CPU Architectures

Question 1

What is a program in a CPU?

Answer 1

Sequence of instructions which the CPU completes

Question 2

How many instruction sets are available to a CPU?

Answer 2

Two

Question 3

What are the two instruction sets for the CPU called?

Answer 3

RISC and CISC

Question 4

What does RISC stand for?

Answer 4

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

Question 5

What does CISC stand for?

Answer 5

Complex Instruction Set Computer

Question 6

If a CPU is executing one set of instructions, where are the rest stored?

Answer 6

Within the cache