** Year 9 1.1 Open Ended Exam

Explain the purpose of the CPU?

The CPU contains three major components: Explain one.

State the name and purpose of one register in the CPU?

Reorder the following CPU speeds from slowest to fastest:

• • 20 Megahertz (MHz)

• 2 Gigahertz (MHz)

• 200 Kilohertz (kHz)

• • 1000 Megahertz (MHz)

Explain the purpose of a “ROM”

The Computer is an electronic device. Explain one action of the computer.

The CPU. Explain the purpose of the CPU in a Computer.

Include reference to its three main components.

Explain why Clock speed, cache size, number of cores are important to the CPU.

Explain how the Computer as an electronic device communicates and stores data.