CPU Year 7 Quiz

CPU Stands for?

• Computers Processing Unit

• Centralised Practical Unit

• Central Processing Unit

• Control Process Unit

CPU is also known as a...

• Microchip

• Brain

• Steam centre

• Club

Where does the CPU fetch the instructions from?

• Keyboard

• Hard drive

• Mouse

• Monitor

Why does a CPU need a fan?

• To keep bugs out.

• To keep it from over heating.

• To stop people from touching the CPU.

• To help with the CPU cycle.

What is the main function of the CPU?

• To carry out processing of the data.

• To fetch instructions from memory, decode them and execute the instructions.

• To help with playing games.

• To heat up the computer.

What is the job of the control unit?

• It carries out calculations

• It does nothing.

• It controls the input and output of data to make sure that it gets to the right place.

• It stores information.

Which of the following is a job of the control unit?

• To start up the computer

• To manage the fetch decode execute cycle

• To create presentations

• To carry out calculations

Which of the following is an example of 'main memory'.

• Hard Drive

• RAM

• USB Drive

• ROM

Which of the following CPU's will have a better better performance:

A: 3 GHz Quad Core CPU

B: 3 GHz Dual Core CPU

• A

• B

How does clock speed affect computer performance?

• The higher the clock speed the slower the computer will run.

• The higher the clock speed the better the performance.

• It improves the amount you can store on the computer.

• t will make loading program slower