Practice Data Transfer Operations (12.2.2) - Fetch Cycle - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Data Transfer Operations

Practice - Data Transfer Operations

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Question 1 Easy

What does the Program Counter (PC) do?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens to the addresses of instructions.

Question 2 Easy

Name the two registers involved in the fetch cycle.

💡 Hint: These registers deal with memory addresses and content.

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Question 1

What does the PC stand for?

Program Counter
Process Controller
Protocol Coordinator

💡 Hint: Remember its core role in instruction execution.

Question 2

True or False: The MBR holds the instruction to be executed.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the function of each register in the fetch process.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Describe how the sequence of instruction execution can be influenced by a programmer.

💡 Hint: Consider how control flow alters the program’s natural timeline.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze how CPU and RAM speeds affect overall system performance, and suggest ways to optimize operations.

💡 Hint: Think about how data access speed impacts execution time in applications.

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