BAIT1003 Tutorial 2 for The components for the system unit

1. BAIT1003IT Fundamentals
Tutorial 2 (The Components of theSystem Unit)
1. Briefly explain the purpose of the control unit and the arithmetic logic unit components of a
processor.
2. Most devices connected to the computer communicate with the processor to carry out a task.
Discuss the steps or process that these devices use to communicate with the processor to
carry out a task.
3. Pipelining and parallel processing are methods used to increase the processing speed. With
the help of diagrams, discuss how these methods increase the processing speed.
4. Differentiate between register and cache.
5. What is a coding scheme? Name TWO (2) widely used coding schemes.
6. What do you understand by the term Plug and Play?
7. Explain the following terms:
(a) bit
(b) bus
(c) firmware