Practice Program Counter (10.7.1) - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

Practice: Program Counter

Lesson 10.7.1Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

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Question 1.
What does the program counter do?
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Think about instruction execution flow.
Question 2.
What is stored in the instruction register?
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Consider where instructions go before execution.
3Question 3.
What does the program counter (PC) do?
- A) Stores data
- B) Holds the next instruction's address
- C) Executes instructions
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What keeps track of where the next instruction is coming from?
4Question 4.
True or False: The instruction register can hold multiple instructions at once.
- True
- False
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Think about how many instructions can be executed simultaneously.
Question 5.
Given an instruction sequence starting from address 0x1000, describe how the program counter changes with each instruction fetched: INSTRUCTION 0: MOVE A, B; INSTRUCTION 1: ADD A, C; INSTRUCTION 2: JUMP TO 0x1005.
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Keep track of where each instruction points to.
Question 6.
How would you design a simple CPU with a program counter? Discuss the components needed and how the PC would interact with other elements during instruction execution.
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Think about how the CPU operates and the flow of data.

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