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The document is an exam paper for a course on Information Technology, focusing on the components and functions of a PC system. It includes questions about the CPU, its main parts, and the system clock, as well as grammar and writing exercises. The exam aims to assess students' understanding of computer architecture and their ability to communicate technical information effectively.

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Superior national School of Information Technology (ESI)

Teacher: Boussoualim

1 CPI Exam English Duration: 1:30 h

Read the text then answer the questions

What is inside a PC system?

The nerve centre of a PC is the processor, also called the CPU, or central processing unit. This
is built into a single chip, which executes program instructions and coordinates the activities
that take place within the computer system. The chip itself is a small piece of silicon with a
complex electrical circuit called an integrated circuit. The processor consists of three main
parts. The control unit examines the instructions in the user's program, interprets each
instruction and causes the circuits and the rest of the components - monitor, disk drives, etc. -
to execute the functions specified. The arithmetic logic unit (ALU) performs mathematical
calculations and logical operations (AND, OR, NOT). The registers are high-speed units of
memory, which are used to store and control data. One of the registers (the program counter,
or PC) keeps track of the next instruction to be performed in the main memory. The other (the
instruction register, or IR) holds the instruction that is being executed. The programs and data
which pass through the processor must be loaded into the main memory in order to be
processed. Therefore, when the user runs a program, the CPU looks for it on the hard disk and
transfers a copy into the RAM chips, which is volatile memory. The power and performance
of a computer is partly determined by the speed of its processor. A system clock sends out
signals at fixed intervals to measure and synchronize the flow of data. Clock speed is
measured in gigahertz (GHz). For example, a CPU running at 4 GHz will enable your PC to
handle the most demanding applications. The main circuit board inside your system is called
the motherboard and contains the processor, the memory chips, expansion slots, and
controllers, connected by buses. For example, the front side bus carries all data that passes
from the CPU to other devices. The size of a bus, called bus width, determines how much data
can be transmitted. It can be compared to the number of lanes on a motorway - the larger the
width, the more data can travel along the bus. For example, a 64-bit bus can transmit 64 bits
of data. Expansion slots allow users to install expansion cards, adding features like sound,
memory and network capabilities.

(From Infotech English for Computer Users)

Part 1 compression questions (8)

A. Find answers to the following questions in the text:


1 What are the main parts of the CPU?
2 What is the function of the system clock?
B. Find in the text words with the following meanings:

1
1 Electrical channels which allow devices inside the computer to communicate with
each other.
2 The main output device used to display the output from a computer on a screen.
3 A small unit of storage capacity. One of the eight binary digits that make up a byte.
4 A long thin connector that is used for adding additional electronics.

True or false (correct the false) (2)

1 A CPU running at 4 GHz runs at four thousand million hertz or cycles per second.
2 RAM is volatile memory; that is it contains instructions and routines for the basic
operations of the CPU.

Part 2 Grammar (4)

1 Justify the use of the infinitive in the following sentence: “The registers are high-speed
units of memory, which are used to store and control data.” (1)
2 Rewrite the following text using appropriate transition words to make it more
coherent. (3)

The processor consists of three main parts. The control unit examines the instructions in the
user's program, interprets each instruction and causes the circuits and the rest of the
components - monitor, disk drives, etc. - to execute the functions specified. The arithmetic
logic unit (ALU) performs mathematical calculations and logical operations (AND, OR,
NOT). The registers are high-speed units of memory used to store and control data.

Writing (8)

Read the following introduction written by a student then answer the questions below.

The computer is a machine that copies the human brain's functions like calculating,
interpreting data, storing information and so on. Computers have developed from
humble calculators that could only make basic calculations into sophisticated
machines that are able to manipulate a great deal of information. There is many
differences between computers of the past and nowadays computers. we will see
some of these differences: the size and components, the functions, and the users.

A. Revise, edit, and then rewrite the introduction in order to fix the problems of content
and of language use.
B. Develop one body paragraph to the introduction using the block form

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