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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is a micro-program?
💡 Hint: Think about how low-level programming relates to hardware control.
Question 2
Easy
What does a decoder do?
💡 Hint: Remember the relationship between binary signals and control actions.
Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation
Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What is the key advantage of vertical micro-programming?
- It allows multiple activations
- It saves memory
- It increases complexity
💡 Hint: Consider what vertical approaches aim to achieve.
Question 2
True or False: Horizontal micro-programming requires less memory than vertical micro-programming.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about how memory allocation differs in both approaches.
Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Design a micro-program for a CPU that needs to perform adding and multiplying simultaneously without conflicts in control signals. Discuss how you would apply hybrid micro-programming principles.
💡 Hint: Think about how typical CPU operations interact.
Question 2
Analyze a case where a purely vertical micro-program slowed a system down. Propose a solution using horizontal or hybrid methods.
💡 Hint: Evaluate the speed requirements versus memory constraints.
Challenge and get performance evaluation