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Worksheets1.1.2. Types of Processor
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does RISC mean?
a)
Reduced Instruction Set Computer
b)
Reduced Instruction Set Compiler
c)
Required Instruction Set Computer
d)
Required Instruction Set Compiler
2.
What does CISC mean?
a)
Complex Instruction Set Computer
b)
Complex Instruction Set Compiler
c)
Component Instruction Set Computer
d)
Component Instruction Set Compiler
3.
What are the properties of RISC?
a)
Small instruction set
b)
Each instruction is one line of machine code
c)
Used in everyday devices
d)
Instructions are built into hardware
e)
Used in embedded systems and microprocessors
4.
What are the properties of CISC?
a)
A large instruction set
b)
Instructions are built into hardware
c)
Used in embedded systems and microprocessors
d)
Each instruction is one line of machine code
e)
Used in everyday devices
5.
What are the benefits of RISC processors?
a)
Pipelining is possible since each instruction takes one clock cycle.
b)
Compilers have to do less work,
c)
They require less RAM since instructions are smaller
6.
What are the benefits of CISC processors?
a)
Compilers have to do less work,
b)
They require less RAM since instructions are smaller
c)
Pipelining is possible since each instruction takes one clock cycle.
7.
What are GPUs used for now?
a)
image processing
b)
machine learning
c)
controlling peripherals
d)
managing user access levels
e)
system security
8.
What are multi-core systems?
a)
Systems where there are multiple cores that separate fetch-execute cycles.
b)
Systems where multiple instructions can be completed at any given time, doesn’t require multiple cores, it can use threading and pipelining instead
9.
What are parallel systems?
a)
Systems where multiple instructions can be completed at any given time, doesn’t require multiple cores, it can use threading and pipelining instead
b)
Systems where there are multiple cores that separate fetch-execute cycles.
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