CSGOC S100 EXAM 1 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+

CSGOC S100 EXAM 1 EXAM SCRIPT 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS GRADED A+

●● von neumann: 2 steps of instruction execution.
Answer: fetch and execute


●● major hardware components of computer systems.
Answer: - processor (CPU)
- input
- output
- memory


●● major components of CPU.
Answer: - arithmetic and logic unit (ALU): calculation
- control unit (CU): interprets the instruction
- registers


●● 2 types of memory.
Answer: - random access memory (RAM)
- main memory

,●● memory: array of cells storing ____/_____. each cell has a unique
____ defining _____..
Answer: data/instructions, address, location


●● define process:.
Answer: program in execution


●● the OS is the.
Answer: resource manager of the computer system


●● virtual memory layout.
Answer: - OS
- code
- data (static data)
- heap (dynamic data)
- stack (subroutine calls)


●● information flow between CPU and memory.
Answer: CPU reads from memory and writes to memory


●● memory: address length.

, Answer: >32 bits? apparently longer than register address length...


●● registers vs main memory.
Answer: - location: inside CPU
- faster access
- fewer registers
- shorter address


●● registers are ___ storage.
Answer: temporary


●● a simple language to explain the operations carried out by the CPU.
Answer: register transfer language


●● register transfer language is NOT ______, its just a _______.
Answer: a programming language, notation


●● the 8 data registers hold ___ information and are used by ______
_____ instructions.
Answer: scratchpad, data processing