COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS

●● Computer Architecture
Answer: Focuses on the structure and behavior of the computer system
and refers to the logical aspects


●● Principle of Equivalence of Hardware and Software
Answer: Anything that can be done with software can also be done with
software, and anything that can be done with hardware can also be done
with software.


●● hertz
Answer: cycles per second


●● bus
Answer: group of wires that moves data and instructions to various
places within the computer.


●● Moore's Law
Answer: states that the density of silicon chips doubles every 18 months

, ●● Rock's Law
Answer: states that the cost of capital equipment to build
semiconductors will double every four years.


●● semantic gap
Answer: the logical gap that exists between the physical components and
a high-level language


●● virtual machine
Answer: a hypothetical computer


●● Abstract Levels of Modern Computing Systems
Answer: User, High-level Language, Assembly Language, System
Software, Machine, Control, Digital Logic


●● control unit
Answer: Part of the CPU that controls execution of instructions,
movement of data and timing. Can be hardwired or microprogrammed.


●● von Neumann architecture
Answer: a storied program machine architecture consisting of a CPU, an
ALU, registers, and main memory