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The system bus connects together the processor, main memory and input/output
components.
The system bus itself is split into three separate buses: data, address and control.

(a) State what each of the following components does: [3]


Processor

Main Memory

Control bus

(b) The figure below shows how components of a computer system can be connected.

Write, in the corresponding space below, the correct name for each of the components
A, B, C and D from the figure above using only the following:
Processor, Address Bus, Control Bus, Data Bus, Hard Disk Drive, Main Memory,
Visual Display Unit, Keyboard [4]

A ……………………………………………………………………………….
B ……………………………………………………………………………….
C ……………………………………………………………………………….
D ……………………………………………………………………………….

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Question 2
The Von Neumann model uses a series of registers.
(a) Explain what is meant by the term register. [2]

(b) Explain the purpose of the Memory Data Register (MDR). [2]

(c) Name two registers, other than the MDR, that are used in the fetch-execute cycle. [2]

Question 3
(a) Describe how special purpose registers are used in the fetch stage of the fetch-execute
cycle [4]

(b) Use the statements A, B, C and D to complete the description of how the fetch-
execute cycle handles an interrupt.

At the end of the cycle for the current instruction………………………………………………


If the interrupt flag is set, …………………, ………………… and ………………………….
The interrupted program continues its execution. [4]

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