N5 Computing Science - Computer Structure

The CPU is often described as a computer system's

(a)  

Which of the following is not part of the processor?

• ALU

• Control Unit

• Registers

• RAM

Which part of the processor stores data?

• ALU

• Registers

• Control Unit

• RAM

Which part of the processor carries out comparisons

• Control Unit

• Arithmetic and Logic Unit

• Registers

• RAM

Which part of the processor sends out control signals?

• Control Unit

• Arithmetic and Logic Unit

• Registers

• RAM

This part of main memory stores data temporarily but the data is deleted when the computer is switched off?

• ROM

• RAM

• SDD

• Registers

Which part of main memory is not editable by the user?

• ROM

• RAM

• Registers

• Control Unit

What bus is used to carry data to and from the processor from memory?

• Data Bus

• Control Bus

• First Bus

• Address Bus

This is used to carry the unique memory location of data from the processor to memory

• Address Bus

• Control Bus

• Data Bus

• First Bus

Each memory location in a computer system has what?

• a unique address

• storage

• stuff in it

• a name