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Systems Architecture - Lesson 1 Review
Normal keyboards receive data from the data bus.
The ALU:
Systems Architecture - Lesson 1 Review
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The ALU:
Controls signals
Stores data from instructions
Mathematical operations
Arithmetic & logic operations
2
Normal keyboards receive data from the data bus.
True
False
3
Which of these
holds
data after it is fetched from memory?
Memory Data Register
Data Bus
Accumulator
Current Instruction Register
4
How many hertz is a gigahertz?
1 trillion hertz
1 thousand hertz
1 million hertz
1 billion hertz
5
Which of these carries addresses?
ALU
Control Unit
Address Bus
Memory Address Register
6
Hertz is a measure of how fast each fetch-execute cycle occurs.
True
False
7
What holds logic calculations?
Cache
Control unit
Accumulator
Memory Data Register
8
An average VDU (e.g. monitor) receives data but doesn't send data.
True
False
9
Which register contains the address of the next instruction?
Memory Address Register
Program Counter
Control Unit
Current Instruction Register
10
Who pioneered the idea of holding programs in memory?
Ada Byron (Lovelace)
John Von Neumann
Alan Turing
Steve Jobs
11
What carries data around the CPU?
RAM
Data Bus
Memory Data Register
Arithmetic & Logic Unit
12
Which of these is not a bus?
Control
Data
Address
Fetch
13
Which of these is not part of the processor?
Control Unit
Main Memory
Cache
Storage
14
Which of these is not one of the main components of the CPU?
Control Unit
Solid State Drive
Program Counter
Arithmetic Logic Unit
15
What are two events that take place in the execute stage?
Decoding the instruction
Retrieving data from memory
Storing a result in memory
Performing a calculation
16
Select an input device:
Microphone
Monitor
Headphones
Printer
17
Holds the results of operations from the ALU:
Control Unit
Accumulator
Operation Register
Data bus
