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1
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What type of architecture is used in most computers?

A

Von Neumann

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2
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What does the F stand for in FDE?

A

Fetch

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3
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What type of processor does a smartphone have? (RISC or CISC)

A

RISC

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4
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What does the D stand for in FDE?

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Decode

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What does the E stand for in FDE?

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Execute

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Is a keyboard an input or output device?

A

Input

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Is a monitor an input or output device?

A

Output

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What does RISC stand for?

A

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

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What does CISC stand for?

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Complex Instruction Set Computer

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How many Gigabytes are in a Terabyte?

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1000

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How many Kilobytes are in a Gigabyte?

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1000000

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How many Megabytes in a Kilobyte?

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0.001

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13
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True or False: RAM is larger than secondary storage?

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False

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What does the address bus do?

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To transfer addresses between components

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What is a GPU used for?

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Graphics processing

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What colour depth is needed to represent 18 colours?

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5 bits

17
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what is clock speed?

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the amount of times a CPU carries out an FDE cycle

18
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what is faster: RAM or Cache Memory?

A

Cache Memory

19
Q

What does an ALU do?

A

Executes operations

ALU = Arithmetic and Logic Unit

20
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What does the CIR do?

A

Holds the instruction currently being executed or decoded

CIR = Current Instruction Register

21
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What does the MAR do?

A

Holds the address instruction currently being fetched from memory

MAR = Memory Address Register

22
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What does the PC do?

A

allows the CPU to interpret instructions in a sequential manner

PC = Program Counter

23
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What is the most common resolution?

A

1080 pixels

also known as 1080p

24
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What does ROM stand for?

A

Read Only Memory

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