Practice PC Register - 28.3.4 | 28. JVM Internals and Performance Tuning | Advanced Programming
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PC Register

28.3.4 - PC Register

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the PC register track?

💡 Hint: Think about what information the JVM needs to execute instructions.

Question 2 Easy

Why is it beneficial for each thread to have its own PC register?

💡 Hint: Consider multithreading and its complexities.

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Question 1

What does the PC register hold?

Address of the next instruction
Current thread information
Memory allocation details

💡 Hint: Think about what the JVM needs to know to continue execution.

Question 2

True or False: Each thread in the JVM shares the same PC register.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider multithreading and how threads operate.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Describe how improper management of the PC register can lead to stack overflow errors in Java applications.

💡 Hint: Think about how looping behaviors are controlled.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a diagram that illustrates the role of the PC register within a simple JVM execution model.

💡 Hint: To label key components involved in bytecode execution, making sure to show the progression of the PC register's address changes.

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