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Chapter 2 Microprocessors
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                         

Answers up to #26 can be found on pages 51 – 71 in your Mike Meyers book.

 

  1. What is the difference between the terms microprocessor and CPU?

 

 

  1. What operations do the today’s CPUs perform and at what speed?

 

  1. What feature enables the CPU to perform such feats as accessing the Internet?

 

  1. When was the Intel 8088 invented?

 

  1. What is the external data bus?  Explain how it works and why it is necessary.

 

  1. What is the binary system and what do the numbers represent?

 

  1. What are registers and what is their purpose?

 

  1. Know the chart on page 57 of your book (the CPUs codebook).

 

  1. What are the four general-purpose registers that PCs contain?

 

  1. What is the clock and its purpose is what?

 

  1. What is the clock cycle?

 

  1. How many clock cycles does the CPU need in order to act on each command?

 

  1. What is meant by the terminology clock speed?

 

  1. How many cycles run per second in 1 Hertz?  In 1 Megahertz?

 

  1. What is the function of the system crystal?

 

  1. What is overclocking?  What happens if a CPU is overclocked?  What happens if the CPU is underclocked?

 

  1. What are devices that hold 1’s and 0’s that the CPU assesses?

 

  1. Why is RAM considered a magical device?

 

  1. What is a bit?

 

  1. What is a nibble?

 

  1. What is a word?

 

  1. What is a double word?

 

  1. What is a paragraph or quad word?

 

  1. What is RAM physically?

 

  1. What is the MCC and what is its purpose?

 

  1. What enables the CPU to control the MCC?