6.2.1 - Comprehensive Objective
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Practice Questions
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What is a control unit responsible for?
💡 Hint: Think about its role in coordinating other components.
What are the three key phases of the instruction cycle?
💡 Hint: Recall the acronym FDE.
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What are the three phases of instruction execution?
💡 Hint: Remember the acronym FDE.
True or False: Control signals are only generated during macro instructions.
💡 Hint: Consider the difference between instruction levels.
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Design a control unit for an academic system that needs to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. What architecture would you choose, and why?
💡 Hint: Consider how each operation is managed and the complexity of the architecture.
Evaluate how control signals change with different instruction types such as arithmetic vs. branching instructions.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens in the control unit during each instruction type.
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