Von Neumann Architecture

What is Von Neumann Architecture?

• A Computer

• An Idea

What memory holds both the programs and data?

• ROM

• RAM

• REM

• RDM

What are data and instructions carried on?

• Aeroplanes

• Bikes

• Buses

• Cars

The ALU carries out calculations and logical comparisons.

• True

• False

Why is Harvard architecture not as popular as Von Neumann architecture?

• Too boring

• Too time consuming

• Too expensive

• Too complicated

Von Neumann only mentions a single register called the accumulator.

• True

• False

A register is a type of very fast, temporary memory, which can't hold a data value.

• True

• False

When the CPU needs to fetch an instruction or data from main memory (RAM), it is initially stored in the___.

• RDM

• ROM

• ALU

• MDR

The program counter is used to identify the location of the next instruction (or data) to be executed by the CPU.

• True

• False