Practice Working Principle Of Computers (15.3.1) - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

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Question 1.
What does CPU stand for?
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Think about the brain of the computer.
Question 2.
What is the purpose of the Program Counter?
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It's like holding a place in a book.
3Question 3.
What does the CPU do?
- Stores data
- Processes instructions
- Maintains hardware
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Think about the main job of a computer's brain.
4Question 4.
True or False: The Program Counter directly executes instructions.
- True
- False
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Consider what component executes the instructions.
Question 5.
Discuss how the increase in the number of CPU registers might influence the performance of a computer system.
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Consider how data flow could be improved with additional registers.
Question 6.
Create a simple instruction format based on what you've learned, defining the opcode and the operand.
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Think about how you could differentiate operations with binary representation.

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