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Computing: CPU registers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does CPU stand for?
a)
Central processor use 
b)
Central processing unknown
c)
Computer processor unit
d)
Central processing unit
2.
What is the purpose of the CPU?
a)
It holds all of the computers data
b)
It is only responsible for fetching data 
c)
It is the computers processor, carrying out the FDE cycle
d)
It makes the hardware look nice
3.
What does 'F' stand for in the FDE cycle?
a)
Freedom
b)
Fetch
c)
Failure
d)
Front
4.
What other CPU register does the MDR work with?
a)
PC
b)
MAR
c)
CIR
d)
Main memory
5.
What is the full form of CIR?
a)
Central rising Internet
b)
Computer internal relocation
c)
Current Internet regisyer
d)
Current instruction register
6.
What does the PC do and when?
a)
It increments by one after every FDE cycle 
b)
It increments by one after each instruction or piece of data is fetched
c)
It increments by two after each FDE cycle
d)
It points to the same instruction all the time
7.
What are the two main section of the CPU?
a)
The CU and the ACC
b)
The control room and the logic unit
c)
The Control Unit and the Arithmetic logic unit
d)
The control unit and the CIR
8.
What is special about the von Neumann architecture?
a)
It can store both data and instructions in the same memory device- the stored program concept 
b)
It can store both data and CPU registers in the same location
c)
The binary program concept
d)
He made the hardware look more attractive
9.
What two buses are used between the main memory and the CPU registers?
a)
The adress bus and the input bus
b)
The data bus and the information bus
c)
The output bus and the input bus
d)
The adress bus and the data bus
10.
What 3 types of computer systems are there?
a)
Embedded, dedicated and output
b)
General purpose, embedded, dedicated 
c)
Dedicated, general purpose, input
d)
A washing machine, a digital camera and a smart thermostat