This page is designed to help you understand the key parts of this unit and to understand to write detailed answers to questions.
Fill in the gaps! For best practice, write out the whole text, filling as you go.
Test your knowledge and defeat the dragon!
A plan for a long-answer question:
Explain the factors that affect CPU performance
Read through the plan from the centre out. We start with a definition and then facts. Then explain in more detail. In an exam question there will be a context which you can then link to.
Plan a long answer question that explains the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle in detail.
Include the address, data and control bus. Include the Control Unit, Registers and the Arithmetic Logic Unit.
Use the drag-n-drop exercise above to help you.
Screenshot your plan and send it to your teacher.
Use the drag-n-drop exercise above to help you.
Screenshot your plan and send it to your teacher.
Start with the red dot top left. Use the Link buttons.
Then work round the tasks ending with the red dot top right.
Complete ALL of the tasks. Use a Word document and share it with your teacher.