FDE and CPU questions

Which of these can affect a CPU's performance

• Amount of cores

• Clock speed

• Cache size

• All of them

What does ALU stand for?

Which storage device allows the CPU to obtain instructions faster but normally has less storage space than other alternatives

• Cache

• RAM

• SSD

• USB drive

Which CPU would be faster

• Quad core with a clock speed of 3.3GHZ

• Dual core with a clock speed of 4.4Ghz

• Single core with a clock speed of 3.2Ghz

• Octa-core with a clock speed of 1.3Ghz

What is cache size measured in?

• Gb, Mb and Tb

• Ghz, Mhz and Thz

• cm², m² and km²

• G and Kg

What is the FDE cycle?

• The process of the CPU changing an instruction so it can be understood

• How the CPU works when executing instructions

• This is when the CPU gets an instruction from the main memory

• When the CPU carries out instructions

What is the 'decode' part of the FDE cycle?

• When the CPU carries out instructions

• This is when the CPU gets instructions from the main memory

• The process of the CPU changing instructions so it can be understood by the computer

• How the CPU works

What is the 'execute' part of the FDE cycle?

• The process of the CPU changing an instruction so it can be understood

• How the CPU works when executing instructions

• This is when the CPU gets an instruction from the main memory

• When the CPU carries out instructions

What is the 'fetch' part of the FDE cycle?

• The process of the CPU changing an instruction so it can be understood

• How the CPU works when executing instructions

• This is when the CPU gets an instruction from the main memory

• When the CPU carries out instructions

The control unit and arithmetic logic unit are the 2 main components of the ___?