Practice - Conceptual Flow during Execution
Practice Questions
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What is the main purpose of the Control Unit in the CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about what manages the other components.
Define the term 'ALU'.
💡 Hint: What part of the CPU does calculations?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the role of the Control Unit?
💡 Hint: What manages other CPU components?
True or False: The ALU is responsible for fetching instructions from memory.
💡 Hint: Who fetches instructions then?
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how an instruction that requires multiple operands is processed from fetch to execution.
💡 Hint: Consider each stage of FDE for clarity.
Discuss the potential pitfalls of poorly timed control signals in the context of micro-operations.
💡 Hint: Think about what might happen if signals are not synchronized.
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