Extra Class 2

Question 1

Role of Address bus

Answer 1

determining which address data should be read/written to

Question 2

Data bus carries . . .

Answer 2

Carries data between processor, memory unit, and I/O devices

Question 3

Role of control bus

Answer 3

For command signals, such as read/write

Question 4

Serial bus

Answer 4

Sends a single bit
High frequency
low/few trace

Question 5

Parallel bus

Answer 5

Sends multiple bits
Low frequency
high/more traces