Practice Accumulator Based Processor (15.6.1) - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

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Question 1.
What does the accumulator do in a processor?
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Think about what 'accumulate' means.
Question 2.
Name the two phases of the instruction cycle.
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What do we do first when executing an instruction?
3Question 3.
What is the purpose of the accumulator in a CPU?
- To fetch instructions
- To store results
- To control execution
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Think about its role in processing.
4Question 4.
True or False: The Program Counter points to the next instruction in memory.
- True
- False
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What does a counter typically do?
Question 5.
Given an instruction '1940', elaborate how the processor would process this instruction step-by-step.
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Consider how the fetch and execute phases interact.
Question 6.
Assuming you have the instruction '5941', how would you predict the effect on the accumulator after execution?
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Remember what the ADD operation does with the accumulator.

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