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Retrieval practise: the CPU
What is a clock?
What is a bus?
Retrieval practise: the CPU
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What is a bus?
A set of wires that transfer data
A wire that stops data
A single wire that transfers data
A set of wires that transmit data
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What is a clock?
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A clock records the number of cycles
A clock times how long a processor has been running
A clock synchronises the cycles per second
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What are registers?
A location to store status quickly
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A small, fast access memory location
A location to store attendance
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What does ALU stand for?
Arithmetic link unit
Arithmetic logic unit
Alpha Logic Unit
Algorithm logic unit
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What is a control unit?
A unit that regulates the speed of the system
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A unit that executes instructions
A unit that tells the other components how to respond to instructions
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What is the role of the ALU?
The ALU controls the bus system
The ALU helps to save to memory
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The ALU carries out logical and mathematical operations
