Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. A computer’s internal components are physically linked by a bus, a ribbon-like set of
electrical lines (or wires) that carries several bits at a time, in parallel.
2. Many personal computers feature a local I/O bus that follows the ISA (industry standard
architecture) standard and a slower PCI (peripheral component interconnect) bus.
3. On most systems the internal components are designed around a common word size.
4. A computer’s word size affects its processing speed, memory capacity, precision, and
instruction set size, but not its cost.
5. As a computer's word size increases, its speed generally increases.

Answer 1

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True