CPU Architecture

Which of these are internal hardware components in a computer (select all that apply)

• mouse

• RAM

• CPU

• operating system

• BIOS

Select all the components of the CPU

• ALU

• Control Unit

• Registers

• RAM

Choose all the types of system bus?

• Address

• Data

• Control

• Register

Choose all the registers found in a typical processor?

• Current Instruction

• Accumulator

• Memory Data

• Memory Address

Choose 2 actions that could help improve the CPU performance ...

• Increase amount of RAM

• Replace dual-core with quad-core processor

• Increase size of cache

• Replace HDD with SSD

Choose all the factors that could potentially affect the performance of the CPU ...

• Frequency of internal clock

• Number of processor cores

• Size of cache memory

• Type of cache (L1, L2, L3)

• Amount of RAM

Which is the main reason for having cache memory?

• To be able to run more powerful programs

• To compensate for the difference in speed of the CPU and RAM access times.

• To increase the size of main memory

• To allow you to run a program with less RAM

Which types of memory storage are volatile? (choose all that apply ...)

• RAM

• ROM

• Flash

• Cache

Choose all the Cloud storage options ...

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What type of storage does this device use?

• Magnetic

• Optical

• Electrical

• Cloud