Practice ALU Operation Selection - 5.2.4.1 | Module 5: Control Unit Design | Computer Architecture
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5.2.4.1 - ALU Operation Selection

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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does the Control Unit primarily do?

💡 Hint: Think of its role as the 'director' of CPU operations.

Question 2

Easy

What is an ALU responsible for?

💡 Hint: Recall the functions the ALU can perform.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What signal indicates an ADD operation in the ALU?

  • 000
  • 001
  • 010
  • 011

💡 Hint: Remember the corresponding binary values for different ALU operations.

Question 2

True or False: Control signals are generated by the ALU.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider who orchestrates the operations within the CPU.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given a sequence of instructions that all result in zero, explain how the status flags will change and how the CU will react.

💡 Hint: Think about each instruction's effect on the status flags.

Question 2

Analyze how a failure to send control signals at the correct time could impact a simple ADD operation in a CPU.

💡 Hint: Consider what would happen if the operand values were misread.

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