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Worksheets1.1 - Computer Systems (Revision)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Computers system take (a) , process them, and create outputs
Computer systems are made up of Hardware and (a)
Which of the following is NOT an embedded system?
Laptop
Microwave
Smart TV
Dishwasher
FDE stands for...
Fetch, Decode, Execute Cycle
Fetch, Detonate, Execute Cycle
Find, Detect, Execute Cycle
Fetch, Decode, Expand Cycle
French, Dragon, Eggs Cycle
True or False - The Control Unit (CU) transports data around the CPU
True
False
True or False - Cache memory is super quick and stores tiny bits of data in the CPU
True
False
True or False - The ALU carries out all the arithmetic and logic operations in the CPU
True
False
What factor of CPU performance is the following talking about... "Number of instructions per second"
Clock Speed
Number of Cores
Cache Size
What factor of CPU performance is the following talking about... "The amount of regularly used data that can be stored"
Clock Speed
Number of Cores
Cache Size
What factor of CPU performance is the following talking about... "The more instructions that can be carried out simultaneously"
Clock Speed
Number of Cores
Cache Size
Which stage of the FDE cycle does the following happen at... "Instruction is decoded in the Control Unit"
Fetch
Decode
Execute
Which stage of the FDE cycle does the following happen at... "Decoded instruction is carried out"
Fetch
Decode
Execute
Which stage of the FDE cycle does the following happen at... "Instruction is fetched from Main Memory"
Fetch
Decode
Execute
Which stage of the FDE cycle does the following happen at... "Cycle is then started again"
Fetch
Decode
Execute
The Von Neumann Architecture describes a system where the CPU runs (a) stored in memory
Which part of the CPU is used to decode the instrucitons?
(a)
Which part of the CPU carries out all the arithmetic and logic operations?
(a)
Which of the following is NOT a register used in the CPU?
Accumulator
Memory Data Register
Memory Address Register
Cache Register
Program Counter
Which of the following registers
"Stores the results of any calculations in the ALU"
Accumulator
Memory Data Register
Memory Address Register
Current Instruction Register
Program Counter
Which of the following registers
"Stores the memory address of the current instruction (and is incremented by 1 each time it goes through the FDE cycle)"
Accumulator
Memory Data Register
Memory Address Register
Current Instruction Register
Program Counter
Which of the following registers
"Stores data that is being transferred to and from main memory"
Accumulator
Memory Data Register
Memory Address Register
Current Instruction Register
Program Counter
Name the part of the CPU that...
"Store regularly used data and instructions"
(a)
What does having a quad-core CPU mean?
Process one instruction at a time
Process four instructions simultaneously
Process two instructions simultaneously
Process eight instructions simultaneously
What feature is this referring to?
"The number of instructions a CPU can process per second"
(a)
What feature in the CPU is used transport data/addresses/signals around the CPU?
(a)
