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How many clock cycles does the CPU require to act on a command?

At least two.

One billion cycles per second is equivalent to __________.

1 gigahertz

How many bits make up a byte?

eight

four bits make up a ________.

nibble.

Which of the following stores the data that the CPU actively uses?

RAM

1 megabyte is equivalent to ______ bytes.

1,048,576

What is equivalent to 1024 bytes?

1 Kilobyte

The CPU uses a series of actions to complete a task. What is the series of action called?

piplines

Which of the following terms is used to define the first cache that the CPU uses?

L1 Cache

What kind of RAM is cache typically made of?

SRAM

What is used to hold a CPU in place?

ZIF

What cache was historically on the motherboard but now often comes on the CPU?

L2

CPUs usually run faster than the clock. What do they use to do this?

Multipliers

All of the following are general-purpose CPU registers EXCEPT:

SX

Main system memory is usually called:

DRAM

What typically connects a CPU to RAM?

MCC

Intel's Pentium and Celeron series of CPU's are intended for which target market?

Budget Desktop PCs

Which of the following is an important difference between desktops and mobile devices, in terms of CPU needs?

Mobile devices need to consume less electricity.

What newer technology automatically configures CPU multipliers and speeds?

CPUID

How much RAM can a 64-bit processor theoretically access?

16 EB

Which technology allows a computer to run more than one operating system at a time?

Virtualization

Newer CPU's process instructions and commands in what type of execution?

Parallel

All of the following are stages in the pipelining process EXCEPT:

Read

What us the practical limit for modern CPU clock speeds?

4 ghz

Because CPU makers can't make the processor run much quicker, they are instead doing what?

Coming multiple CPUs on a single chip

Which term describes the four-step process a CPU uses to execute?

Pipelining

If the number of wires in a CPU's address bus is 20, what is the maximum amount of RAM the CPU can handle?

1,048,576

What type of RAM is used in the CPU's cache?

SRAM

Coming many CPU's in a single chip is called:

multicore processing

What chip, in modern CPUs, optimizes the flow of information into and out of the CPU?

IMC

Which type of processsor is sometimes integrated with the CPU to handle certain tasks more efficiently, such as video proccesing?

GPU

Which type of socket package do AMD chips use?

PGA

What technology is designed to help prevent damage to CPUs when they are installed?

ZIF

Which type of coolers are heat-sink and fan assemblies that are included with a retail-boxed CPU?

OEM CPU coolers

What is applied to the CPU before attaching the heat-sink/fan assembly?

thermal compound

What performance-enhancing technique usually voids most manufactures' warranties?

overclocking

Which type of socket package do Intel processors use?

LGA

A sudden CPU shutdown usually indicates what condition?

Overheating

A catastrophic failure is usually indicated by any of the following EXCEPT:

Increased system performance

What tells the CPU what to do with the data in the registers?

Instruction set

Which component requires a constant electrical charge and a periodic refresh of the circuits?

DRAM

Which of the following CPUs are targeted at the mobile device platform?

AMD turion

Which type of cache was originally located outside the CPU on the motherboard, but has since been relocated to the CPU for better performance?

L1

In early computers, the CPU ran at the same speed as which component?

motherboard

How much RAM can 32-bit processors access?

4 GB

Which technology enables the CPU to simulate the actions of a second processor?

Multithreading

What performance enhancement is accomplished through jumpers, CMOS settings, or software configuration?

overclocking

What technology requires that the OS and applications be written specifically to handle multiple threads?

hyper-threading

The communication device of the CPU is called the ____________________.

External data bus.

In the binary system, the number ____________________ represents the On state and the number ____________________ represents the Off state.

1,0

The ____________________ numbering system is used to describe the state of a wire at any given moment.

Binary

The temporary storage areas of a CPU are called ____________________.

Registers

The ____________________ determines the speed at which a CPU and the rest of the PC operate.

System Crystal

The system crystal is a quartz oscillator soldered to the ____________________.

motherboards

A(n) ____________________ is a series of commands sent to a CPU in a specific order for processing.

programs

Devices that hold ones and zeros that the CPU accesses are known generically as ____________________.

memory

The ____________________ enables the CPU to communicate with the RAM

MCC memory controller chip

PGA CPUs are ____________________ in shape with hundreds of tiny pins.

Square

Intel designed ____________________ sockets to make CPU insertion and removal easier.

Zero Insertion Force(ZIF)

The memory closest to the CPU is called ____________________.

L1 Cache

A(n) ____________________ helps to set data aside in a special fast storage area.

Cache

Some CPUs include three caches. They are the ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ caches.

L1,L2,L3

RAM is measured in __________________.

bytes

The CPU can access data quickest when it's stored in ____________________.

SRAM

Forcing a system to run faster than the speed it's designed for is called ____________________.

Overclocking

The speed at which the CPU and the rest of the system operate is determined by the ____________________.

system crystal

A(n) ____________________ is the series of steps that the CPU uses to process a command.

Pipeline

With ____________________, each individual pipeline can run more than one thread at a time.

hyperthreading

The connection between the CPU, the MCC, and the RAM is called the ____________________.

Frontside bus

Almost all current CPUs have A(n) __________, moved from the motherboard chip into the CPU to optimize the flow of information into and out of the CPU.

IMC

The video processing portion of the computer traditionally has a discrete microprocessor unique to video capabilities, known as the __________.

GPU

The connection between the CPU and the L2 cache is called the ____________________.

backside bus

The __________ identifies what to do with the data in the registers.

instruction set

Computers use __________ for the main system memory.

DRAM

__________ processors are intended for higher-end servers

Xeon

The CPUs of __________ must consume as little electricity as possible, to conserve battery life and limit heat.

laptops

All modern CPUs run at some multiple of the __________ speed.

System clock

Processor speeds on the motherboard are automatically configured through a function called __________.

CPUID

__________-bit processors can access up to 16 EB of RAM

64

The four stages of pipelining are __________.

Fetch, Decode, Execute, Write

SRAM __________ as many instructions as possible.

preloads

CPU packages with more than two CPUs are called ____________________.

multicore processing

Most mobile processors run at ____________________ speeds than the processors used in desktop computers.

slower

The ability of the CPU to slow down during low demand times is called ____________________ for Intel CPUs.

Speedstep

When installing a CPU, you should place the ____________________ where the heat sink meets the CPU

thermal compound

Not applying thermal compound to your heat sink can cause your system to _________________________.

overheat

A(n) ____________________ consists of a hollow metal block, a pump, and a cooling device.

liquid cooler

Transferring and storing data to and from the CPU in byte-sized chunks is done via ____________________.

RAM

RAM is arranged in ____________________-sized rows.

byte

Added __________ might be necessary to keep an overclocked CPU from overheating flashcards

Cooling

A(n) ____________________ and A(n) ____________________ connect to the CPU and keep it cool.

heat-sink and fan

The device that retrieves data from RAM and places it on the external data bus is called the ____________________.

Memory controller chip MCC

Three things to consider when installing a CPU are ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

CPU pins, Power Supply, Adequate Cooling

ZIF sockets are now universal and are easily identified by their ____________________ shape and removal arm.

Square

__________ is done through jumpers, CMOS settings, or software configuration

Overclocking

The motherboard uses the __________ functions to set CPU options automatically.

CPUID

Apply a small amount of __________ to the CPU before attaching the heat sink.

Thermal Compound