CPU Architecture Quiz

What does CPU stand for?

• Central Performance Unit

• Central Programming Unit

• Central Processing Unit

• Central Peripheral Unit

Who is the speaker in the text?

• John von Neumann

• Boyd Phelps

• Grace Hopper

• Robert Noyce

What is Moore's Law?

• The number of transistors on a chip doubles every year

• The number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years

• The number of transistors on a chip doubles every five years

• The number of transistors on a chip doubles every decade

What was the first general-purpose digital computer?

• Intel 4004

• Intel 8080

• ENIAC

• MARK II

What is the significance of the Intel 8086 processor?

• It introduced the x86 instruction set architecture

• It was the first processor with over 1000 transistors

• It was the first 8-bit microprocessor

• It was the first single-chip microprocessor

What is an ISA in CPU architecture?

• Instruction Set Architecture

• Integrated System Architecture

• Instruction System Architecture

• Internal System Architecture

What does the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) do?

• Fetches instructions from memory

• Stores results back in memory

• Decodes instructions

• Performs arithmetic and logical operations

What is the binary system based on?

• Zeros and ones

• Zeros and twos

• Ones and twos

• Ones and threes

Who popularized the stored program computer architecture?

• Grace Hopper

• John von Neumann

• Robert Noyce

• Gordon Moore

What is the main focus of Module Two in the text?

• Moore's Law and its implications

• Building blocks of CPUs and caching

• Instruction Set Architecture

• History of CPU architecture