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WorksheetsSub topic 1.1 Systems architecture
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Processors have a speed measured in:
Seconds
Bytes
Bits
Hertz
Which processor speed is the fastest?
4GHz
100MHz
300Hz
16Hz
What doesn’t affect the performance of the computer?
Cache size
Number of cores
Clock speed
The number of instructions in the program
If the number of cores goes up from 2 to 4, what is the potential effect on performance?
Larger programs can be executed
Performance decreases
The maximum number of instructions executed per second decreases
Instructions can be executed simultaneously
If the processing speed goes up from 1GHz to 4GHz, what is the potential effect on the performance of the computer?
The maximum number of instructions executed per second quadruples
The maximum number of instructions executed per second doubles
The maximum number of instructions executed per second is halved
The maximum number of instructions executed per second is quartered
If the processing speed goes up from 2GHz to 4GHz and the number of cores goes from 2 to 4, what is the potential effect on the performance of the computer?
The maximum number of instructions executed per second is halved
The maximum number of instructions executed per second quadruples
The maximum number of instructions executed per second is quartered
The maximum number of instructions executed per second doubles
If the processing speed goes from 1GHz to 4GHz and the processor is changed from an 8 core to a dual core processor, what is the potential effect on the performance of the computer?
The number of instructions executed per second stays the same
The number of instructions executed per second is halved
The number of instructions executed per second quadruples
The number of instructions executed per second doubles
If the processing speed goes up from 2GHz to 4GHz and the number of cores goes from 1 to 2, what is the potential effect on the performance of the computer?
Doubled
Quadrupled
Eight times faster
Sixteen times faster
If the processing speed goes up from 2GHz to 4GHz and the number of cores goes from 1 to 4, what is the potential effect on the performance of the computer?
Eight times faster
Quadrupled
Doubled
Sixteen times faster
If the processing speed goes up from 1GHz to 4GHz and the number of cores goes from 1 to 8, what is the potential effect on the performance of the computer?
Sixty four times faster
Thirty two times faster
Sixteen times faster
Eight times faster
