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WorksheetsJ277 - 1.1 Systems Architecture MCQs 2
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Processor doesn’t do the following
Process data
Execute instructions
Execute data
Operate in Hz
The part of a processor in which instructions are executed is known as?
Core
Centre
Execution
Instruction centre
What acts as an intermediary between the processor and the main memory?
Bus
User
Cache
Clock
What is held in cache?
All the programming instructions
Commonly used instructions and data
Instructions that have been processed
Data that hasn’t been used for a long time
This would perform an operation such as 5+8 ?
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Accumulator
Cache
Control Unit
What is held in ROM?
Data currently in use
Bootstrap loader
Instructions frequently used
Operating System
This carries address of the next instruction that will be fetched
Carries data and instructions
Uni-directional
Bi-directional
Carries control signals
What is transferred down the data bus?
Data only
Addresses only
Data and instructions
Data, instructions and addresses
What accurately describes a peripheral?
A component of a computer system
A device that is not directly connected to the CPU
A device that is directly connected to the CPU
A device that is plugged in
This is not a type of secondary storage
Blu-Ray Drive/Disc
Flash Memory
Hard Disk Drive
RAM
What is the purpose of the accumulator?
To perform arithmetic operations
To hold the results of a calculation
To hold the accumulation of instructions that have happened
To remember the previous instruction being worked on
