4.1.8 - Components of CPU and Their Importance
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Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of the program counter?
💡 Hint: Think about the instructions' sequence.
Define what a stack does in terms of procedure calls.
💡 Hint: Consider how procedures are managed.
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What role does the program counter play in a CPU?
💡 Hint: Focus on what helps to follow instructions.
True or False: The stack is used to store the current context during procedure calls.
💡 Hint: Remember what context means.
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Analyze a scenario where a program calls multiple nested procedures and illustrate how values are pushed to and popped from the stack.
💡 Hint: Sketch how the stack looks before and after calls.
Consider a program without a stack for context management. Predict the issues that might occur in terms of execution and data integrity.
💡 Hint: Think about how different procedures need to keep track of their own variables.
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