Computer architecture

The component that holds data and instructions being used by the CPU is:

• 1 Scanner
• 2 Plotter
• 3 Main memory
• 4 Printer

Cache memory is:

• 1 Slow storage
• 2 A type of printer
• 3 Very fast memory close to the CPU
• 4 Optical storage

The fetch decode execute cycle is repeated by the:

• 1 Monitor
• 2 Keyboard
• 3 Router
• 4 CPU

Which of these is a secondary storage device?

• 1 RAM
• 2 Register
• 3 Cache
• 4 SSD

A register is:

• 1 A network device
• 2 A type of hard disk
• 3 A file
• 4 A small fast storage location in the CPU

A 32 bit processor handles data in chunks of:

• 1 16 bytes
• 2 32 bits
• 3 64 bytes
• 4 8 bits