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Course Introduction
Hardware and Software Integration explores the principles and practices involved in designing and implementing systems where computer hardware and software components work together seamlessly. The course covers topics such as computer architecture, device drivers, embedded systems, real-time operating systems, and communication protocols. Students will learn how hardware and software interact within computing devices and will gain hands-on experience developing software that interfaces directly with hardware components. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving, system-level design, troubleshooting, and optimising performance, preparing students to tackle challenges in areas such as IoT devices, robotics, and modern computing systems.
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Systems Architecture 7th Edition by Stephen D. Burd
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Chapter 1: Computer Technology: Your Need To Know
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Q1) When actual hardware, network, and system software components are acquired and installed, they make up a(n) ____ for one or more information systems.
A) information assurance
B) information services
C) data services
D) technology architecture
Answer: D
Q2) Managers of _____ collections of information systems and supporting infrastructure must contend with a great deal of technical complexity.
A) connected
B) complex
C) integrated
D) dynamic
Answer: C
Q3) Expect to pay for unbiased information.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Introduction to Systems Architecture
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Q1) ____ are typically implemented by installing software on each machine that accepts tasks from a central server and performs them when not busy doing other work.
A) Grids
B) Clouds
C) Clusters
D) Blades
Answer: A
Q2) ____ physics describes the behavior of matter at a subatomic level.
A) Einsteinian
B) Newtonian
C) Relativity
D) Quantum
Answer: D
Q3) ____ software describes programs used to develop other programs.
A) Application development
B) Application design
C) Systems
D) Application modeling
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Data Representation
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Q1) A(n) ____________________ integer uses one bit to represent whether the value is positive or negative.
Answer: signed
Q2) A sequence of characters that forms a meaningful word, phrase, or other useful group is a(n) ____________________.
Answer: string
Q3) Hexadecimal numbering uses ____ as its base or radix.
A) 2
B) 8
C) 10
D) 16
Answer: D
Q4) A segmented memory model has primary storage is divided into equal-sized (for example, 64 KB) segments called ____________________.
Answer: pages
Q5) Like ASCII, ____________________ is a coding table that assigns nonnegative integers to represent printable characters.
Answer: Unicode
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Chapter 4: Processor Technology and Architecture
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Q1) The register that holds bit values (flags) that describe comparison operation results, control conditional BRANCH execution, or indicate actual or potential error conditions
A) load register
B) instruction register
C) program status word
D) control register
Q2) Traditional bus interfaces are too slow and power hungry to provide sufficient data transfer capacity between many processors or between processors and primary storage.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The first group of bits in an instruction represents its unique binary number, commonly called the ____.
A) data word
B) op code
C) Operand
D) operand
Q4) The instruction pointer (IP) can also be called the "____________________."
Q5) Identify four activities the control unit performs during the CPU fetch cycle.
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Chapter 5: Data Storage Technology
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Q1) Current optical storage devices use a(n) ____________________ storage medium.
Q2) Programs usually access instructions and data items ____.
A) randomly
B) dynamically
C) repeatedly
D) sequentially
Q3) A ____ is a CPU cycle spent waiting for access to an instruction or data.
A) wait state
B) hold state
C) purge state
D) clock state
Q4) The surface area allocated to store on a bit is called the ____.
A) bit density
B) surface density
C) areal density
D) object density
Q5) ____________________ is the time required to perform one complete read or write operation.
Q6) A(n) ____________________ provides the interface between the storage device and system bus.
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Chapter 6: System Integration and Performance
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Q1) ____ is a technique that reduces the number of bits used to encode data, such as a file or a stream of video images transmitted across the Internet.
A) Compression
B) Dispersion
C) Randomization
D) Coordination
Q2) A PC usually transmits data one bit at a time over a wireless connection, and a laser printer prints an entire page at once.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A portion of the CPU, separate from the components that fetch and execute instructions, monitors the bus continuously for interrupt signals and copies them to a(n)
Q4) The memory bus has a much higher data transfer rate than the system bus because of its shorter length, higher clock rate, and (in most computers) large number of parallel communication lines.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Input/Output Technology
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Q1) Phosphors emit colored light in liquid crystal displays.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Postscript is a(n) ____________________ designed mainly for printed documents, although it can also be used to generate video display outputs.
Q3) A(n) ____ display includes one or more transistors for every display pixel.
A) cathode ray tube
B) active matrix
C) liquid crystal
D) Passive matrix
Q4) Video display panels are connected to a ____ that's connected to a port on the system bus or a dedicated video bus.
