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G 10- Understanding Main Memory and Cache

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a register?

a)

A location to store attendance

b)

A small, fast access memory location

c)

A location to store status quickly

2.

What is a clock?

a)

A clock records the number of cycles

b)

A clock times how long a processor has been running

c)

A clock synchronizes the cycles per second

3.

What does ALU stand for?

a)

Arithmetic logic unit

b)

Arithmetic link unit

c)

Algorithm logic unit

4.

What is a control unit?

a)

A unit that regulates the speed of the system

b)

A unit that executes instructions

c)

A unit that tells the other components how to respond to instructions

5.

What is the role of the ALU?

a)

The ALU carries out logical and mathematical operations

b)

The ALU helps to save to memory

c)

The ALU controls the bus system

6.

What is a bus?

a)

A single wire that transfers data

b)

A set of wires that transfer data

c)

A set of wires that transmit data

7.

ROM Stands for

a)

Read only Model

b)

Random Only Memory

c)

Read only Memory

8.

RAM Stands for

a)

Read Aced Model

b)

Random Access Memory

c)

Read only Memory

9.

plays an important role in improving the performance of a computer system by saving frequently used instructions and data, so they are quickly available for the CPU to retrieve.

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

Secondary Storage

d)

cache Memory

10.

used to store instructions for the CPU to execute

a)

Memory

b)

Hard desk

c)

Pen drive

d)

CD rom

11.

As a program executes, the instructions are loaded into ......................................... from secondary storage.

a)

ROM

b)

RAM

c)

Pen drive