Storage devices that hold currently executing programs are called ____ Question

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Storage devices that hold currently executing programs are called ____

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primary storage

registers

qubits

secondary storage

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Question 3 (2 points)

____ cable uses fibers that vary continuously in diameter from center to edge.

Question 3 options:

coaxial

twisted-pair cable

single mode fiber optic

multimode fiber optic

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Question 4 (2 points)

The ____ is the user interface to the OS.

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shell

GUI

transaction monitor

desktop manager

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Question 5 (2 points)

In a single electrical communication channel, a(n) ____ wire carries data and the return wire completes the electrical circuit.

Question 5 options:

single mode

path

signal

ground

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Question 6 (2 points)

____ is implemented entirely with transistors.

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Dynamic RAM

Static RAM

Dynamic ROM

Static ROM

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Question 7 (2 points)

____ is a technique for embedding multiple bit values in a single wave characteristic, such as frequency or amplitude.

Question 7 options:

Polymorphic coding

Unilateral coding

Multilevel coding

Dynamic coding

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Question 8 (2 points)

A(n) ____ is one instance, or variable, of a class.

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structure

object

list

implementation

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Question 9 (1 point)

A ____ consists of hardware, software, and transmission media that enable computer systems to share information, software, and hardware resources.

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computer system

computer network

computer environment

computer platform

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Question 10 (1 point)

The rightmost digit in a bit string is the ____.

Question 10 options:

least significant digit

most significant digit

least valuable digit

most valuable digit

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Question 11 (1 point)

In a modern digital computer, data is represented by groups of ____.

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qubits

photons

bits

waves

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Question 12 (2 points)

Most local phone service is based on a channel-sharing strategy called ____.

Question 12 options:

packet switching

route switching

circuit switching

path switching

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Question 13 (2 points)

____ occurs when the absolute value of a computational result contains too many bits to fit into a fixed-width data format.

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Underflow

Rounding

Approximation

Overflow

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Question 14 (2 points)

____ transmission uses a separate transmission line for each bit position.

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Serial

Linear

Bulk

Parallel

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Question 15 (2 points)

A single disk sector usually holds ____ or 4096 bytes.

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250

512

760

1024

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Question 16 (2 points)

Amplitude modulation is sometimes called ____.

Question 16 options:

frequency-shift keying

amplitude-shift keying

block-shift keying

break-shift keying

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Question 17 (1 point)

In current computer hardware, main memory is implemented with silicon-based semiconductor devices commonly called ____.

Question 17 options:

Flash

PROM

ROM

RAM

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Question 18 (1 point)

Storage devices that hold data not needed by currently running programs are called ____

Question 18 options:

primary storage

registers

qubits

secondary storage

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Question 19 (2 points)

The time needed to move from one track to another is called ____, typically measured in milliseconds.

Question 19 options:

track-to-track seek time

random seek time

average seek time

relocation seek time

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Question 20 (1 point)

A(n) ____ is a whole number—a value that doesn’t have a fractional part.

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real number

imaginary number

floating point number

integer

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Question 21 (2 points)

Data is represented in the CPU as ____.

Question 21 options:

analog electrical signals

quantum signals

digital electrical signals

digital optical signals

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Question 22 (2 points)

In ____ notation, nonnegative integer values are represented as ordinary binary values.

Question 22 options:

twos complement

ones complement

excess

packed

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Question 23 (2 points)

Noise can be introduced into copper, aluminum, and other wire types by ____.

Question 23 options:

spectral interference

hyperspectral interference

electromagnetic interference

optical interference

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Question 24 (1 point)

The CPU contains a few internal storage locations called ____, each capable of holding a single instruction or data item.

Question 24 options:

the ALU

registers

shifters

the compiler

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Question 25 (2 points)

____ is noise added to the signal in the wire from EMI generated by adjacent wires.

Question 25 options:

Interference

Crosstalk

Crosswalk

Coupling

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Question 26 (1 point)

The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ____ is a subgroup of the IEEE that specializes in computer and data communication technologies.

Question 26 options:

Control Systems Society

Education Society

Computer Society

Communications Society

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Question 27 (2 points)

A ____ consists of all tracks at an equivalent distance from the edge or spindle on all platter surfaces.

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cylinder

sector

block

cluster

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Question 28 (2 points)

A ____ device isn’t restricted to any specific order when accessing data.

Question 28 options:

random access

serial access

dynamic access

linear access

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Question 29 (2 points)

____ is the number of cycles occurring in one second and is measured in hertz (Hz).

Question 29 options:

Wavelength

Amplitude

Period

Frequency

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Question 30 (2 points)

____ is a character-coding method developed by IBM in the 1960s and used in all IBM mainframes well into the 2000s.

Question 30 options:

ANSI

UNICODE

EBCDIC

ASCII

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Question 31 (2 points)

____ is the sum of average access delay and the time required to read a single sector.

Question 31 options:

Average access time

Rotational latency

Track-to-track seek time

Synchronization delay

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Question 32 (2 points)

A storage device or medium is ____ if it holds data without loss over long periods.

Question 32 options:

volatile

dynamic

nonvolatile

archival

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Question 33 (1 point)

____ signals can carry more data than electrical signals.

Question 33 options:

Mechanical

Digital

Optical

Quantum

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Question 34 (1 point)

The multiplier that describes the difference between one position and the next is the ____ of the numbering system.

