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COM 101 Computer Hardware Components Objective Question
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What is the speed of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) measured in?
Options
A Bytes
B Hertz (Hz)
Correct Answer
C Bits per second
D Megabytes
Correct Answer

Option B is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

The speed of the Central Processing Unit (CPU), known as computer speed, is measured by Hertz (Hz), which represents a CPU cycle. Bytes and Megabytes are units of storage, and bits per second is a measure of data transfer rate.

Hint

Recall the unit mentioned that directly corresponds to the clock cycles of the processor.

Question Info

Course: COM 101
Topic: Computer Hardware Components
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 721 of 1018
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