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OCR GCSE Computer Science Exam Questions

1.1 Systems Architecture

1.1 question 12

Complete the table by naming two CPU registers used during instruction processing and giving one purpose for each.
RegisterPurpose

4

MARKS

Mark scheme

Correct ticks: Stores a single address → MAR, PC; Stores frequently used instructions → Cache; It is a register → MAR, MDR, PC; Stores all currently running data/instructions → RAM.

Exam guidance

Award 1 per correctly ticked row. If extra ticks on a row, 0 for that row.
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