Practice - Summary of the Unit
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Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of the Program Counter (PC)?
💡 Hint: Think about how the CPU determines which instruction to execute next.
Define opcode in the context of instruction execution.
💡 Hint: Remember, it tells the CPU what to do.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main role of the Instruction Register (IR) in the CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about where instructions are kept while they are being processed.
True or False: The opcode is part of the instruction that tells the CPU what operations to perform.
💡 Hint: Remember that every instruction has to tell the CPU what to do.
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how a CPU would handle a scenario where multiple interrupts occur as instructions are being executed.
💡 Hint: Consider the order of arrival and how the CPU would manage resources.
Design a simple operation sequence involving fetching, decoding, and executing for a hypothetical instruction using both direct and indirect addressing.
💡 Hint: Think about how you can juxtapose direct and indirect processes.
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