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AQA A level (7516-7517) SLR 17 – Internal Computer Architecture

This download provides you with a zip file which contains all the resources you will need to deliver this topic.

It includes:

  • Student Learning Record (A3 version in word)
  • Student Learning Record (PDF version)
  • Student Learning Record (PowerPoint version)
  • Set of student activities and workshops with answers
  • Answers to the exam questions from the back of the SLR
  • Teacher Marking Checklist
  • Year 13 Recap Lesson

This topic covers:

7516

  • 3.7.1.1 Internal hardware components of a computer
  • 3.7.2.1 The meaning of the stored program concept
  • 3.7.3.1 The processor and its components
  • 3.7.3.2 The Fetch-Execute cycle and the role of registers within it
  • 3.7.3.3 The processor instruction set
  • 3.7.3.4 Addressing modes
  • 3.7.3.5 Machine-code/assembly language operations
  • 3.7.3.6 Factors affecting processor performance

7517

  • 4.7.1.1 Internal hardware components of a computer
  • 4.7.2.1 The meaning of the stored program concept
  • 4.7.3.1 The processor and its components
  • 4.7.3.2 The Fetch-Execute cycle and the role of registers within it
  • 4.7.3.3 The processor instruction set
  • 4.7.3.4 Addressing modes
  • 4.7.3.5 Machine-code/assembly language operations
  • 4.7.3.6 Interrupts
  • 4.7.3.7 Factors affecting processor performance



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