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6.
What term describes the relationship between the internal speed of the CPU and the speed of the system bus?
  • A.
    CPU time
  • B.
    Multiplier
  • C.
    Differential
  • D.
    Coefficient
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Answer : [B]
Explanation :
The internal speed may be the same as the motherboard’s speed (the external or bus speed), but it’s more likely to be a multiple of it. For example, a CPU may have an internal speed of 1.3 GHz but an external speed of 133 MHz. That means for every tick of the system crystal’s clock, the CPU has 10 internal ticks of its own clock.
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7.
What term describes the time the CPU was executing in kernel mode?
  • A.
    User time
  • B.
    Steal time
  • C.
    System time
  • D.
    Idle time
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Answer : [C]
Explanation :
When monitoring CPU performance, the following are common metrics and their meanings:
  • User time—the time the CPU was busy executing code in user space
  • System time—the time the CPU was busy executing code in kernel space
  • Idle time—the time the CPU was not busy; measures unused CPU capacity
  • Steal time (virtualized hardware) —the time the operating system wanted to execute but was not allowed to by the hypervisor, because it was not the CPU’s turn for a time
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8.
What are revisions in CPUs called?
  • A.
    Service packs
  • B.
    Hot fixes
  • C.
    Base layers
  • D.
    Stepping levels
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Answer : [D]
Explanation :
When CPUs undergo revisions, the revisions are called stepping levels. When a manufacturer invests money to do a stepping, that means they have found bugs in the logic or have made improvements to the design that allow for faster processing.
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9.
Which CPU architecture was designed for a tablet?
  • A.
    ARM
  • B.
    x86
  • C.
    x64
  • D.
    LGA
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Answer : [A]
Explanation :
ARM requires fewer resources than either x86 or the x64. In that regard they are suitable for tablets, smartphones, and other smaller devices.
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10.
DDR3 memory is ___________ as fast as DDR2
  • A.
    Three times
  • B.
    Twice
  • C.
    Half
  • D.
    One‐third
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Answer : [B]
Explanation :
The primary benefit of DDR3 over DDR2 is that it transfers data at twice the rate of DDR2 (eight times the speed of its internal memory arrays), enabling higher bandwidth or peak data rates.
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