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WorksheetsVon Neumann achitecture
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Before von Neumann computers were built to perform just one job. What idea did von Neumann have which is still in use today?
Memory on the CPU
Stored program concept
separate input and output devices
registers on the CPU
What is the missing label?
storage
bus
output
CPU
What is the CPU?
central processing unit
central processor unit
common processing unit
central process utility
What is the purpose of a bus in von Neumann architecture?
transfer instructions from main memory to the CPU
transfer data between the CPU and main memory
move data around the CPU
save data in the main memory
There are 3 buses in von Neumann architecture. The data bus, the control bus and ???
address bus
instruction bus
processor bus
arithmetic bus
What is the role of the clock in von Neumann architecture?
allow instructions to be time stamped
synchronise the actions of the CPU
record the time taken to carry out each instruction
tell the control unit when to send an instruction
What is a bus in von Neumann architecture?
a register
part of the CPU
a collection of wires
an output device
The speed of the clock is measured in cycles per second. This is expressed as .....?
gigabytes (GB)
megabytes (MB)
gigahertz (GHz)
cps (cycles per second
What is a register?
performs calculations in the ALU
a very fast part of main memory
part of the control unit
a small piece of very fast memory in the CPU
What is the ALU?
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Answers Logic Units
Arithmetical Leverage Unit
Arithmetic Logical Utility
What is the correct order to explain how the CPU carries out instructions?
Fetch, Execute, Decode
Decode, Fetch, Execute
Fetch, Decode, Execute
