Practice - Instruction Set and Formats
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Practice Questions
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What is the primary function of the ALU?
💡 Hint: Recall what ‘A’ in ALU stands for.
Name one addressing mode.
💡 Hint: Think about how data is accessed directly.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does the ALU stand for?
💡 Hint: Remember what operations it specializes in.
True or False: The Control Unit does not interact with the ALU.
💡 Hint: Think about who manages what inside the CPU.
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Challenge Problems
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Given an instruction set, identify which addressing modes are being used and explain their implications on data access speed.
💡 Hint: Look at how each mode retrieves data.
Design a simple assembly-level program using various instruction formats and addressing modes; explain the choices made.
💡 Hint: Think about the operations that require direct access vs. those that can be delayed.
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