Practice - Control Operations
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Practice Questions
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What does the Program Counter (PC) do?
💡 Hint: Think about what the CPU needs to reference next.
Define what an opcode is.
💡 Hint: What part of the instruction tells the CPU what to do?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the purpose of the Program Counter (PC)?
💡 Hint: Remember its role in instruction flow.
True or False: An opcode is responsible for specifying what data will be processed.
💡 Hint: Think about the roles of opcodes versus operands.
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Challenge Problems
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Describe a situation where an interrupt might be necessary and discuss how it would be processed by the CPU.
💡 Hint: Consider real-time events that require immediate CPU attention.
Construct an example involving both immediate and direct addressing modes in a single instruction.
💡 Hint: Think about how data can be directly linked or embedded within instructions.
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