Year 7 - CPU, RAM, ROM

CPU stands for...

• Central Programming Unit
• Centrally Processing Universally
• Core Processing Unit
• Central Processing Unit

CPU carries out a cycle called___. 

• Execute-decote-fetch
• Fetch-decode-execute
• Fetch-execute-decode
• Decode-execute-fetch

What is processor speed measured in?

• Hertz

• Watts

• Amps

• Volts

What does ROM stand for?

• Random Only Memory
• Random Only Memory
• Rapid Only Machine
• Read Only Memory

RAM is non-volatile memory

• True
• False

ROM is non-volatile memory

• True
• False

What does RAM stand for?

• Random Access Memory
• Random Area Machine
• Real Access Machine
• Rapid Access Memory

ROM Vs RAM: What is used to boot up the computer when it is switched on...

• RAM
• ROM

What does volatile mean?

• Data is lost when the power is turned off

• Data is NOT lost when the power is turned off

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.