WorksheetsAS Computer Architecture
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which of these buses is not bi-directional?
Data Bus
Control Bus
Address Bus
The register which holds the address of the location to or from which data are to be transferred is called
Index Register
Instruction Register
Memory Address Register
Memory Data Register
The device which is used to connect a peripheral to bus is called . Control register B. Interface C. Communication protocol D. None of these
Control Register
Interface
Communication Protocol
None of these
Which of the following register is used in the control unit of the CPU to indicate the next instruction which is to be executed ?
Accumulator
Index Register
Instruction Decoder
Program Counter
What are the two main architectural models that use the stored-program model?
Processing Architecture
Storage Architecture
Harvard Architecture
Von Neumann Architecture
Desktop Architecture
What architecture stores both program instructions and data in main memory
Processing Architecture
Harvard Architecture
PC Architecture
Von Neumann Architecture
When the CPU decodes and executes an instruction and then repeats. This is called the..
Fetch-decode-execute cycle
Decode-execute-fetch- cycle
Execute-decode-fetch- cycle
Execute-fetch-process-cycle
Which of the images below demonstrates the Von Neumann Architecture
The computer architecture that uses different memory spaces for instructions and data is called..
Harvard Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
Grid computing Architecture
Cluster computing Architecture
What computer architecture simultaneously reads or writes data from the data memory
Von Neumann Architecture
PC Architecture
Storage processing Architecture
Harvard Architecture
Multiple computers on a shared network taking part in solving a bigger problem is a form of ...
Networking
Cyber computer
Controlled computing
Distributed computing
What is the high speed memory between the main memory and the CPU called?
Register Memory
Storage Memory
Cache Memory
Virtual Memory
which is a form of permanent memory that holds all the instructions the computer needs to start up and does not get erased when the power is turned off.
RAM
The Network Interface Card (NIC)
The CUP
ROM
What is the name given to the memory which works on time sharing principle in order to create an illusion of infinite memory space?
Register
Primary memory
Virtual memory
Cache memory
The main advantage of semiconductor RAM is its ability to:
retain stored data when power is interrupted or turned off
be written to and read from rapidly
be randomly accessed
be sequentially accessed
