AQA Alevel Computer Science - Computer Architecture

Who developed the idea of a stored program computer and modern computer architecture?

• John Von Neumann

• Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs

• Tim Berners-Lee

The idea developed in 1945 by Von Neumann of a computer holding both programs and the data used by the programs in memory is called the..?

• Stored Program Concept

• Memory Program System

• Stored Memory Concept

• Stored Memory Program

What are the 3 parts of the Von Neumann computer architecture?

• Processor (CU & ALU), Memory Unit & Input/Output

• Processor, RAM & ROM

• Processor, RAM & Hard Disk

• Memory (CU & ALU), Hard Disk & Input/Output

What are the two main parts of the processor?

• Control Unit & Arithmetic Logic Unit

• RAM & ROM

• RAM & Cache

• Control Unit & Cache

Which of these is not a bus within the computer?

• I/O Bus

• Address Bus

• Data Bus

• Control

Which of these buses is bi-directional?

• Data Bus

• Control Bus

• Address Bus

• Cache Bus

Which bus is used to send read and write signals to a storage device such as a HDD?

• Control Bus

• Data Bus

• Address Bus

• I/O Bus

The location of where data can be found in the computer memory is called the?

• Address

• Coordinates

• Register

• Cache

The small high speed storage areas within the memory and processor are known as..?

• Registers

• Addresses

• Cache

• Buses

The MDR, MAR, PC & CIR are all examples of..?

• Registers

• Addresses

• Buses

• Control Units