CPU Components [1.1 - Systems Architecture] (Mr I's)

What part of the CPU is being described?

Carries out arithmetic operations and performs logical comparisons.

• ALU

• Control Unit

• Cache

• Clock

What part of the CPU is being described?

Decodes (works out) the instructions and sends control signals to the rest of the CPU

• ALU

• Control Unit

• Cache

• Registers

What is the name of the chip inside the computer that processes information?

• Random Access Memory

• Central Processing Unit

• Read Only Memory

• Motherboard

CPU carries out a cycle called _____

• Execute, decode, fetch

• Fetch, decode, execute

• Fetch, execute, decode

• Decode, execute, fetch

What are the chips inside a computer that temporarily hold all the programs and data currently being used?

• Random Access Memory (RAM)

• Read Only Memory (ROM)

• Hard Disk

• Hard Drive

What does volatile mean?

• Temporarily stores data until the power is removed.

• Permanently stores data forever even when the power is removed.

• The amount of electricity being passed through the CPU.

• The number of instructions of which the CPU can handle.

Which one of these is known to be volatile?

• ROM

• CPU

• Motherboard

• RAM

________ are storage locations within the CPU itself.

• Clock

• Control Unit

• Registers

• Buses

Regulates the timing and speed of all computer functions.

• Cache

• Registers

• Control Unit

• Clock

A ______ is a collection of wires that carry signals or communications between the various components of the computer system.

• Clock

• Registers

• Bus

• Cache