Question

The number of clock cycles per second is referred as  ______

(a) Clock speed

(b) Clock frequency

(c) Clock rate

(d) Clock timing

The question was asked in an internship interview.

I'd like to ask this question from Sequential & Direct Access topic in chapter Secondary Storage Devices of Computer Fundamentals

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) Clock speed

The best I can explain: The number of clock cycles per second is the clock speed. It is generally measured in gigahertz(10^9 cycles/sec) or megahertz (10^6 cycles/sec).