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School of Applied Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Course MidTerm Exam, March 6, 2013
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY School of Applied Technology
1 When discussing motherboards for PCs, laptops, and servers, CMOS
stands for:
11 Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
11 Computer Metal Oxide Semiconductor
11 Complementary Metal Oxygen Semiconductor
D1 Computer Metallic Oxide Semiconductor
1 Answer: A
2 The PC motherboard is usually attached to:
11 The motherboard socket
11 The computer case
11 The CMOS socket
D1 The fatherboard
2 Answer: B
3 When measuring speed of data retrieval, which computer component
operates at the fastest speed?
11 Hard Drive
11 RAM
11 L1 Cache
D1 CD ROM
3 Answer: B
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School of Applied Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Course MidTerm Exam, March 6, 2013
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY School of Applied Technology
4 Convert the hexadecimal number FFFF to its Base 10 equivalent
number.
11 1024
11 32000
11 64000
D1 65535
4 Answer: D
5 Memory and storage are normally measured in?
11 bytes
11 bits
11 nibbles
D1 dollars
5 Answer: A
6 Data transmission speeds on networks and cables is normally expressed in:
11 bytes
11 bits per second
11 bytes per second
D1 seconds
6 Ans
