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WorksheetsKS3 Von Neumann Architecture
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Match the definition to the component.
The brain of the computer, it processes instructions before directing the computer to execute any tasks it has been given.
Central Processing Unit
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Control Unit
Read Only Memory (ROM)
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Controls the CPU by sending signals around that tells each part what it needs to do.
Central Processing Unit
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Control Unit
Read Only Memory (ROM)
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Small pieces of memory that store key pieces of information during the FDE Cycle.
Registers
Secondary Storage
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
Read Only Memory (ROM)
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Handles any mathematical tasks that the CPU is asked to complete.
Registers
Secondary Storage
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
Read Only Memory (ROM)
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Used to store files for long amounts of time, until they are needed in RAM when they are opened.
Registers
Secondary Storage
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Read Only Memory (ROM)
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Files that are currently in use are kept here; with the instructions they keep being fetched by the CPU.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Secondary Storage
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Read Only Memory (ROM)
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Stores information about the computer that are needed when the PC is turned on.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Secondary Storage
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Read Only Memory (ROM)
Fill in the missing word.
(a) Only Memory (ROM)
Fill in the missing word.
Random (a) Memory (RAM)
Fill in the missing word.
Arithmetic (a) Unit (ALU)
What does the CPU stand for?
(a)
The name of the architecture that all modern computers follow is known as?
Von Neumann Architecture
John Architecture
Harvard Architecture
General Purpose Architecture
Match the definition with the step of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle.
The Instructions are carried out by the CPU.
Fetch
Decode
Execute
Match the definition with the step of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle.
Instructions are taken from RAM and brought to the CPU.
Fetch
Decode
Execute
Match the definition with the step of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle.
The instructions are read by the CPU.
Fetch
Decode
Execute
