Practice Types of Registers - 19.1.5 | 19. Introduction to the CPU | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Question 1

Easy

What is a general-purpose register?

💡 Hint: Think about what you can use directly in calculations.

Question 2

Easy

Name a special-purpose register.

💡 Hint: What register holds the current instruction?

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Question 1

What does the Program Counter (PC) do?

  • Stores current instruction
  • Holds address of next instruction
  • Transfers data

💡 Hint: Think about which register helps in keeping track of where the CPU is in the instruction cycle.

Question 2

True or False: General-purpose registers can only store integer values.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider the versatility of general-purpose registers.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Explain how the Program Counter (PC) and Instruction Register (IR) work together during the execution of a program.

💡 Hint: Trace the steps of instruction fetching and execution.

Question 2

Discuss the implications of having insufficient general-purpose registers in a CPU’s design on performance.

💡 Hint: Think about data access speed and computation efficiency.

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