Demetrios Symeou
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1.1.1 Structure and function of the processor

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1.1.1 Structure and function of the processor

Question 1 of 9

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What is the general name of the small memory located in a processor?

Select one of the following:

  • Control unit

  • Program counter

  • Registers

  • Arithmetic logic unit

Explanation

Question 2 of 9

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What is the main reason to use registers inside CPU?

Select one of the following:

  • They are necessary for calculations

  • Simplification

  • Reliability

  • Speed

Explanation

Question 3 of 9

1

What is a mnemonic?

Select one of the following:

  • Low-level language

  • Type of a register

  • Abbreviation of an instruction operation

  • Binary code that the instruction is translated to

Explanation

Question 4 of 9

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What is the name of a register that stores the intermediate results of arithmetic and logic calculations?

Select one of the following:

  • Current instruction register

  • Accumulator

  • Program counter

  • Memory data register

Explanation

Question 5 of 9

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What is the name of the cycle that takes care of execution of programs?

Select one of the following:

  • Program cycle

  • Execution cycle

  • Fetch-decode-execute cycle

  • Decode-execute-fetch cycle

Explanation

Question 6 of 9

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What is the name of the memory that is used to store the data that the processor is likely to reuse?

Select one of the following:

  • Cache

  • HDD

  • RAM

  • Register

Explanation

Question 7 of 9

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Which register stores the instruction currently being executed?

Select one of the following:

  • Program counter

  • Memory address register

  • Acummulator

  • Current instruction register

Explanation

Question 8 of 9

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Which bus manages the information flow about operations (whether read or write, timing) between the components?

Select one of the following:

  • None of these

  • Address bus

  • Control bus

  • Data bus

Explanation

Question 9 of 9

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What is the name of the register that is important for order of the instructions?

Select one of the following:

  • Current instruction register

  • Program counter

  • Memory data register

  • Accumulator

Explanation