Practice Role Of The Control Unit: Generating Control Signals To Coordinate The Data Path (5.1.1)
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Role of the Control Unit: Generating Control Signals to Coordinate the Data Path

Practice - Role of the Control Unit: Generating Control Signals to Coordinate the Data Path

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the primary role of the Control Unit in a CPU?

💡 Hint: Think about how a conductor manages an orchestra.

Question 2 Easy

Define micro-operation.

💡 Hint: Consider actions that can’t be broken down further.

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Question 1

What is the role of the Control Unit?

To execute arithmetic operations
To generate control signals
To store data
To manage I/O devices

💡 Hint: Focus on the CU's orchestration role.

Question 2

True or False: Micro-operations cannot be interrupted once commenced.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how tasks in computers often work without interruption.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a scenario where a failure in the control signals occurs and predict its outcomes.

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when signals fail in coordinated systems.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a diagram illustrating the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle and detail the control signals generated at each phase.

💡 Hint: Use a flowchart format to visualize the steps clearly.

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