Topic 3 – 2. CPU and FDE

What are registers used for?

• To check that students are in school.
• To temporarily hold bits of data needed by the CPU.
• To make sure that the CPU runs properly.
• To make the CPU faster.

What are registers used for?

• To check that students are in school.
• To temporarily hold bits of data needed by the CPU.
• To make sure that the CPU runs properly.
• To make the CPU faster.

What is a bus?

• A circuit that connect one part of CPU to other components.
• A type of long term memory
• A type of permanent memory
• A method of transport

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Which register is being described?
Stores the results of the calculations done by the ALU

• MAR
• MDR
• Accumulator
• Program Counter

The CPU fetches instructions from.... and executes those instructions.

• Memory

• ALU

• ROM

• Input Device

Data is distributed throughout the computer system in the following order

• Output, Processing, Input, Memory, Storage

• Memory, Input, Processing, Storage

• Input, Processing, Memory, Storage, Output

• None of the above

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 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 connects the processor and memory?

• Buses
• Cache
• NIC
• Control Unit