WorksheetsComputing Starters
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Memory used to make up for the difference in speed between two internal components.
Niche
Cash
Cache
Register
The part of the CPU that performs calculations and logic operations
Register
Control Unit
Clock
Arithmetic/logic unit (ALU)
The part of the CPU that organises the actions of the other parts of the CPU
Register
Control Unit
Arithmetic/Logic Unit
Clock
An electronic device inside a CPU that 'ticks' at regular intervals and is used to synchronise the actions of the other parts of the CPU
Arithmetic/Logic Unit (ALU)
Register
Control Unit
Clock
A temporary store for data and instructions (programs)
Main Memory/random access memory (RAM)
Memory Address
Solid Sate Drive
Cloud Storage
Memory that is erased when the power is turned
Read-only memory (ROM)
Cloud storage
Non-Volatile
Volatile
Memory that is not lost when the power is turned off
Non-volatile
Volatile
Read Only Memory (ROM)
Random Access memory (RAM)
Computer System Design in which the program is stored in memory with the data
Harvard Architecture
von Neumann architecture
What is the sequence of steps carried out repeatedly by the CPU
Execute Decode Fetch Cycle
Fetch Decode Execute Cycle
Decode Execute Fetch Cycle
A group of connections between devices in a computer
Coach
Car
Auto
Bus
Any kind of permanent storage to which the contents of ROM/RAM are copied (usually a hard disk, optical or SSD)
Magnetic Storage
Secondary Storage
Optical Storage
Cloud Storage
Secondary storage that works by magnetising parts of a substance as north and south poles to represent binary 1's and 0's
Cloud Storage
Secondary storage
Magnetic storage
Solid state storage
Secondary storage that works using differences in light reflection from a material
Magnetic storage
Optical storage
Solid State Storage
Which is NOT a protocol:
HTTPS
HTT
FTP
SMTP
Which topology is this a picture of
Star
Bus
Mesh
Ring
What doesn’t affect the performance of the computer
Clock Speed
Number of Cores
The number of instructions in the program
Cache Size
Firmware in which software and hardware are integrated on a circuit board is often used in what type of system?
Point of Sales System
Desktop System
Embedded System
Operating System
Which is an example of an Embedded System:
PCs
Washing Machine
Laptops
Tablets
Processors don’t do the following
Operate in Hz
Execute Data
Execute Instructions
Process Data
