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16 - Stored Program Concept (Advanced)

 1. The stored program concept originated in the:
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  1970s

  1950s

  1930s

  1990s

 2. What is computer memory?

  a song from a musical

  an index of files

  data remembered by the human user

  stored data for immediate use

 3. Computer memory today normally uses:
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  delay line memory

  random access memory

  relays

  mechanical counters

 4. In the stored program concept, what two things are stored in computer memory?

  primary and secondary memory

  code and metacode

  headers and footers

  instructions and data

 5. Instructions can be read and written to the memory by the processor.

  FALSE

  TRUE

 6. The processor can execute instructions but it cannot read and write data in the memory.
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  FALSE

  TRUE

 7. Instructions in the memory are:

  in Javascript

  in algebra

  in machine code

  in imaginary numbers

 8. What is the bus?

  the primary memory

  the system that transfers data between components of a computer

  a form of public transport

  the processing unit of the computer

 9. How are instructions fetched?

  ambivalently (in no order)

  concurrent (at the same time)

  serially (one after the other)

  retroactively (in reverse order)

 10. What is one benefit of stored program architecture?
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  power consumption is reduced

  programs can be changed easily to perform different tasks

  faster access to data

  more memory is available to process instructions