Practice Control Unit (cu) (3.1.1.2) - Processor Organization and Data Representation
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Control Unit (CU)

Practice - Control Unit (CU)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the Control Unit do in a CPU?

💡 Hint: Think about its role in instruction execution.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of the Program Counter?

💡 Hint: Consider its role in fetching instructions.

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Question 1

What is the function of the Control Unit?

To perform calculations
To manage instruction flow
To store data

💡 Hint: Think about its role in coordinating CPU activities.

Question 2

True or False: The ALU operates independently from the CU.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall how the CU and ALU interact.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Describe how the CU handles a specific instruction flow from memory retrieval to execution.

💡 Hint: Follow the steps outlined for the Fetch-Decode-Execute process.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss the role of control signals during the execution of a program with multiple arithmetic instructions.

💡 Hint: Think about how tasks are synchronized within the CPU.

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