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CPU Components [1.1 - Systems Architecture] (Mr I's)

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part of the CPU is being described?

Carries out arithmetic operations and performs logical comparisons.

a)

ALU

b)

Control Unit

c)

Cache

d)

Clock

2.

What part of the CPU is being described?

Decodes (works out) the instructions and sends control signals to the rest of the CPU

a)

ALU

b)

Control Unit

c)

Cache

d)

Registers

3.

What is the name of the chip inside the computer that processes information?

a)

Random Access Memory

b)

Central Processing Unit

c)

Read Only Memory

d)

Motherboard

4.

CPU carries out a cycle called _____

a)

Execute, decode, fetch

b)

Fetch, decode, execute

c)

Fetch, execute, decode

d)

Decode, execute, fetch

5.

What are the chips inside a computer that temporarily hold all the programs and data currently being used?

a)

Random Access Memory (RAM)

b)

Read Only Memory (ROM)

c)

Hard Disk

d)

Hard Drive

6.

What does volatile mean?

a)

Temporarily stores data until the power is removed.

b)

Permanently stores data forever even when the power is removed.

c)

The amount of electricity being passed through the CPU.

d)

The number of instructions of which the CPU can handle.

7.

Which one of these is known to be volatile?

a)

ROM

b)

CPU

c)

Motherboard

d)

RAM

8.

________ are storage locations within the CPU itself.

a)

Clock

b)

Control Unit

c)

Registers

d)

Buses

9.

Regulates the timing and speed of all computer functions.

a)

Cache

b)

Registers

c)

Control Unit

d)

Clock

10.

A ______ is a collection of wires that carry signals or communications between the various components of the computer system.

a)

Clock

b)

Registers

c)

Bus

d)

Cache

11.

The CU (in particular the decoder inside the CU) (a)   the instructions and sends control signals to the rest of the CPU

12.

A (a)   is a collection of wires that carry signals around the CPU.

13.

What is the purpose of the CPU?

[2 Marks]

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