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WorksheetsCPU Components [1.1 - Systems Architecture] (Mr I's)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
What part of the CPU is being described?
Carries out arithmetic operations and performs logical comparisons.
ALU
Control Unit
Cache
Clock
What part of the CPU is being described?
Decodes (works out) the instructions and sends control signals to the rest of the CPU
ALU
Control Unit
Cache
Registers
What is the name of the chip inside the computer that processes information?
Random Access Memory
Central Processing Unit
Read Only Memory
Motherboard
CPU carries out a cycle called _____
Execute, decode, fetch
Fetch, decode, execute
Fetch, execute, decode
Decode, execute, fetch
What are the chips inside a computer that temporarily hold all the programs and data currently being used?
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Read Only Memory (ROM)
Hard Disk
Hard Drive
What does volatile mean?
Temporarily stores data until the power is removed.
Permanently stores data forever even when the power is removed.
The amount of electricity being passed through the CPU.
The number of instructions of which the CPU can handle.
Which one of these is known to be volatile?
ROM
CPU
Motherboard
RAM
________ are storage locations within the CPU itself.
Clock
Control Unit
Registers
Buses
Regulates the timing and speed of all computer functions.
Cache
Registers
Control Unit
Clock
A ______ is a collection of wires that carry signals or communications between the various components of the computer system.
Clock
Registers
Bus
Cache
The CU (in particular the decoder inside the CU) (a) the instructions and sends control signals to the rest of the CPU
A (a) is a collection of wires that carry signals around the CPU.
What is the purpose of the CPU?
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