Operating Systems and Computer Architecture

Who developed the idea of a stored program computer and modern computer architecture?

• John Von Neumann
• Bill Gates
• Steve Jobs
• Tim Berners-Lee

The idea developed in 1945 by Von Neumann of a computer holding both programs and the data used by the programs in memory is called the..?

• Stored Program Concept
• Memory Program System
• Stored Memory Concept
• Stored Memory Program

What connects the processor and memory?

• Buses
• Cache
• NIC
• Control Unit

What are the 3 parts of the Von Neumann computer architecture?

• Processor (CU & ALU), Memory Unit & Input/Output
• Processor, RAM & ROM
• Processor, RAM & Hard Disk
• Memory (CU & ALU), Hard Disk & Input/Output

What are the two main parts of the processor?

• Control Unit & Arithmetic Logic Unit
• RAM & ROM
• RAM & Cache
• Control Unit & Cache

Which of these is not a bus within the computer?

• I/O Bus
• Address Bus
• Data Bus
• Control

The MDR, MAR, PC & CIR are all examples of..?

• Registers
• Addresses
• Buses
• Control Units

Which of the following is not a register?

• CU
• MAR
• MDR
• PC

The full name for the RAM used in modern computers is SDRAM, what does the SD stand for?

• Synchronous Dynamic 
• Synchronous Data
• Secure Digital
• Synchronous Digital

Which if the following is not a function of an operating system?

• interface between the user and the machine 
• coordinate software applications
• coordinate hardware components 
• monitor system health