Fundamentals of computer
organization and architecture Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Processor -
correct answer ✅Executes program instruction
What does main memory refer to -
correct answer ✅RAM AND ROM
What does main memory store -
correct answer ✅Stores instructions to be executed and any data
required by those instructions
Stores any data resulting from execution of the program
Stores frequently used data
Speed of main memory compared to secondary storage -
correct answer ✅Faster
What does main memory return -
correct answer ✅Returns instruction or data, using data bus,
stored in memory location, using address bus
,Fundamentals of computer
organization and architecture Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Buses -
correct answer ✅Set of parallel wires that are used to connect
together different parts of the cpu to allow signals to pass through
them
Width in buses -
correct answer ✅Number of parallel wires, has direct relationship
to number of bits that can be transferred simultaneously by the
bus.
Name types of buses -
correct answer ✅Address, data, control
Directional of buses -
correct answer ✅Address is uni
Control and data is bi
What does address bus do -
correct answer ✅Carries addresses from processor to main
memory or another device controller, regardless of whether data is
to be written to that address or read from the address
, Fundamentals of computer
organization and architecture Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What does increasing width do to address bus -
correct answer ✅Increases range of address that can be specified.
Adding a single wire doubles number of addressable memory
locations
Data bus -
correct answer ✅Sends data, instructions to and from different
components of a computer system
Controls bus -
correct answer ✅Coordinates fde cycle cycle and buses, and
carries computers clock signal
Peripheral -
correct answer ✅External hardware, device, component that is
not under direct control of the cpu.
How do peripherals communicate with computer -
correct answer ✅Via an I/O controller. Each peripheral operates in
a different way
organization and architecture Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Processor -
correct answer ✅Executes program instruction
What does main memory refer to -
correct answer ✅RAM AND ROM
What does main memory store -
correct answer ✅Stores instructions to be executed and any data
required by those instructions
Stores any data resulting from execution of the program
Stores frequently used data
Speed of main memory compared to secondary storage -
correct answer ✅Faster
What does main memory return -
correct answer ✅Returns instruction or data, using data bus,
stored in memory location, using address bus
,Fundamentals of computer
organization and architecture Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Buses -
correct answer ✅Set of parallel wires that are used to connect
together different parts of the cpu to allow signals to pass through
them
Width in buses -
correct answer ✅Number of parallel wires, has direct relationship
to number of bits that can be transferred simultaneously by the
bus.
Name types of buses -
correct answer ✅Address, data, control
Directional of buses -
correct answer ✅Address is uni
Control and data is bi
What does address bus do -
correct answer ✅Carries addresses from processor to main
memory or another device controller, regardless of whether data is
to be written to that address or read from the address
, Fundamentals of computer
organization and architecture Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What does increasing width do to address bus -
correct answer ✅Increases range of address that can be specified.
Adding a single wire doubles number of addressable memory
locations
Data bus -
correct answer ✅Sends data, instructions to and from different
components of a computer system
Controls bus -
correct answer ✅Coordinates fde cycle cycle and buses, and
carries computers clock signal
Peripheral -
correct answer ✅External hardware, device, component that is
not under direct control of the cpu.
How do peripherals communicate with computer -
correct answer ✅Via an I/O controller. Each peripheral operates in
a different way
