Y8 - recap: Computer system lesson

Multiple Choice

What does CPU stand for?

• Central Processing Unit
• Central Protecting Unit
• Central Processing Units
• Core Processing Unit

Multiple Choice

Select the correct CPU cycle:

• Execute -> Decode -> Fetch
• Fetch -> Execute -> Decode
• Decode -> Fetch -> Execute
• Fetch -> Decode -> Execute

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the CPU?

• To process all the data and instructions.
• To turn the computer on.
• To create PowerPoint presentations.
• To provide power to the computer.

Multiple Choice

What is the main function of the CPU?

• To carry out processing of the data.
• To help with playing games.
• To fetch instructions from memory, decode them and execute the instructions.
• To heat up the computer.

Multiple Choice

What happens at the Decode step of the fetch-decode-execute cycle?

• The CPU makes sense of the instructions.
• The CPU fetches the information from RAM.
• The instructions are executed.

Multiple Choice

The CPU fetches instructions from.... and executes those instructions.

• Memory

• ALU

• ROM

• Input Device

Multiple Choice

Data and Instructions in use are stored in the: (1-4)

• Hard Disk Drive
• Processor
• Main Memory
• Embedded System

Multiple Choice

RAM stands for?

• Regular added memory

• Random access memory

• Real-time access memory

• Read and memorise

Multiple Choice

A _______ memory does not lose stored data when the device is powered down.

• volatile

• non-volatile

• tertiary

• small

Multiple Choice

Data and Instructions in use are stored in the

• Processor
• Embedded System
• Hard Disk Drive
• Main Memory

Multiple Choice

A keyboard is an....

• Input device

• Output device

Multiple Choice

A webcam or camera is an...

• Input device

• Output device

Multiple Choice

A speaker is an...

• Input device

• Output device

Multiple Choice

Google Chrome is...

• Hardware

• Software

Multiple Choice

To get data onto a computer we must use...

• An input device

• An output device

• A processor

Multiple Choice

To process data that has been input computers primarily use...

• a CPU

• a GPU

• Microcontroller

Multiple Select

Software is...

• The parts of the computer you can touch

• The parts of the computer you cannot touch

• The instructions needed by the CPU to perform tasks

Multiple Choice

What is an embedded system?

• A computer which resides within a larger system or device

• A computer which helps a larger computer

• A computer which can be embedded within your body

• A computer small which can run on batteries

Multiple Choice

Is the object in the image....

• An Embedded System?

• General Purpose System?

• Not a system?

Multiple Choice

Is the object in the image....

• An Embedded System?

• General Purpose System?

• Not a system?

Multiple Choice

Is the object in the image....

• An Embedded System?

• General Purpose System?

• Not a system?

Multiple Choice

Is the object in the image....

• An Embedded System?

• General Purpose System?

• Not a system?

Multiple Select

A General Purpose Computer.. pick 2

• is easy to reprogram

• is difficult to reprogram

• uses specialist input/output hardware

• can carry out a wide range of different tasks and functions