ASSIGNMENT 1
Textbook Assignment:
Computer Hardware Startup, chapter 1, pages 1-1
through 1-25.
1-1.
The central processing unit
of a digital computer is
made up of a central control
section and work areas that
are needed to perform
calculations and manipulate
data.
What are the names of
the sections within the CPU?
1.
Control,
internal
storage, and
arithmetic-logic
2.
Control,
working
storage, and programming
storage
3.
Internal storage,
arithmetic-logic, and
working-storage
4.
Arithmetic-logic,
input/output
storage,
and internal storage
RAM
1-2.
Within the CPU, what section
maintains order and directs
the flow of operations and
data?
1.
Logic
2.
Control
3.
Program storage
4.
Internal storage
1-3.
Within the CPU, the internal
storage section normally
contains which of the
following storage areas?
1-4.
What type of memory allows
you to read data from or
write data into it just by
giving the computer the
address of the location
where the data is stored or
is to be stored?
1.
ROM
2.
3.
PROM
4.
EPROM
1-5.
Most computers can
permanently store often used
instructions,
such as those
used to boot-strap the
computer,
in memory.
What
type of memory makes this
possible?
1.
Permanent
2.
Read-only
3.
Inaccessible
4.
Programmable
1-6.
What type of storage
(memory) allows you to enter
any program you desire, but
once the memory has been
written into, it can never
be altered or changed?
1.
ROM
2.
3.
PROM
4.
EPROM
RAM
1.
Input and output only
2.
Output and program only
3.
Input, program, and
working only
4.
Input, output, program,
and working
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