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CS 1.1: Computer Systems Architecture
What is the purpose of the CPU?
Select 2 Registers
CS 1.1: Computer Systems Architecture
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Select 2 Registers
Current Instruction Reg. (CIR), Memory Drive Reg. (MDR)
Accumulator (ACC), Memory Access Register (MAR)
Memory Data Register (MDR), Program Counter (PC)
Program Counter (PC), Memory Access Register (MAR)
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What is the purpose of the CPU?
To process information
To process data
The mind of the computer
Brain of the computer
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Where does the CPU fetch data and instructions from?
The hard drive
Registers
The main memory
The main computer
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Overall control of the CPU. Executes program instructions though the fetch-decode-execute cycle
Control Unit
The cache
CPU architecture
Arithmetic logic unit
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Programs and applications that a computer system will run e.g. video game or word processor...
Peripheral
Hardware
Software
Array
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Give the cycle of a CPU
Decode Fetch Execute
Decode Execute Fetch
Fetch Execute Decode
Fetch Decode Execute
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What does the term 'quad core' mean?
contains two HDDs
Contains two CPUs
Contains four CPUs
contains four HDDs
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Describes the main components, how they interact with each other and other parts of the CS...
Virtual memory
CPU architecture
Computer architecture
CPU cache
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Computer designed to perform many different tasks...
Embedded system
General purpose
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Consists of hardware and software that work together to process data/complete tasks...
Operating system
Computer
Computer system
Embedded system
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Which 2 of these affect the Performance of the Processor ?
Clock Speed, Cache Memory
Number of Cores, RAM
Number of Cores, ROM
Number of Cores, HDD
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Physical components that make up a computer system...
Protocols
Software
Hardware
Peripherals
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Which is the typical clock speed of a modern CPU
5 GHz
5 THz
5 kHz
5 MHz
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What is CPU short for?
Centre Process Unit
Central Processing Unit
Computer Pathway Unit
Computer Process Unit
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Processes all data and instructions to make the system work...
Arithmetic unit
Operating system
CPU
Control unit
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Where does the CPU store data?
RAM
ROM
hard drive
registers
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Processing power of the CPU depends on...
All of these
Cache size
Number of cores
Clock speed
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Computer system designed for a particular function...
General purpose
Computer
Operating system
Embedded system
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How many instructions can a computer process at any one time?
as many as it can
1 per processor
1 per core
1
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Does all calculations. Performs logic operations and contains the accumulator register...
The control unit
Cache
The arithmetic logic unit
Architecture
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Cheaper to design and produce, also generally more efficient...
CPU
Computer system
Operating system
Embedded system
