WorksheetsIntroduction to Microcomputer
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What are the most essential components of a microprocessor?
Control Unit
Register
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
All of the above
What is one of the main concerns for a Microcontroller CPU?
GHz-scale clock cycle
High-capacity register beyond 100 KB
Massive number of I/O ports
Low power consumption similar to smartphones
Why Microcomputer was originally called 'Micro'?
The size of the computer is in micrometer scale.
The fabrication (transistor size) of each transistor in the first computer processor is on micrometer scale.
The clock period is approximately microseconds.
The physical size of the whole computer is tiny.
What kind of device is Arduino?
Microcomputer
Microprocessor
Microcontroller
Microbot
What kind of device is Raspberry Pi?
Microprocessor
Microcomputer
Digital signal processor
Microcontroller
What are the basic building blocks for a Microcontroller?
Microprocessor
I/O
RAM
ROM
Display
What is a bus inside a microprocessor?
a channel for calculating data within the RAM
a communication system (channel) that transfers data between components inside a computer
a transportation of people
wires inside a computer for conducting electrons
Which one is a volatile memory?
RAM
BIOS
Flash memory
ROM
What is a BIOS in a computer?
Non-volatile memory (ROM) that contains the most basic instructions for the computer
Volatile memory (RAM) that contains temporary data for computer operations
The controller for an Operating System
An advanced input output system.
Which storage is the slowest?
Register/Cache
RAM
Solid state drive
Network drive
