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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 about what happens between instructions.
Question 2
Easy
What is the Instruction Register (IR) used for?
💡 Hint: Recall its role during the instruction cycle.
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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 main purpose of the Program Counter (PC)?
- To hold the current instruction
- To keep track of instruction addresses
- To manage control signals
💡 Hint: It keeps track of what comes next in the instruction sequence.
Question 2
True or False: The Instruction Register (IR) is involved in fetching instructions from memory.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about the role of IR during the instruction cycle.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Describe how you might implement a new instruction 'SUBTRACT' at the architecture level, including necessary control signals and registers involved.
💡 Hint: Focus on how data moves and how control signals are influenced by the new operation.
Question 2
Explain how pipelining could be applied to the instruction cycle in CPUs and what benefits it would bring.
💡 Hint: Consider the continuous flow of instructions through different CPU stages.
Challenge and get performance evaluation