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Computer Architecture

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How components of computers fit together is known as:

a)

Northbridge

b)

Southbridge

c)

Compuer slot

d)

computer architecture

2.

Which of the following is primary storage?

a)

Had disk

b)

Flash drive

c)

RAM

d)

DVD

3.

Which of these is NOT a stage of the FDE cycle?

a)

Fetch

b)

Execute

c)

Decide

d)

Decode

4.

What is the part of the CPU called that performs calculations?

a)

ALU

b)

Control Unit

c)

Program Counter

d)

Memory

5.

Who is the computer architecture named after, where instructions and data are stored in memory and fetched, decoded and executed sequentially?

a)

Van Newman

b)

Von Neumann

c)

Vin Nowman

d)

Ven Numan

6.

CPU means..........

a)

Computer processing unit

b)

Central processing unit

c)

Computer protection unit

d)

Control processing unit

7.

CPU controls the computer

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which statement best describes RAM?

a)

Fast, permanent storage

b)

Fast, volatile storage

c)

Slow, volatile storage

d)

Slow, permanent storage

9.

The Control Unit

a)

Controls the flow of data around the CPU and also decodes instructions

b)

Only controls the flow of data around the CPU

c)

Controls how much power is directed to all components within the computer

d)

Only decodes instructions

10.

The central processing unit (CPU) is the _____ of the computer that carries out

instructions to process data.

a)

Memory

b)

Heart

c)

Brain

d)

Eyes

11.

What does ALU stand for?

a)

arithmetic local unit

b)

arithmetic logic unit

c)

alternate logic uniform

d)

alternate logic unit

12.

It stores both data and instructions.

a)

CPU

b)

Main Memory

c)

Input devices

d)

Output devices

e)

Bus

13.

The Central Processing Unit or CPU contains two sub-Components which are

a)

Main memory & Bus

b)

The Arithmetic/Logic Unit (ALU) and the control unit (CU)

c)

Input & Output Devices

14.

Von Neumann architecture all modern computers are using

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Computers are binary machines, instructions are, ----------------------- sequences

a)

Decimal

b)

Binary

c)

Images

d)

Text

16.

the names of the 2 computer architecture (Choose 2 answers )

a)

Harvard

b)

Instruction Set Architecture

c)

Microarchitecture

d)

Von Neumann

17.

Which is comparatively faster than the other?

a)

I/O devices

b)

Processor

18.

When the CPU decodes and executes an instruction and then repeats. This is called the..

a)

Fetch-decode-execute cycle

b)

Decode-execute-fetch- cycle

c)

Execute-decode-fetch- cycle

d)

Execute-fetch-process-cycle

19.

Which of the images below demonstrates the Von Neumann Architecture

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Multiprogramming of the computer system increases

a)

a.memory

b)

b. storage

c)

c.CPU utilization

d)

d.cost