CIS315 – Computer Organization

Spring Semester 2018

Buffalo State College

Quiz #4 Value: 7%

Instructions: This quiz covers Chapters 7 and 8 in your textbook. It consists

of 2 sections – A multiple choice section and a True/False section, for a total
of 30 questions. Please read each question carefully before answering it.
Follow the instructions provided in each section, to answer the questions.
You are permitted to use your textbook and classroom materials to answer
these questions.

Use the answer sheet provided with this quiz to record your answers.
Submit the answer sheet to your instructor after you have completed the
quiz. Answers written on the quiz will not be graded.

Section A: Multiple Choice Questions

Each of the following questions has only one correct answer. Circle the choice that is
the best answer to each question.

1. Amdahl’s Law states that the overall ____________ of a computer system depends
both on the speedup in a particular component and how much that component is used
by the system.
A). performance
B). speedup
C). throughput
D). degradation

2. A data transmission mode that transmits bytes between a host and a peripheral device
by sending one bit at a time is called ___________________________.
A). serial transmission
B). asynchronous transmission
C). parallel transmission
D). attenuation transmission
3. ______________are divisions of concentric circles called tracks in disk drives.
A). Sectors
B). Segments
C). Paths
D). Symmetry

4. A simpler and more elegant approach is memory-mapped I/O because I/O devices
and main memory share the ____________________.
A). same memory space
B). same address space
C). same register
D). same interface

5. Electrical signal loss over time or distance during data transfer is called an
_______________.
A). attention
B). attribute
C). attenuation
D). attestation

6. _____________ is a classification for software that provides services above the

operating system layer and below the application program layer.
A). Hardware
B). Software
C). Middleware
D). Coreware

7. ____________ provides the user the most efficient way of using the computer
hardware.
A). Real-time processing
B). Batch processing
C). Parallel processing
D). Block processing

8. The user interface is a program, or small set of programs, that constitutes the
_____________.
A). display management
B). display manager
C). operating systems manager
D). device manager

9. ___________ allows multiple processes to run concurrently.

A). Multiprogramming
B). Multitasking
C). Multiprocessing
D). Multischeduling
10. The extra line used for synchronization in parallel data transmission is called a
______________.
A). throbe
B). strobe
C). channel
D). stroke

11. Systems that require high availability and must be able to tolerate more than one
concurrent drive failure use________________.
A). RAID 1
B). RAID 2
C). RAID 3
D). RAID 6

12. Engineers describe bus operation through clearer and precise pictures known as
_________________.
A). timing diagrams
B). sequential diagrams
C). direct diagrams
D). circuit diagrams

13. ______________ is the oldest and most cost-effective of all mass-storage devices .
A). Magnetic drive
B). Compact dick
C). Magnetic tape
D). Floppy disk

14. _____________ gives the programmer direct access to the machine architecture.
A). Assembly Language
B). Operating System Program
C). Software
D). Coding

15. Disk and tape are forms of _______________ storage.

A). durable
B). sequential
C). random
D). direct

16. Operating system user interfaces are divided into two general categories:
______________ and ______________.
A). Command line interfaces, graphical user interfaces
B). Command line interfaces, graphical used interfaces
C). Command lined interfaces, graphical user interfaces
D). Command line interfaces, graphics user interfaces
17. ____________ follows closely behind the CPU and memory in determining the
overall effectiveness of a computer system.
A). Drive I/O
B). Disk I/O
C). I/O
D). none of the above

18. A ___________________ is the smallest schedulable unit in a system.

A). thread
B). packet
C). segment
D). sector

19. The output from the Java compiler is a binary class file that is executed by
a _____________.
A). Java Virtual Machine
B). operating system
C). compiler
D). assembler

20. A program called the _______________ is the pivotal component of the system that
contains a list of users and their authorization.
A). transaction processing monitor
B). JP monitor
C). Process Monitor
D). transaction processor

Section B: True or False Questions.

Each of the following questions is either True or False. Place a T (True) if the answer
is True on the answer sheet beside the question; otherwise place a F (False) if the answer
is False on the answer sheet beside the question.

21. Two types of transmission modes are serial and parallel transmission modes.
T F

22. The I/O modules take care of data movement between main memory and a particular
device interface.
T F

23. Disk drives sometimes “skip around” to allow time for the drive circuitry to process
the contents of a sector prior to reading the next sector. This is called interpathing.
T F

24. RAID-2 writes one bit per strip instead of writing data in blocks of arbitrary size.
T F
25. Absolute code is non-executable binary code that must always be loaded at a
particular location in memory.
T F

26. Interpreted languages have a many-to-many relationship between the source code
statements and executable machine instructions.
T F

27. In Java, deallocation of heap memory is referred to as garbage collection, which is

done by the JVM automatically.
T F

28. Groups of interrelated programs that work together as an integrated whole are called
application systems.
T F

29. The goal of database management systems is to provide timely and easy access to a
large volume of data efficiently.
T F

30. The output of a compiler must pass through a link editor before it can be executed on
the target system.
T F