Practice Data Bus, Address Bus, and Control Bus: Their Indispensable Roles in System Communication - 5.2 | Module 5: System Level Interfacing Design and Arithmetic Coprocessors | Microcontroller
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5.2 - Data Bus, Address Bus, and Control Bus: Their Indispensable Roles in System Communication

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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does the address bus do?

💡 Hint: Think about where the CPU needs to send information.

Question 2

Easy

Is the data bus unidirectional or bidirectional?

💡 Hint: Consider how data flows between the CPU and memory.

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 does the address bus deliver?

  • Data
  • Addresses
  • Control signals

💡 Hint: Consider what locates the data.

Question 2

True or False: The data bus is unidirectional.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about how data can move in both directions.

Solve and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

If a microcomputer has a 12-bit address bus, calculate how many total memory locations it can access. Discuss the implications of this limitation for software development.

💡 Hint: Use the formula 2^N.

Question 2

Evaluate how increasing the width of the data bus from 16 bits to 32 bits could impact performance in a gaming application.

💡 Hint: Consider how fast the data can be rendered on screen.

Challenge and get performance evaluation