WorksheetsCPU Performance
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What units of measurement is CPU clock speed measured in?
Hertz
Bits
Bytes
Seconds
The higher the clock speed...
The more instructions per second are processed
The hotter the CPU will get
The fewer instructions per second are processed
The cooler the CPU will get
A CPU clocked at 1hz would...
Process one instruction per second
Process one hundred instructions per second
Process one thousand instructions per second
Process one million instructions per second
A CPU clocked at 2Ghz would...
Process 2 million instruction per second
Process 2 billion instructions per second
Process 2 thousand instructions per second
Process 2 hundred instructions per second
Modern typical Desktop, Notebook, and smartphone CPU clock speed is measured in...
Gigahertz
Megahertz
Terahertz
Kilohertz
What is a core?
The central part of a CPU
The central part of a Control Unit
A discrete processing unit within a CPU
The part of a CPU which does the calculations
Multitasking is...
Utilising multiple cores so more than one task can be worked on at any one time
Been able to run two tasks on a single core CPU by sharing CPU time
Splitting one task into parts which can be ran at the same time on different cores
Combining tasks so they can be ran at the same time on one CPU core
Cache helps improve CPU performance because...
CPU Cache is faster than registers
CPU Cache is faster than RAM
CPU Cache has a higher capacity than registers
CPU Cache has a higher capacity than RAM
CPU Cache contains...
General Data
Applications
Frequently used instructions and data
General instructions
The CPU is often described as...
The muscle of the computer
The brains of the computer
The head of the computer
The eyes of the computer
