Practice Working Principle Of Computers (15.3.1) - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect
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Working Principle of Computers

Practice - Working Principle of Computers

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does CPU stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about the brain of the computer.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of the Program Counter?

💡 Hint: It's like holding a place in a book.

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Question 1

What does the CPU do?

Stores data
Processes instructions
Maintains hardware

💡 Hint: Think about the main job of a computer's brain.

Question 2

True or False: The Program Counter directly executes instructions.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what component executes the instructions.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Discuss how the increase in the number of CPU registers might influence the performance of a computer system.

💡 Hint: Consider how data flow could be improved with additional registers.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a simple instruction format based on what you've learned, defining the opcode and the operand.

💡 Hint: Think about how you could differentiate operations with binary representation.

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