Practice - Interrupt Service Routine
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Practice Questions
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What is an interrupt?
💡 Hint: Think of a scenario where something demands immediate attention.
What does the Program Counter do?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when a CPU executes multiple instructions in sequence.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary purpose of an Interrupt Service Routine?
💡 Hint: Consider what the CPU does when it receives a signal it cannot ignore.
True or False: The Program Counter must be incremented after every instruction before checking for interrupts.
💡 Hint: Think about the order of operations during instruction processing.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a hypothetical CPU flow and describe what happens in detail when an interrupt occurs during the execution of multiple instructions.
💡 Hint: Outline your flow step-by-step to visualize the CPU state transitions.
Assume you have a set of instructions executing, and an interrupt occurs while processing a complex operation. Discuss the potential implications of this on instruction integrity.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens if you forget to save your place in a book before being interrupted.
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