Gemma Starts Her Computer and Begins Working on a New

question 35

Multiple Choice

Gemma starts her computer and begins working on a new Microsoft Word document. As Gemma works, the amount of time it takes the CPU to execute an instruction such as printing her document, and store the results in RAM is called the ____ cycle.

• A) machine
• B) instruction
• C) processing
• D) execution

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Definitions:

Population Variance

A measure quantifying the degree to which individual points in a whole population differ from the population mean.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations made on the basis of limited evidence as starting points for further investigation.

Population Proportion

A measure that represents the fraction or percentage of individuals in a population who meet a specific criterion.

Sample Size

The quantity of data points or observations gathered during an experiment or research study.