Introduction to Microcomputer

What are the most essential components of a microprocessor?

• Control Unit

• Register

• Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

• All of the above

What is one of the main concerns for a Microcontroller CPU?

• GHz-scale clock cycle

• High-capacity register beyond 100 KB

• Massive number of I/O ports

• Low power consumption similar to smartphones

Why Microcomputer was originally called 'Micro'?

• The size of the computer is in micrometer scale.

• The fabrication (transistor size) of each transistor in the first computer processor is on micrometer scale.

• The clock period is approximately microseconds.

• The physical size of the whole computer is tiny.

What kind of device is Arduino?

• Microcomputer

• Microprocessor

• Microcontroller

• Microbot

What kind of device is Raspberry Pi?

• Microprocessor

• Microcomputer

• Digital signal processor

• Microcontroller

What are the basic building blocks for a Microcontroller?

• Microprocessor

• I/O

• RAM

• ROM

• Display

What is a bus inside a microprocessor?

• a channel for calculating data within the RAM

• a communication system (channel) that transfers data between components inside a computer

• a transportation of people

• wires inside a computer for conducting electrons

Which one is a volatile memory?

• RAM

• BIOS

• Flash memory

• ROM

What is a BIOS in a computer?

• Non-volatile memory (ROM) that contains the most basic instructions for the computer

• Volatile memory (RAM) that contains temporary data for computer operations

• The controller for an Operating System

• An advanced input output system.

Which storage is the slowest?

• Register/Cache

• RAM

• Solid state drive

• Network drive