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07 - Stored Program Concept

 1. The stored program concept originated in the:
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  1990s

  1970s

  1950s

  1930s

 2. What is computer memory?

  stored data for immediate use

  an index of files

  a song from a musical

  data remembered by the human user

 3. Computer memory today normally uses:
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  random access memory

  mechanical counters

  delay line memory

  relays

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

  headers and footers

  primary and secondary memory

  instructions and data

  code and metacode

 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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  TRUE

  FALSE

 7. Instructions in the memory are:

  in algebra

  in Javascript

  in machine code

  in imaginary numbers

 8. What is the bus?

  the primary memory

  the system that transfers data between components of a computer

  the processing unit of the computer

  a form of public transport

 9. How are instructions fetched?

  retroactively (in reverse order)

  serially (one after the other)

  ambivalently (in no order)

  concurrent (at the same time)

 10. What is one benefit of stored program architecture?
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  faster access to data

  programs can be changed easily to perform different tasks

  more memory is available to process instructions

  power consumption is reduced