True False

CPU stands for Central Processing Unit X

The CPU fetches and decodes instructions X
The speed of the CPU is usually measured in Gigahertz (GHz) X
If a CPU has many cores, this slows down the computer X
The hard disk is part of the CPU X

2.

A. PC

B. ROM

C. ALU

3.

A. The memory Address register holds the address (location in memory) of the instruction or piece of
data to be fetched or stored.

The memory data register hold data of a program instruction temporarily when it is fetched from
memory or is to be sent to memory.

B. 3.8GHz means 3.8 billion cycles per second.

C. is the computer is not designed to use multiple calls a quad core processor isn’t necessarily four times
faster. However, a PC with a multicore processor, executing many tasks at the same time, will operate
faster than a single core processor.

D.Virtual memory is when part of the ssd or Hdd acts like the ram, it it is used to store parts of programs
currently being grown with the parts actually being executed still need to be in main memory.

This isn’t as fast as normal ram however, so it could be beneficial to alecias computer to just buy more
ram.