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The document contains questions about the function of the CPU and its components. It asks about the purpose of the CPU, the fetch-decode-execute cycle, the control unit, immediate access store, arithmetic and logic unit, and the roles of different CPU components in the fetch-decode-execute cycle.

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1.1.1a GCSE Lesson Retrieval Practice (Assessments) - Function of The CPU (OCR)

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CSUK Lesson Retrieval Practice – Question Sheet


Function of the CPU (OCR)
1. What is the purpose of the CPU? [2]

2. Describe the three steps of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle? [3]

3. What is the function of the Control Unit in the CPU? [2]

4. What is the Immediate Access Store (IAS) in the CPU? [2]

5. What is the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) responsible for? [2]

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6. Why is the IAS used instead of retrieving data from the RAM one instruction at a time? [2]

7. What are the names of the three areas of the CPU that are involved in the Fetch-Decode-Execute
cycle? [3]

8. What happens in the Fetch stage of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle? [2]

9. What happens in the Decode stage of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle? [2]

10. What happens in the Execute stage of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle? [2]

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