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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is an opcode?
💡 Hint: Think about what tells the CPU what to do.
Question 2
Easy
What does addressing mode determine?
💡 Hint: Relate it to where the CPU looks for data.
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Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What does the opcode in an instruction specify?
- A. The location of data
- B. The operation to perform
- C. The timing of processing
💡 Hint: Remember, it's the command part of the instruction.
Question 2
True or False: The addressing mode can influence where operands are loaded from.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when fetching values.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
You are tasked with designing a microprogram for an instruction set. How would you include operand fetching using different addressing modes? Describe your approach.
💡 Hint: Think about the nature of operand determination based on addressing.
Question 2
Explain how timing might affect the decode cycle's efficiency and how you would mitigate any potential issues.
💡 Hint: Consider how timing synchronization helps.
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