A) video buffer
B) video manager
C) video station
D) video controller
Q5) Modern bar codes encode data in three dimensions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Data and Network Communication Technology
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Q1) In a single electrical communication channel, a(n) ____ wire carries data and the return wire completes the electrical circuit.
A) single mode
B) path
C) signal
D) ground
Q2) ____ represents bit values as specific wave amplitudes.
A) Frequency modulation
B) Polar modulation
C) Amplitude modulation
D) Phase modulation
Q3) ____ is a high-speed communication architecture intended to interconnect devices such as servers, secondary storage appliances, and network switches.
A) HighBand
B) BlockBand
C) WideBand
D) InfiniBand
Q4) Why are waves important in communication?
Q5) List two characteristics in which error detection and correction methods vary.
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Chapter 9: Computer Networks
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Q1) What was ARPANET?
Q2) The ____________________ layer is where communication between devices actually takes place.
Q3) The characteristics differentiating the physical topologies include the length and routing of network cable, type of node connections, data transfer performance, susceptibility of the network to failure, and cost.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ____ layer forwards messages to their correct destinations.
A) Session
B) Data Link
C) Network
D) data Link
Q5) RARP converts IP addresses to physical network addresses.
A)True
B)False
Q6) TCP connections are established through a(n) ____________________, which is the combination of an IP address and a port number.
Q7) A(n) ____________________ is a TCP connection with a unique integer number.
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Chapter 10: Application Development
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Q1) ____ tools generate program and other source code from models, compile and link the programs, create databases, and create, register, and install all components.
A) CAD
B) CASE
C) CADE
D) CASD
Q2) List two capabilities of a symbolic debugger.
Q3) A(n) ____________________ instruction transfers control to the first instruction in a function.
Q4) An executable program containing symbol table entries and debugging checkpoints is sometimes called a(n) ____________________ version.
Q5) SQL is a(n) ____________________ language because it describes a processing requirement without specifying a procedure for satisfying the requirement.
Q6) UP design models include package diagrams, interaction diagrams, and deployment diagrams.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What does a programming language define?
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Chapter 11: Operating Systems
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Q1) In Windows thread scheduling, a thread's current priority level is called its "local priority."
A)True
B)False
Q2) When memory allocation is ____, it means all portions of the program and OS are loaded into sequential locations in memory.
A) partitioned
B) incremental
C) dynamic
D) contiguous
Q3) Through the ____ layer, a user or system administrator can run application and OS utility programs and manage system resources, such as files, folders, and I/O devices.
A) service
B) kernel
C) hypervisor
D) command
Q4) ____________________ memory allocation uses small fixed-size partitions, usually no larger than 64 KB.
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Chapter 12: File and Secondary Storage Management
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Q1) A typical laptop computer has up to a few hundred storage volumes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A ____ is the unit of storage transferred between the device controller and memory in a single operation.
A) virtual record
B) physical record
C) logical record
D) hard record
Q3) On larger computers such as servers, a volume can span multiple physical secondary storage devices.
A)True
B)False
Q4) As applied to FMSs, ____________________ describes methods of securing file content against hardware failure.
Q5) A key distinction between SAN devices and NAS servers is the type of storage access requests that are serviced.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Internet and Distributed Application Services
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Q1) In ____ architecture, the roles of client and server are combined into a single application or group of related applications.
A) client/server
B) monolithic
C) peer-to-peer
D) unified
Q2) A(n) ____ is a standardized, interchangeable software module that is executable, has a unique identifier and has a well-known interface.
A) object
B) bean
C) component
D) resource
Q3) SOAP messages can be transmitted by using other protocols, such as FTP and SMTP, but ____________________ is the most common transmission protocol.
Q4) An LDAP ____________________ stores information about LDAP objects.
Q5) LDAP objects are organized in a(n) ____________________ directory structure.
Q6) ____________________ embedded in HTML pages can perform many functions that full-fledged programs can, without the need for compiling or link editing.
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Chapter 14: System Administration
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Q1) The ____ composes the majority of an RFP.
A) requirements statement
B) performance statement
C) design statement
D) specifications statement
Q2) An IS strategic plan tends to lead, rather than follow, the strategic plans of other units in the organization.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Protection against power loss requires a(n) ____________________ power source.
Q4) The simplest firewall type is a(n) ____ firewall, which examines each packet and matches header content to a list of allowed or denied packet types.
A) packet-filtering
B) stateful
C) application
D) inspecting
Q5) A(n) ____________________ is defined as a set of long-range goals and a plan to attain these goals.
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Q6) Capital resources are referred to as ____________________.
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