Practice Control Instructions Overview (25.2) - Instruction Types - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Control Instructions Overview

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the purpose of data transfer instructions?

💡 Hint: Think about how values are copied in programming.

Question 2 Easy

Give an example of an arithmetic instruction.

💡 Hint: Remember the operation that adds two numbers.

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Question 1

What do data transfer instructions do?

Move data
Perform calculations
Control execution

💡 Hint: Think about the basic operations you learn in programming.

Question 2

True or False: Control instructions can only be conditional.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember the types of jumps we've discussed.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Write pseudocode that incorporates all three instruction types. Show how data is transferred, calculations are made, and the program decides which action to take next.

💡 Hint: Consider how each section of your pseudocode corresponds to the instruction types.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how the choice of instruction format (one, two, or three address) might affect the execution speed of a program.

💡 Hint: Think about trade-offs between fewer instructions and their complexity.

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