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1. What is 1/1012 of a second?

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Picosecond

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2. What is 1/1015 of a second?

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Femtosecond

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3. A particular disk has a storage capacity of 30 gigabytes. Exactly how many b

disk hold?

Answer

30 230

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4. What does CPU stand for?What does CPU stand for?

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Central processing unit

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5. Convert 38 base ten to it binary equivalent.

Answer

0100110

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6. Convert the binary number 010101 to its decimal equivalent.

Answer

21

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7. What is the octal representation of the base ten number 551?

Answer

10478

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8. What is the hexadecimal representation of the base ten number 4256?

Answer

10A016

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9. What is the twos complement representation of the integer -101?

Answer

10011011

Solution: 10110 is 01100101 in twos complement. Complement and add one 10011011.

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10. What points to the next instruction to fetch and execute?

Answer

The program counter

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11. What does RAM stand for?

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Random access memory

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12. What is a hierarchical ordering based on natural relationships?

Answer

Taxonomy

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code?

Answer

Compiler

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produced as a unit?

Answer

Linker

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Abstraction

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Answer

Information hiding or encapsulation

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Modularity

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Polymorphism

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