Topics Included: Components of A Computer [Not Finished] Fetch, decode, execute cycle [Not Finished] CPU Performance [Not Finished] CPU Architecture [Partly Finished]
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Created by Zephyr F
over 5 years ago
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True or False?
A program must be stored in the main memory for it to be executed.
True or False?
Machine code instructions are fetched from memory one at a time.
Which type of architecture has one data bus to transfer all programs and data?
Name the two main types of computer architecture.
Which computer architecture has data and instructions stored in separate memory locations?
True or False?
The two data locations within Harvard architecture must have the same access settings.
What is meant by an embedded system?
Which type of architecture is faster? Von Neumann or Harvard?
Von Neumann or Harvard?
Allows programs to be condensed in size.
Von Neumann or Harvard?
Has large programs of a fixed size.
What is meant by a contemporary processor architecture?
Name the three main factors which affect CPU performance.
Define what is meant by clock speed.
Fill in the blank:
A computer with a higher clock speed will be able to perform instructions ______.
True or False:
A single processor core can execute multiple instructions at a time.
True or False:
Modern computers have multiple cores to make processing instructions quicker.
Theoretically, a computer with four processor cores can process instructions 4 times as fast. Is this always true in practice?
What is meant by cache memory?
What kind of data is stored in cache memory?
Explain why computers use cache memory.
True or False?
When cache memory is full, rarely used data stored inside it will be replaced with more recent data.
True or False?
Computers only have one type of cache memory.
Fill in the blanks:
Higher levels of cache can store ____ data than lower levels of cache memory.
