Practice Coordination And Synchronization (5.1.1.2) - Control Unit Design
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Coordination and Synchronization

Practice - Coordination and Synchronization

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the Control Unit (CU) do?

💡 Hint: Think about its role as the 'brain' of the CPU.

Question 2 Easy

Define a micro-operation.

💡 Hint: What is the smallest task the CPU can perform?

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Question 1

What is the main function of the Control Unit in a CPU?

To process data
To store instructions
To manage CPU operations

💡 Hint: Think about what directs the data flow in the CPU.

Question 2

True or False: Micro-operations can be interrupted.

True
False

💡 Hint: What does atomic mean in this context?

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a flowchart that describes the fetch-decode-execute cycle, indicating the role of control signals at each step.

💡 Hint: Consider how each part of the cycle interacts and the information flow.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze a scenario where a race condition might occur if synchronization fails and propose a solution to mitigate this issue.

💡 Hint: Think about common strategies used in programming to handle concurrency.

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