The CPU

Question 1

This is the core of the computer which perfoms basic operations like arithmetic, memory access, decision making and control

Answer 1

The central processing unit

Question 2

M_____ a______: This is when data is fetched from memory, and then the results are stored back in memory

Answer 2

memory access

Question 3

The three views of the CPU are hardware, m_____________ and instruction set architecture.

Answer 3

microarchitecture

Question 4

H________ view: Specific components of the view are the control unit, registers, memory, I/O, arithmetic and logic unit.

Answer 4

Hardware

Question 5

C_____ u___: This manages the flow of data around the computer.

Answer 5

control unit

Question 6

CPU in the V__ N______ architecture is made of: arithmetic logic unit (ALU), registers and bus

Answer 6

Von Neumann

Question 7

This is used to synchronise components of the system with a series of pulses which have a fixed length of delay

Answer 7

clock

Question 8

R______: These are the small fast memory locations on board the processor

Answer 8

Registers

Question 9

This view defines what structure a CPU has and what instructions a CPU is capable of executing

Answer 9

Microarchitecture view

Question 10

These are elememnts of the CPU d__ p___: combinatorial inputs and state elements

Answer 10

data path

Question 11

This type of cycle is used in the CPU to interpret and execute instructions

Answer 11

fetch-decode-execute

Question 12

These architectures have multiple physical hardware units so the CPU can execute multiple instrcutions at once

Answer 12

superscalar architectures