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WorksheetsComputer Architecture A Level CS
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 9mins
In which architecture are instructions and data stored in separate memory units?
Harvard
Von Neumann
In which architecture do instructions and data each have their own bus?
Harvard
Von Neumann
In which architecture does a single control unit follow a linear fetch, decode and execute cycle?
Harvard
Von Neumann
In which architecture can the reading and writing of data be done at the same time as an instruction is being fetched?
Harvard
Von Neumann
In which architecture are instructions and data stored in a single, shared memory unit?
Harvard
Von Neumann
Which architecture processes just one instruction at a time?
Harvard
Von Neumann
Which architecture is used by RISC processors?
Harvard
Von Neumann
Which architecture uses registers to provide fast access to instructions and data?
Harvard
Von Neumann
A feature of contemporary architectures where a processor carries out a single instruction on multiple data at the same time.
SIMD
MIMD
MAR
TCP
A feature of contemporary architectures where a processor carries out a multiple instructions on multiple data at the same time.
SIMD
MIMD
MAR
TCP
(a) Computing is where multiple computers on a shared network each take part of a bigger problem.
In order to carry out pipelining, a processor must have multiple (a) .
If instructions have been fetched during pipelining, but then the program branches elsewhere and the fetched instructions need to be removed, this is known as ' (a) the pipe'.
Which instruction set requires less complex hardware?
CISC
RISC
Which instruction set might take more than one clock cycle to complete an instruction?
CISC
RISC
Which instruction set would require more lines of code to complete the same task?
CISC
RISC
With which instruction set does the compiler have to do more conversion work?
CISC
RISC
Which instruction set requires processor hardware and circuitry to be more complicated and therefore more expensive?
CISC
RISC
Which instruction set uses simple instructions which will be executed in a single clock cycle?
CISC
RISC
With which instruction set is more RAM needed to store the assembly instructions?
CISC
RISC
Which instruction set aims to complete a task in as few lines of assembly code as possible?
CISC
RISC
Which instruction set has hardware which has lower energy requirements?
CISC
RISC
Which instruction set could include a specific instruction for multiplying two numbers?
CISC
RISC
Which instruction set has become popular in portable devices such as tablet computers?
CISC
RISC
