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WorksheetsVon Neumann Architecture Quiz (GCSE AQA)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the key characteristic of a von Neumann architecture?
Multiple control units
High-speed memory
Changeable programs
Fixed programs
Imagine you are a computer processor. Which register would you refer to find the memory address of the next instruction you need to execute?
Program Counter
Memory Address Register
Data Register
Accumulator
John is building a computer. What is the purpose of the arithmetic logic unit in his computer?
To hold the program instructions John will install
To store the data John will save in memory
To perform the calculations John's computer will need to do
To synchronize the components John has assembled
Imagine you are a computer processor executing a program. During the fetch stage, what would you check to determine the address of the next instruction to execute?
Program Counter
Memory Address Register
Data Register
Accumulator
Imagine you're a computer engineer working on a CPU. What would be the purpose of the cache in the CPU in this context?
To hold the blueprint of the CPU
To store the engineer's tools
To perform the engineer's calculations
To speed up access to frequently used data in the CPU's operations
What does the control unit do in the fetch-execute cycle?
Fetches instructions from memory
Decodes instructions
Executes instructions
Updates the program counter
What is the purpose of the memory address register?
To hold the address of the next instruction
To hold the address of data in memory
To hold the result of calculations
To hold the contents of the accumulator
What is the result of the calculation 12 + 23?
12
23
35
1223
Imagine you are a computer. What happens in the last stage of your fetch-execute cycle?
You fetch instructions from memory
You decode the instructions
You execute the instructions
You update the program counter
Imagine you're working on a computer based on the von Neumann architecture. What would you expect to find stored in its memory?
Both instructions for tasks and data to be processed
Only instructions for tasks
Only data to be processed
Cache memory
