WorksheetsComputer architecture
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the name of the register that stores the address of the next instruction to be fetched?
Program Counter
Memory Address Register
Accumulator
Current Instruction Register
What is a collection of wires called that sends data and addresses around the CPU?
A bus
A connection
A link
A cable
Which of these is NOT a stage of the FDE cycle?
Fetch
Execute
Decide
Decode
What is the part of the CPU called that performs calculations?
ALU
Control Unit
Program Counter
Memory
What does PC stand for in Computer Architecture?
Program Counter
Personal Computer
Placement Counter
Probably Correct
Who is the computer architecture named after, where instructions and data are stored in memory and fetched, decoded and executed sequentially?
Van Newman
Von Neumann
Vin Nowman
Ven Numan
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 register used as memory for the ALU is
Program Counter
Instruction Register
Instruction Decoder
Accumualtor
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
The function of program counter (PC) holds
Temporary
Address for Memory
memory Operand
Address of Instruction
