IFT 201 HW6
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[IFT 201] |
Computer and Network Systems: Organization and Administration |
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Homework Assignment 6 |
Exercises I.1 and I.2 below are from the reading material
Score: 40 pts
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE and MATCHING (1 pt*25 = 25 pts)
1. Questions 1 thru 10 p.190-191
2. Questions 1 thru 10 p.191
3. Questions 11: This type of memory divides large programs into parts and stores the parts on a secondary storage device
a. Direct
b. Expanded
c. Random-access
d. Virtual
4. Questions 2: Which of the following is another term for primary storage?
a. ROM
b. ALU
c. CPU
d. RAM
e. CD-R
5. Questions 3: Which of the following is used to hold data and instructions that will be used shortly by the CPU?
a. ROM chips
b. Peripheral devices
c. RAM chips
d. CD-R
e. Hard disk
6. Questions 4: What are the high-speed areas called that temporary store data during processing?
a. Control units
b. Registers
c. Machine cycles
d. Buses
e. Word banks
7. Questions 5: Cloud storage is also called ____ storage
a. USB
b. Live
c. Online
d. Flash
e. Exabyte
II. SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS (2pts*3 = 6 pts)
1. Why should measures of capacity matter to computer users?
2. What is the difference between RAM and ROM?
3. What are the most convenient forms of backup storage? Why?
III. APPLYING, ANALYZING, SYNTHESIZING, EVALUATING ( 3*3 = 9pts)
1. “Knowledge in Action”
a) Storing humans
· If the human genome is 800 million bytes (according to Raymond Kurzweil), how many humans could you fit on a 120-GB hard drive?
b) What are the predictions about how long Moore’s Law will continue to apply?
· Do a web search for four (2) opinions
· List the website sources and their predictions
· State how reliable you believe the sites are, and why.
2. “Web Exercises”
DVD formats: DVD + R, DVD–R, DVD + RW, DVD-RW, so many formats!
Are they all the same? What are the issues surrounding recordable DVD media?
Visit the websites below to get current information on the issues surrounding recordable DVD media:
www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2003/DVDFormatsExplained.asp
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