Computer Systems Architecture
Test Your Knowledge on Computer Systems Architecture
Welcome to our Computer Systems Architecture quiz! This engaging quiz consists of 44 challenging questions that will test your understanding of computer systems, components, and their fun
Whether you are a student, a professional, or simply a tech enthusiast, this quiz will help you:
- Assess your knowledge of computer architecture
- Understand key concepts in hardware and software
- Engage with interesting questions that promote learning
This is a device that can compute for the desired information through entering information.
Computer
System
Computer System
Data
It can be defined as many elements working as one.
Computer System
System
Computer
Data
This refers to a system that comprises elements that process raw data and instruction.
Data
Computer System
System
Computer
It is processed by a computer system to provide information, which is the very reason for the computer's existence.
Data
Software
Hardware
Microprocessor
It consists of system and application programs that define the instructions executed by the hardware.
Software
Hardware
Data
Primary Storage
Acts as an interface for application programs and utilities to access the internal services provided by the operating system.
Application programming interface (API)
Kernel
Hardware
Data
That contains the most important operating system processing functions.
Kernel
Hard Disk Drive
Solid State Drive
Application programming interface (API)
This includes devices that process data by executing instructions, storing data, and moving data and information between various Input/Output(I/O) devices.
Hardware
Software
Microprocessor
Input Device
It is mostly used as temporary storage for processed data and running applications.
Primary Storage
Microprocessor
Input devices
Output devices
It is used to store files, applications, and operating system.
Secondary Storage
Primary Storage
Microprocessor
Hardware
It is where the computer processes all data and instructions.
Microprocessor
Primary Storage
Primary Storage
Communication
It is one of the primary input devices composed of buttons with alphanumeric characters.
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitor
Printer
It is a handheld input device that is capable of controlling and maneuvering graphical user interface (GUI) with the use of a cursor on display.
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
Printer
It is capable of displaying the GUI of a computer.
Monitor
Printer
Mouse
Keyboard
It is capable of representing data on paper.
Printer
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
It consists of hardware and software that transport programs and data between interconnected computer systems.
Communication
Microprocessor
Software
Data
In computer systems is the design of computer components in hardware being used, in the flow of data input-process-storage-output within the system, in algorithms being implemented, and more.
Architecture
Design by form
Design by function
Communication
This refers to the structure and size of a system. From the structure of the system, computer systems can be classified by form to distinguish form factor.
Design by form
Design by function
Moore's Law
Architecture
It pertains to the specific instruction or process that a computer system must have to meet criteria and application.
Design by function
Design by form
Input/Ouput
Moore's Law
It relies on "Transistor count" as a basis for the advancement of integrated circuit.
Moore's Law
Design by function
Design by form
Mainframes
This are usually small, low cost, and intended for one (1) user or one (1) device.
Microcomputers
Minicomputers
Mainframes
Supercomputers
Are generally used in a multiuser environment. These servers act as a platform for a specific application, such as a print server that manages all printers and handles all print tasks or a mail server that manages all the organization's mail.
Mainframes
Microcomputers
Minicomputers
Supercomputers
This are large organizational computer systems that act as the main computational infrastructure. Theses are usually very powerful and support all business processes.
Mainframes
Minicomputers
Microcomputers
Supercomputers
It pertains to the placing of data in or out of the computer system.
Input/Ouput
Data sorting
Data storage
Data movement
It pertains to the data that changes from one form to another due to instruction or need.
Data transformation
Data sorting
Data movement
Data storage and retrieval
It pertains to arrangement of data by a list or specific criterion or criteria.
Data sorting
Data storage and retrieval
Data movement
Data transformation
It pertains to the comparison of data to suffice condition.
Searchin for data matches
Data transformation
Data storage and retrieval
Data sorting
It pertains to the placement of data from one memory location to the other.
Searchin for data matches
Data storage and retrieval
Data movement
Data transformation
It is used to characterize a certain object at different levels of representation offering models.
Abstraction
Decomposition
Computer Hierarchy
Polymorphism
It is a structure that has a predetermined ordering from high to low.
Computer Hierarchy
Polymorphism
Decomposition
Abstraction
It is a process of splitting the system in smaller chunks; people can work better by working on smaller separate tasks.
Decomposition
Computer Hierarchy
Polymorphism
Abstraction
Operates on the assumption that the user can accept a certain amount of data degradation as a trade-off for the savings in a critical resource.
Data Compression
Lossless algorithm
Lossy algorithm
Enumerated
Compresses the data in such a way that the application of a matching inverse algorithm restores the compressed data exactly to its original form.
Lossless algorithm
Lossy algorithm
Enumerated
Data Compression
The actual operations that the computer processor is capable of performing.
Internal Computer Data
External Computer Data
Data as Audio Data
Application Program
This are the result of a sequence of bitmap image frames.
Video images
Audio Data
Bitmap objects
Graphical objects
This employs a compression algorithm to reduce the amount of data stored and transmitted.
Joint Photographers Expert Group (JPEG)
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Video images
This can store up to 48 bits of color per pixel and can store a transparency percentage value and a correction factor for the color in a monitor or printer.
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Joint Photographers Expert Group (JPEG)
Graphical objects
It was first developed by CompuServe in 1987 as a proprietary format that would allow users to store and exchange online bitmap images in 256 colors on different computing platforms.
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Joint Photographers Expert Group (JPEG)
Graphical objects
Characterized using an image scanner, digital camera or mobile device, or video camera frame grabber.
Bitmap objects
Graphical objects
Video images
Encoding
Refers to a codes that provide various symbols, line shapes, and accented foreign letters for the additional 128 entries.
ASCII
Unicode
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
Alphanumeric Characters
These are settings associated with computer files that grant or deny certain rights to how a user or the operating system can access that file.
File Attributes
Metadata
File Format
File Type
It provides additional information about a certain item’s content. The other terms for metadata are descriptions, keywords, tags.
Metadata
File Attributes
File Format
File Type
It is a structure or layout of a computer file in terms of how data is contained and organized.
File Format
Metadata
File Attributes
File Type
in computer terms, is a fact, figure, or information that is represented in a set of bits – ones and zeros.
Data
File Attributes
File Format
Metadata
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