Systems Architecture GCSE

Computer 1 is likely to run faster than Computer 2.

This is because it has (a)  

What is the definition of an embedded system?

• A computer system that functions.

• A system that is built into another computer.

• A computer system that is built into another device.

Which two of these statements are true for Cache?

• It helps speed up clock cycles.

• It has a larger quantity than RAM

• Data stored does not need to be fetched from RAM

• Speeds up access

What does MDR stand for?

• Memory Data Recaller

• Memory Data Register

• Memory Diagnostics Register

• Memory Digital Register

What does MAR stand for?

• Memory Audit Register

• Memory Address Register

• Memory Address Recaller

• Memory Action Register

Which one of these below, is NOT a register?

• Program Counter

• Accumulator

• MAR

• MIR

How many cycles would a 1 GHZ single core processor perform per second?

(a)  

Fill in the blank.

An instruction is fetched from memory.

The instruction is then decoded.

The decoded instruction is then (a)   .

A 2 Core, 2 GHZ processor is built into a computer. What is the total cycles per second the processor will complete?

• 2,000,000,000

• 2,000,000

• 4,000,000

• 4,000,000,000

Specialist term: If a computer as multiple cores, this allows the computer to _____.

• Process tasks

• Multitask

• Work quicker