Practice Data Bus, Address Bus, And Control Bus: Their Indispensable Roles In System Communication (5.2)
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Data Bus, Address Bus, and Control Bus: Their Indispensable Roles in System Communication

Practice - Data Bus, Address Bus, and Control Bus: Their Indispensable Roles in System Communication

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Practice Questions

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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.

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Interactive Quizzes

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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.

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Challenge 1 Hard

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.

Challenge 2 Hard

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.

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