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1.1.2 Types of Processor

Authored by Phil Branson

Computers

12th Grade

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1.1.2 Types of Processor
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which processor design does the following statement relate to, 'more RAM is needed to store the instructions'?

RISC

Both

CISC

Neither

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these statements is true?

It is not possible to say one architecture is faster than the other, there are too many other factors to consider

RISC is faster than CISC

CISC is faster than RISC

RISC and CISC will always operate at the same speed because program code is always compiled to the same single machine code

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which processor design does the following statement relate to, 'uses a load-store approach where the operands for an add operation must both be held in registers'?

RISC

Both

Neither

CISC

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a reason why doubling the number of processor cores does not lead to a direct doubling of processor speed and efficiency in all situations?

Multi-core processors are rarely used

Many problems are not fully parallelisable

Writing programs to take advantage of multiple cores can be complex

There are overheads in terms of communication between multiple cores

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does 'CISC' stand for?

Complex Instruction Set Computer

Complete Instruction Set Controller

Complex Instruction Set Controller

Complete Instruction Set Computer

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which processor design does the following statement relate to, 'instruction is executed in one clock cycle'?

RISC

Both

CISC

Neither

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is the best definition for 'SIMD'?

A single operation carried out on many pieces of data at the same time

Different instructions carried out at the same time on different pieces of data

A single operation carried out on a single piece of data at a time

Different operations carried out on the same piece of data at the same time

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