Question 34 options:

Base

Mantissa

power

exponent

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Question 35 (2 points)

____ represents bit values as specific wave amplitudes.

Question 35 options:

Frequency modulation

Polar modulation

Amplitude modulation

Phase modulation

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Question 36 (2 points)

Access times for secondary storage devices are typically expressed in ____ or microseconds.

Question 36 options:

milliseconds

exoseconds

nanoseconds

picoseconds

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Question 37 (2 points)

Real numbers are represented in computers by using ____.

Question 37 options:

integer notation

floating-point notation

packed values notation

complementary notation

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Question 38 (2 points)

The ____ data type has only two data values—true and false.

Question 38 options:

Boolean

integer

floating point

character

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Question 39 (1 point)

The accuracy, or precision, of data format representation increases with ____.

Question 39 options:

the size of the data word

the sign of the data format

the number of data bits used

the position of the radix

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Question 40 (1 point)

Hexadecimal numbering uses ____ as its base or radix.

Question 40 options:

2

8

10

16

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Question 41 (2 points)

The term ____ describes transmissions using frequencies between 50 Hz and 1 terahertz (THz).

Question 41 options:

radio frequency

transmission frequency

electromagnetic frequency

broad frequency

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Question 42 (2 points)

The most common wired transmission media for LANs is ____ cable.

Question 42 options:

coaxial

twisted-pair cable

single mode fiber optic

multimode fiber optic

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Question 43 (2 points)

Modern computers use memory implemented with ____.

Question 43 options:

vacuum tubes

resistors

quasiconductors

Semiconductors

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Question 44 (2 points)

Programs usually access instructions and data items ____.

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randomly

dynamically

repeatedly

sequentially

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Question 45 (1 point)

When developing an information system, IS professionals follow a series of steps called a ____.

Question 45 options:

project life cycle

systems development life cycle

project development life cycle

service development life cycle

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Question 46 (2 points)

____ occurs when the absolute value of a negative exponent is too large to fit in the bits allocated to store it.

Question 46 options:

Rounding

Rotation

Overflow

Underflow

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Question 47 (2 points)

Long-distance telecommunication providers use FDM to multiplex single-mode optical fibers, an application commonly called ____.

Question 47 options:

code-division multiplexing

wavelength-division multiplexing

space-division multiplexing

time-division multiplexing

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Question 48 (2 points)

Most CPUs provide a(n) ____ data type, which stores positive integer values as ordinary binary numbers.

Question 48 options:

signed integer

signed real

unsigned integer

unsigned real

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Question 49 (2 points)

A(n) ____ is a data structure containing both traditional (static) data elements and programs that manipulate the data.

Question 49 options:

Array

Stack

object

class

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Question 50 (2 points)

The programs in a class are called ____.

Question 50 options:

properties

attributes

methods

children

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Question 51 (1 point)

Optical light pulses can be stored indirectly, such as ____.

Question 51 options:

on the surface of a DVD

on the surface of a magnetic disk

in the blocks of flash memory

the groves of a record

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Question 52 (1 point)

Quantum physics describes subatomic behavior with ____.

Question 52 options:

physical rules

mathematical rules

physical laws

a combination of physical rules and mathematical laws

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Question 53 (1 point)

The term ____ can describe computers as small as midrange computers and as large as supercomputers.

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mainframe

client

server

grid

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Question 54 (2 points)

Asynchronous transmission adds one or more ____ bits to the beginning of each message.

Question 54 options:

stop

end

parity

start

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Question 55 (2 points)

A ____ data format combines two adjacent fixed-length data items to hold a single value.

Question 55 options:

single-precision

standard-precision

scientific

double-precision

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Question 56 (2 points)

With ____ parity, the sender sets the parity bit to 0 if the count of 1-valued data bits in the character is odd.

Question 56 options:

even

odd

block

check

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Question 57 (1 point)

A ____ is a circuit board that contains most of a server.

Question 57 options:

grid

cloud

cluster

blade

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Question 58 (1 point)

In the decimal or binary notations, the symbol used to represent a digit and the digit’s position in a string determines its ____.

Question 58 options:

sign

placement

base

value

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Question 59 (2 points)

Current SSDs use ____ as the storage medium.

Question 59 options:

SDRAM

flash RAM

EEPROMs

PGAs

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Question 60 (2 points)

Multiple hard drives can be enclosed in a single storage cabinet; this arrangement is referred to as a ____.

Question 60 options:

drive cluster

drive tray

drive unit

drive array

primary storage

registers

qubits

secondary storage

Explanation / Answer

Hey in Chegg you are not supposed to upload these many number of questions. As per rules max of 10 can be answered but I answered 30+ for you. So please break the questions in parts to get answers.

2. registers
3. multimode fiber optic
4. GUI
5. signal
6. Static RAM
7. Multilevel coding
8. object
9. computer network
10. most significant digit
11. bits
12. circuit switching
13. Overflow
14. Parallel
15. 512
16. amplitude-shift keying
17. RAM
18. secondary storage
19. average seek time
20. integer
21. digital electrical signals
22. ones complement
23. electromagnetic interference
24. registers
25. Crosstalk
26. Computer Society
27. sector
28. serial access
29. Frequency
30. EBCDIC
31. Average access time
32. archival
33. Optical
34. Mantissa

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