Practice - Example of a Program
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Practice Questions
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What are the two main phases of program execution?
💡 Hint: Think about what a CPU does when it runs a program.
What is an opcode?
💡 Hint: Consider what instructions tell the computer to do.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What are the two main phases of program execution?
💡 Hint: Think about what these two phases involve.
True or False: The opcode specifies how data should be stored in memory.
💡 Hint: What do you know about opcodes?
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Challenge Problems
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Given a blob of hexadecimal instruction '1A3F', interpret its opcode and operand, and determine its potential meaning in a hypothetical CPU with simple operations.
💡 Hint: Break down the hex to find its components.
If a processor executes an instruction with 4 cycles for fetching and 3 cycles for executing, what is the total clock cycles required? Consider how many instructions are being processed.
💡 Hint: Use multiplication based on the number of instructions.
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