Unit 2: CPU

​Central Processing Unit (CPU) 

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Multiple Choice

What is hardware?

• Invisible parts of a computer

• Tangible parts of a computer

• Keyboard & Mouse only

• Programs a computer understands

Open Ended

Explain in your words what is software.

Multiple Select

Select input devices from the following

Multiple Choice

The RAM is what kind of storage

• Permanent

• Software

• Volatile

• Hardware

Multiple Choice

The part of the computer referred to as the brain is...

Multiple Choice

The circuit board that connects all the devices in a computer system is called the ...

• Power Supply Unit

• CPU

• Monitor

• Mother Board

Open Ended

Knowledge Check: List the main functions of a CPU

Multiple Choice

Where does the CPU store data?

• RAM

• Registers

• Hard Drive

Multiple Choice

What function of the CPU is responsible for receiving instruction or set of instructions?

• Decode

• Multitasking

• Store

• Fetch

Multiple Choice

What function of the CPU is responsible for executing instructions?

• Decode

• Store

• Execute

• Process

​Fetch, Decode Execute Cycle (Video)

​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5JC9Ve1sfI&ab_channel=TomScott

Multiple Choice

An Octo-core processor has how many cores?

• 5

• 16

• 8

• 4

Multiple Choice

A single processor chip can have more than one core

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A virtual version of a CPU core is called a

• Thread

• Speed

• Bus

• Level 1

Multiple Choice

What makes it possible for each processor core to schedule and assign resources to two or more threads at once.

• Core

• Hyperthreading

• Cache

• Processor

Multiple Choice

A higher clock speed means...

• Faster Hard Drive

• Bigger storage

• Faster CPU

• Faster Monitor