CPU Components and FDE Cycle

Which CPU component decodes the instructions fetched from main memory.

• ALU

• Cache

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

Which CPU component is responosible for telling all other components what to do and when.

• ALU

• Cache

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

Which CPU component controls how many FDE sycles are completed every second?

• ALU

• Cache

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

Which CPU component dictates the maximum number of instrcutions which can be executed each second?

• ALU

• Cache

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

Which CPU component performs any calculations and returns the result.

• ALU

• Cache

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

Which CPU component performs any logical operations and returns the result.

• ALU

• Cache

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

Which CPU component are very very small stirage locations designed to store a very specific item of data.

• ALU

• Cache

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

Which CPU component is a much faster, but also much smaller, version of main memory.

• ALU

• Cache

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

What is the purpose of the Data Bus?

What is the purpose of the Control Bus?