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O-LevelComputer ScienceHardware2210/12 · May/June 2018 · Q68 Marks

Kelvin correctly answers an examination question about the Von Neumann model. Eight different terms have been removed from his answer. Complete the sentences in Kelvin's answer, using the list given. Not all items in the list need to be used. • accumulator (ACC) • address bus • arithmetic logic unit (ALU) • control unit (CU) • data bus • executed • fetches • immediate access store (IAS) • memory address register (MAR) • memory data register (MDR) • program counter (PC) • saved • transmits The central processing unit (CPU) ................................................................................................. the data and instructions needed and stores them in the ..................................................................... ...................................................................................... to wait to be processed. The .................................................................................. holds the address of the next instruction. This address is sent to the ................................................................................................ The data from this address is sent to the ............................................................................................. The instruction can then be decoded and .............................................................................................. Any calculations that are carried out on the data are done by the ......................................................... .......................................................................................... During calculations, the data is temporarily held in a register called the ..........................................................................................................

  1. Kelvin correctly answers an examination question about the Von Neumann model. Eight different terms have been removed from his answer. Complete the sentences in Kelvin's answer, using the list given. Not all items in the list need to be used. • accumulator (ACC) • address bus • arithmetic logic unit (ALU) • control unit (CU) • data bus • executed • fetches • immediate access store (IAS) • memory address register (MAR) • memory data register (MDR) • program counter (PC) • saved • transmits The central processing unit (CPU) ................................................................................................. the data and instructions needed and stores them in the ..................................................................... ...................................................................................... to wait to be processed. The .................................................................................. holds the address of the next instruction. This address is sent to the ................................................................................................ The data from this address is sent to the ............................................................................................. The instruction can then be decoded and .............................................................................................. Any calculations that are carried out on the data are done by the ......................................................... .......................................................................................... During calculations, the data is temporarily held in a register called the ..........................................................................................................[8]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2018). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] fetches
  2. [1] immediate access store // IAS
  3. [1] program counter // PC
  4. [1] memory address register // MAR
  5. [1] memory data register // MDR
  6. [1] executed
  7. [1] arithmetic logic unit // ALU
  8. [1] accumulator // ACC

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Topic
Hardware, O-Level Computer Science (syllabus 2210). Structured question, 8 marks.
Source
O-Level Computer Science, May/June 2018 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 6.

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