Practice - Fetch and Execute Cycle
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Practice Questions
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What does the Program Counter track?
💡 Hint: Think about what keeps track of instruction order.
Define what an opcode is.
💡 Hint: It's a code representing an action.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the fetch phase involve?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens at the start of executing a program.
True or False: The Instruction Register holds the next instruction to be executed.
💡 Hint: Think about where the upcoming instruction is located.
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Challenge Problems
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Given an instruction set, describe how you would execute a series of operations that include loading, adding, and storing values. Include timing estimates for each step.
💡 Hint: Break it down by each instruction and follow the fetch-execute timeline.
Analyze how changes in instruction format (e.g., altering opcode or operand size) would affect CPU operation.
💡 Hint: Consider how limiting the opcode range affects available operations.
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