CShakesheff-CS-Quiz

The CPU fetches and executes the ___________.

Which CPU component holds the results of any calculations in the ALU?

• Control Unit

• Arithmetic Logic Unit

• Accumulator

• Memory Address Register

What is the purpose of the Memory Data Register?

• Holds the memory address for the instruction of each cycle.

• Holds the result of any calculations in the ALU.

• Holds the address about to be used by the CPU.

• Holds the actual data or instruction being processed by the CPU.

During the FDE cycle, the instructions are decoded from the ___.

Cache is very fast memory that stores regularly used __________.

Which is an example of an embedded system?

• Smartphone

• Washing machine

• All-in-one computer

• Smart TV

Which one of the following statements is true?

• ROM contains the BIOS.

• ROM is volatile.

• ROM is the computer's main memory.

• The CPU fetched instructions from ROM.

The ROM stores the BIOS and the _________ ______.

RAM is the main memory that stores all currently running ____________.

When the RAM is full, the computer uses secondary storage as RAM. This is called _______ ______.