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The processor part 2

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Registers are high speed, temporary

storage areas in the CPU.The task for

the registers include holding the

instructions that is currently being

carried out and keeping track of where

the next instruction to be executed is

stored in memory.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

How many types of registers are there?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

4

d)

10

3.

What does an Accumulator Register do?

(a)  

4.

What does an Address Register do?

(a)  

5.

What does a Storage Register do?

(a)  

6.

What does an Instruction Register do?

(a)  

7.

What is a Bus?

a)

Something you take to school

b)

a circuit that provides

a path (bus route) for the transporting of

data/information among the components

of the CPU.

c)

Something in the CPU

8.

How many types of buses are there?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

3

d)

School Bus

9.

What are the types of Buses?

a)

Data bus

b)

Control Bus

c)

School Bus

d)

Address Bus

10.

What is a Data Bus used for?

(a)  

11.

What does a Control Bus do?

(a)  

12.

What does an Address Bus do?

(a)  

13.

What does each instruction consists of?

a)

An instruction code

b)

Data or operand

c)

Instructions are held in successive locations (one behind the

other) in main memory where they are sent to the CPU for

execution in a sequential manner. (one after the other).

d)

A computer

14.

What are the 4 Function of the Machine Cycle?

a)

Fetch

b)

Decode

c)

Execute

d)

Store