Function of the CPU

The Roles of the CU and ALU (2 marks)

Explain the roles of the Control Unit (CU) and the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) within the CPU.

Describe the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle.

Define the primary purpose of the Central Processing Unit (CPU) in a computer system.

Differentiate between the roles of the address bus, data bus, and control bus in the computer’s operation.

Describe the purpose of the CPU’s registers during the fetch-decode-execute cycle.

What are the roles of the clock, address bus, data bus, and control bus in the fetch-decode-execute cycle?

Explain how the main memory interacts with the CPU during the fetch-decode-execute cycle.

Explain the function of the CPU and its components within the fetch-decode-execute cycle.

Define the term ‘register’ in the context of CPU architecture.

Describe the function of the control unit in the CPU.