Y9 - CPU Performance - MCQ

Which of the follow performance factors are measured in hertz?

• Clock Speed

• Cache Memory

• Cores

The performance of the CPU is increased by increasing the clock speed only.

• True

• False

Which of the following allow the CPU to multi-task?

• Higher Clockspeed

• More Cores

• Larger Cache

Which of the following allow the CPU to complete the fetch-execute cycle quicker?

• Higher Clockspeed

• More Cores

• Larger Cache

Which of the following allow the CPU to store more instructions locally?

• Higher Clockspeed

• More Cores

• Larger Cache

Which CPU is the fastest overall speed?

• Clock Speed: 3.7GHz

  Cores: 4

  Cache: 32MB

• Clock Speed: 2.8GHz

  Cores: 6

  Cache: 24MB

• Clock Speed: 2.2GHz

  Cores: 8

  Cache: 16MB

Which of the following are advantages of clock speed. [2 Correct Answers]

• Increased performance.

• Hardware lasts longer.

• Lower price than other CPU's with the same clock speed.

• Increased performance of connected pieces of hardware.

Increasing the number of cores allows more instructions to be completed per second.

• True

• False

Select the missing word.

A CPU with 12 cores is called a [???] processor.

• Quad-core

• Deca-core

• Hexa-core

• Dodeca-core

What is the maximum CPU speed for the following CPU:

Clock Speed: 2.5GHz

Cores: Quad-core

Cache: 32MB

• 10GHz

• 8GHz

• 12GHz

• 14GHz