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1 The table shows the steps of the Fetch stage only of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle. The names of
the registers are referred to as A, B, C and D.
1 The contents of the Register A are copied into the Register B.
2a RAM is read at the location specified by the Register B and its contents are copied into the
Register C.
2b Register A is incremented by 1.
3 The contents of the Register C are copied into the Register D.
(a) State the name of each register in the table.
Register A
Register B
Register C
Register D
[4]
(b) Describe how the performance of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle changes when increasing:
(i) The number of cores
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(ii) The clock speed
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. .................................................................................................................................................................... [1]
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Discuss the different functions of an operating system and why they are essential to the management of
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1 The table shows the steps of the Fetch stage only of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle. The names of
the registers are referred to as A, B, C and D.
1 The contents of the Register A are copied into the Register B.
2a RAM is read at the location specified by the Register B and its contents are copied into the
Register C.
2b Register A is incremented by 1.
3 The contents of the Register C are copied into the Register D.
(a) State the name of each register in the table.
Register A
Register B
Register C
Register D
[4]
(b) Describe how the performance of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle changes when increasing:
(i) The number of cores
..........................................................................................................................................................
. .................................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(ii) The clock speed
..........................................................................................................................................................
. .................................................................................................................................................................... [1]
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The organisation runs a single large server which hosts their email, website and files about businesses they
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Discuss the different functions of an operating system and why they are essential to the management of
this single server.
You should refer to the following in your answer:
• the different functions of an operating system
• how these functions can be used to manage the OCR Accountants’ server and why they are
essential?
[9]
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