Question

Computer has a built-in system clock that emits millions of regularly spaced electric pulses per _____ called clock cycles.

(a) second

(b) millisecond

(c) microsecond

(d) minute

This question was addressed to me in semester exam.

My enquiry is from Sequential & Direct Access topic in section Secondary Storage Devices of Computer Fundamentals

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) second

Easiest explanation: The regularly spaced electric pulses per second are referred to as the clock cycles. All the jobs performed by the processor are on the basis of clock cycles.