An introduction to the FDE cycle - questions
Q1. Does the CPU fetch instructions from RAM or the hard drive?
Q2. What does RAM stand for?
Q3. What stage follows the Fetch stage in the FDE cycle?
Q4. What piece of information does the Program Counter hold?
Q5. What is the purpose of the Accumulator?
Q6. Explain why having more cache usually speeds up processing.
Q7. How many instructions can a CPU work on at any one time?
Q8. What is the purpose of the control unit?
Q9. What are the characteristics of a Von Neumann processor?
Q10. Give one simple example of an arithmetic question and one simple example of a logic question.