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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What does the Program Counter (PC) do?
💡 Hint: Think of it as a navigation guide for the CPU.
Question 2
Easy
What is the purpose of the Memory Address Register (MAR)?
💡 Hint: Consider how you find a book in a library.
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Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What is the purpose of the Program Counter (PC)?
- Holds the current instruction
- Tracks the next instruction address
- Stores result data
💡 Hint: Consider what guides the CPU on what to do next.
Question 2
True or False: The MBR immediately executes the instruction upon fetching.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about the purpose of buffering in data handling.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Describe a scenario where the CPU tries to simultaneously read and write to the same register during the fetch cycle. What could be the outcome?
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of having conflicting operations in a resource.
Question 2
Explain how the fetch cycle can be optimized in a modern CPU to minimize instruction retrieval time.
💡 Hint: Think of parallels in optimizing assembly lines for efficiency.
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