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Comp Arch

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of computer architecture is shown here?

a)

Intel architecture

b)

Tesla architecture

c)

Von Neumann architecture

d)

Harvard architecture

2.

Which of the following is not a main component of a computer?

a)

I/O device

b)

Memory

c)

Extension Cord

d)

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

3.

Which of the following operations are commonly performed? How about performed only when necessary?

Categorize the following

Instruction fetching

Instruction decoding

Data fetching

Data processing

Data storage

Commonly performed
Performed when necessary
4.

What does ALU mean? (in the context of CPU)

a)

Advanced Logic Unit

b)

Arithmetic Logic Unit

c)

Application Logic Unit

d)

Automated Logic Unit

5.

What does PC mean? (in the context of a CPU)

(a)  

6.

What does MAR mean? (in the context of a CPU)

a)
Magnetic Address Register
b)
Mainframe Address Register
c)
Microprocessor Address Register
d)

Memory Address Register

7.

What does AC mean? (in the context of a CPU)

a)
Automatic Control
b)

Air Conditioner

c)

Audio Codec

d)

Accumulator Register

8.

What does IR mean? (in the context of a CPU)

a)
Instruction Register
b)
Infrared Radiation
c)
Internal Revenue
d)
Internet Router
9.

What does MBR mean?

a)

Memory buffer register

b)

Membrane register

c)

Memory bus register

d)

Motherboard register

10.

What is the control unit of a CPU?

a)

The control unit of a CPU is responsible for doing mathematical operations.

b)
The control unit of a CPU is responsible for directing the operations of the processor.
c)

The control unit of a CPU is responsible for storing and delivering data along the system buses.

d)

The control unit of a CPU is responsible for communicating with I/O.

11.

The Intel series (x86) are examples of what type of instruction sets?

a)
Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC)
b)
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
c)
Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA)
d)
Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC)
12.

Which of the following kinds of memory is the fastest?

a)

Register

b)

Cache Memory

c)

Main Memory

d)

Auxiliary Memory

13.

Which of the following kinds of memory can store the most amount of data?

a)

Register

b)

Cache Memory

c)

Main Memory

d)

Auxiliary Memory

14.

Which of the following kinds of memory is the slowest INTERNAL memory?

a)

Register

b)

Cache Memory

c)

Main Memory

d)

Auxiliary Memory

15.

Which of the following kinds of memory has the highest price per bit (which means that every bit of memory is valuable)?

a)

Register

b)

Cache Memory

c)

Main Memory

d)

Auxiliary Memory

16.

Organize these memory units to the correct class. (Hint: each class has two answers)

Categorize the following

magnetic tape

hard disk

CD

DVD

RAM

flash memory

Magnetic
Optical
Semiconductor
17.

Which memory units are volatile and non-volatile?

Categorize the following

RAM-based SSD

ROM

magnetic core

auxiliary memory device

volatile
non-volatile
18.

The ___ is a tendency in which programs intensively refer to a specific area in the moment, rather than uniformly accessing information in the memory device.

a)
Locality of reference
b)
Scattered memory retrieval
c)
Random access behavior
d)
Global access pattern
19.

is a new semiconductor type that processes information in a way that is like human thinking

a)
Quantum computing
b)
Analog computing
c)
Biological computing
d)
Neuromorphic computing
20.

are a new conceptual computer that can simultaneously process a large volume of information at a high speed, based on the principle of ultra-high-speed, large-capacity computing technology optimized for specific operations, according to the principle of overlapping and entanglement

a)

quantum computers

b)

vacuum tubes

c)

atomic computers

d)

imaginary computers