Intel technology that allows one core of a mult-core processor to run faster than the base operating frequency is known as:
- A.
EIST (Enhanced Intel Speed Step Technology)
- B.
EM64T
- C.
XD (Execute Disable)
- D.
Turbo Boost
- E.
VT (Virtual Technology)
- 18.A relatively recent Intel processor that was targeted for netbooks was the
- A.
Celeron
- B.
Atom
- C.
Pentium
- D.
Core 2
- E.
I7
- 19.Intel's processor that is currently targets for servers is the
- A.
Celeron
- B.
Atom
- C.
Pentium
- D.
Core 2
- E.
Xeon
- F.
I5
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