Hardware CPU

Question 1

Who created the Modern CPU architecture

Answer 1

Von Neumann

Question 2

What is the difference between Harvard and Von Neumann

Answer 2

Neumann has a single memory storage

Question 3

What component transfers information

Answer 3

Busses

Question 4

What does the F stand for in FDE cycle

Answer 4

Fetch

Question 5

What does the D stand for in FDE cycle

Answer 5

Decode

Question 6

What does the E stand for in FDE cycle

Answer 6

Execute

Question 7

What does an address bus do

Answer 7

It transfers the Info of the address needed to be accessed

Question 8

What does a data bus do

Answer 8

Used to transfer Information

Question 9

What is the CPU speed measured in

Answer 9

Hertz

Question 10

What are cores in a CPU

Answer 10

How many FDE cycles can be carried out at once

Question 11

What are key characteristics to Cache Memory

Answer 11

Very Fast and Small storage space

Question 12

What does RISC stand for

Answer 12

Reduced instruction set computer

Question 13

What does CISC stand for

Answer 13

Complex Instruction set computer

Question 14

What type of instructions does CISC carry out

Answer 14

Complex Instructions

Question 15

What type of instructions does RISC carry out

Answer 15

Reduced Instructions

Question 16

Disadvantages of CISC

Answer 16

Produces Heat and Uses more electricity

Question 17

Is CISC or RISC used in phones

Answer 17

RISC

Question 18

Is CISC or RISC used in PC’s

Answer 18

CISC

Question 19

What does GPU stand for

Answer 19

Graphics Processing Unit

Question 20

What is the GPU used for

Answer 20

Rendering graphical images and Free up the CPU’s workload

Question 21

What is Serial processing

Answer 21

Does One task at a time

Question 22

What is parallel processing

Answer 22

Multiple tasks at the same time

Question 23

What does The PC do in the FDE cycle

Answer 23

Keeps the address of the next instruction to be executed

Question 24

What does The MAR do in the FDE cycle

Answer 24

Stores the address in the memory about to be accessed

Question 25

What does The MDR do in the FDE cycle

Answer 25

temporarily holds the data that is being transferred to or from the memory

Question 26

What does The CIR do in the FDE cycle

Answer 26

Holds the ​current instruction​ being executed

Question 27

What does The ALU do in the FDE cycle

Answer 27

Executes operations

Question 28

What is the order of the FDE cycle

Answer 28

Research it

Question 29

what are bits

Answer 29

a measurement of storage

Question 30

How many bits are in a byte

Answer 30

8

Question 31

How many bytes are in a kilobyte

Answer 31

1000

Question 32

How many kilobytes are in a megabyte

Answer 32

1000

Question 33

How many colours can be in a 8 bit image

Answer 33

256

Question 34

How many Megabytes are in a Gigabyte

Answer 34

1000

Question 35

how to calculate the resolution

Answer 35

Number of pixels in length times number of pixels in width

Question 36

What is the normal ratio for resolution

Answer 36

16:9

Question 37

How do you Calculate the file size of an image

Answer 37

Width(in pixels) x height(in pixels) x colour depth(in bits)

Question 38

What is the amount of samples measured in

Answer 38

Sampling Rate

Question 39

What is digital data

Answer 39

it is analogue data represented in computer systems

Question 40

What do we use to capture sound

Answer 40

A microphone

Question 41

What is the ADC

Answer 41

Analogue to Digital Converter

Question 42

How is Sound stored

Answer 42

As Binary Data

Question 43

What is Bit Depth

Answer 43

The bit depth is the number of bits used to represent each sample.

Question 44

What does a higher bit depth do

Answer 44

Record soundwaves more accurately

Question 45

How to calculate size of a sound file

Answer 45

Sample Rate x Bit Depth x Length of sound (in seconds)

Question 46

What are input Devices

Answer 46

Peripherals which provide Data

Question 47

What does a keyboard do

Answer 47

Allows a user to enter character data

Question 48

What does a microphone do

Answer 48

Captures analogue sound waves and converts them into electronic signals

Question 49

What does a graphic tablet do

Answer 49

Used to create digital drawings with a special Stylus

Question 50

What are Output devices

Answer 50

Peripherals which display data

Question 51

What does a 3d printer do

Answer 51

Print three-dimensional designs in solid form using plastic-based resin

Question 52

what does an inkjet printer do

Answer 52

Use liquid ink to produce rich color prints, suitable for photographs

Question 53

What does a speaker do

Answer 53

Generate sound waves from data received from a sound card

Question 54

What does a laser printer do

Answer 54

Use powdered ink called toner to print text quickly and efficiently

Question 55

What does a plotter do

Answer 55

Use pens to draw precise images, often used in engineering and architectural practices