Question 1

Which of the following is true about RISC CPU hardware?

Accepted Answer

A) it is less complicated and can perform pipelining more effectively 
B) it is more complicated and must run at slower clock speeds 
C) instructions take a widely varying number of clock cycles 
D) all current CPUs are based on it

Question 2

What is the purpose of a compiler?

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

Which feature of RISC CPUs allows the processor to operate on one instruction at the same time it is fetching one or more subsequent instructions?

Accepted Answer

A) caching 
B) CPU scheduling 
C) coprocessing 
D) pipelining

Question 4

If you are concerned about how many bytes per second you computer can transfer from main memory to the CPU, what part of the computer are you concerned with?

Accepted Answer

A) data bus 
B) Level I cache 
C) registers 
D) address width

Question 5

You are troubleshooting a computer that is in the design phase. The problem you see is that the CPU is not receiving information about the status of resources and devices connected to the computer. The CPU is also not receiving IRQs. What component of the computer do you suspect could be the problem?

Accepted Answer

A) CPU cache 
B) data bus 
C) control bus 
D) address bus

Question 6

A bus is the chip that performs the actual computational and logic work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Intel Itanium processor is a CISC-based processor that uses a 128-bit architecture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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                        Premises: internal communications pathway that keeps the CPU informed of the status of particular computer resources and devices

Accepted Answer

The Answer of address bus and instruction set and RISC is...

Question 9

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                        Premises: computer architecture in which processor components are reconfigured to conduct different operations as required

Accepted Answer

The Answer of core and RISC and data bus and is...

Question 10

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                        Premises: the part of a processor used to read and execute instructions

Accepted Answer

The Answer of external clock speed and data bus and is...

Question 11

In which part of a computer does CPU scheduling occur?

Accepted Answer

A) control bus 
B) operating system 
C) microcode 
D) interrupts

Question 12

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                        Premises: the speed at which the processor communicates with the memory and other devices in the computer

Accepted Answer

The Answer of instruction set and pipelining and core and is...

Question 13

What is microarchitecture?

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Question 14

If your address bus is 16-bits wide, approximately how much memory can your computer address?

Accepted Answer

A) 64K bytes 
B) 1024K bytes 
C) 4G bits 
D) 64K bits

Question 15

You are creating specifications for a new high-end workstation. Which CPU should you choose if you want at least six CPU cores?

Accepted Answer

A) Itanium 
B) Intel Core i7 
C) Athlon II 
D) Atom

Question 16

Which AMD processor line has 8 cores and runs up to 4.7 GHz?

Accepted Answer

A) Duron 
B) Phenom II 
C) Opteron 6000 
D) FX-8320

Question 17

What is the purpose of assembly?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

Which type of CPU was designed jointly by Motorola, Apple, and IBM?

Accepted Answer

A) SPARC 
B) Alpha 
C) PowerPC 
D) Athlon

Question 19

The address bus almost always runs faster than the external clock speed of the CPU.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

If you are designing a CPU on which you want to memory that can be accessed at the internal clock speed of the CPU, which type of memory are you concerned with?

Accepted Answer

A) L4 RAM 
B) L4 cache 
C) L1 cache 
D) L1 RAM

Exam 3: The Central Processing Unit CPU

Which of the following is true about RISC CPU hardware?

What is the purpose of a compiler?

Which feature of RISC CPUs allows the processor to operate on one instruction at the same time it is fetching one or more subsequent instructions?

If you are concerned about how many bytes per second you computer can transfer from main memory to the CPU, what part of the computer are you concerned with?

A bus is the chip that performs the actual computational and logic work.

The Intel Itanium processor is a CISC-based processor that uses a 128-bit architecture.

Match each item with a statement below.

Match each item with a statement below.

Match each item with a statement below.

In which part of a computer does CPU scheduling occur?

Match each item with a statement below.

What is microarchitecture?

If your address bus is 16-bits wide, approximately how much memory can your computer address?

You are creating specifications for a new high-end workstation. Which CPU should you choose if you want at least six CPU cores?

Which AMD processor line has 8 cores and runs up to 4.7 GHz?

What is the purpose of assembly?

Which type of CPU was designed jointly by Motorola, Apple, and IBM?

The address bus almost always runs faster than the external clock speed of the CPU.

If you are designing a CPU on which you want to memory that can be accessed at the internal clock speed of the CPU, which type of memory are you concerned with?