Retrieval practise: the CPU

To start the lesson, answer the following multiple-choice questions.

Question 1 .
What is a bus?
What are registers? a. A single wire that transfers data
a. A location to store attendance b. A set of wires that transfer data
b. A small, fast access memory location c. A set of wires that transmit data
c. A location to store status quickly
Answer: .
Answer: .

Question 2 .
Question 5 .
What is a clock?
a. A clock records the number of cycles What is a control unit?
b. A clock times how long a processor has been a. A unit that regulates the speed of the system
running b. A unit that executes instructions
c. A clock synchronises the cycles per second c. A unit that tells the other components how to
respond to instructions
Answer: .
Answer: .
Question 3 .
Question 6 .
What does ALU stand for?
a. Arithmetic logic unit What is the role of the ALU?
b. Arithmetic link unit a. The ALU carries out logical and mathematical
c. Algorithm logic unit operations
b. The ALU helps to save to memory
Answer: . c. The ALU controls the bus system

Question 4 . Answer: .

Main memory knowledge organiser

RAM Both ROM

R_____ A_____ M_____ R___ O___ M_____

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