CPU FDE cycle - 9

What is the name of modern computer architecture?

• Von Neumann

• Harvard

• Einstein

• Apple

• PC

Which of the following is not a name for computer memory?

• Memory unit

• IAS

• RAM

• Short term memory

Reorder the following stages of the CPU cycle.

• Save

• Decode

• Execute

• Fetch

Which of the following are stored in the RAM?

• Instructions

• Data for processing

• BIOS

• Photo archive

What does RAM stand for?

Which of the following is not secondary storage?

• RAM

• DVD

• SSD

• Flash drive

• Hard disk

​ (a)   ​ is close to the CPU.

RAM is a ​ ​ (b)   storage.

​ ​ (c)   storage is directly accessed by the CPU.

​ (d)   ​ storage stores data permanently.

RAM is very ​ ​ ​ (e)   ​ in comparison to secondary storage.

• RAM
• volatile
• Primary
• Secondary
• fast
• slow
• capacity
• disadvantage
• advantage

Match the following stages of the CPU cycle with descriptions.

• Storing the result in RAM

• Save

• Performing the instruction

• Decode

• Retrieving the instruction from RAM

• Fetch

• Reading the instruction

• Execute

Match the following stages of the CPU cycle with the location.

• ALU

• Decode

• Control Unit

• Fetch

• RAM

• Execute

A ​ (a)   is the number of fetch-decode-execute cycles per second.

Dual Core CPU can perform ​ (b)   fetch-decode-execute cycles at a time.

A ​ (c)   is the internal memory of the CPU to store the most frequently used instructions.

The amount of data possible to fetch and use from RAM in one cycle is called ​ (d)   .

RAM with ​ (e)   capacity allows storing more data and instructions at a time in the memory

• clock speed
• two
• cache
• word size
• high
• four
• file size
• low
• register
• watch rate