CPU Escape Room

From booting up to shutting down, the CPU carries out an endless cycle of?

• Singing

• Fetch, Decode, Execute

• Repeating instructions

• Storing files

The number of cycles a processor carries out per second is known as?  

• GHz

• MHz

• Clock Speed

• Cache

A quad core CPU has how many cores inside it working simultaneously together?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

A function of the Control Unit is ......pick 2

• Fetches, Decodes and Executes instructions

• Performs arithmetic i.e. calculations

• It issues control signals that control hardware

• Deals with logic by making decisions

A function of the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) is ......pick two

• Fetches, Decodes and Executes instructions

• Performs arithmetic i.e. calculations

• It issues control signals that control hardware

• Deals with logic by making decisions

Cache is specialised memory built into.....?

• CPU

• Motherboard

• Hard Disk

• RAM

Cache uses__________, whereas RAM uses ____________?

• Cache uses static ram (SRAM), whereas RAM uses dynamic ram (DRAM)

• Cache uses dynamic ram (DRAM), whereas RAM uses static ram (SRAM)

Why is it beneficial for the CPU to use Cache than RAM?

• Cache is faster than RAM

• Cache is further away from the CPU than RAM

Which Cache memory is the 'smallest' and 'fastest'?

• L3

• L2

• L1