Practice Computer Organization And Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect (1.1)

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Question 1.
What is the purpose of a flag in computer architecture?
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Think about how the CPU uses flags to make decisions in execution.
Question 2.
Define a conditional instruction.
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Consider programming concepts like if-else statements.
3Question 3.
What is a conditional instruction?
- An instruction executed always
- An instruction based on a condition
- An instruction that never executes
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Think about how decisions are made in coding.
4Question 4.
True or False: The program counter always increments by 1 for every instruction.
- True
- False
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Consider when jumps could occur.
Question 5.
Design a small loop in pseudocode that counts from 10 to 0 and uses flags to determine when to exit.
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Think about how iterations should occur.
Question 6.
Explain how using the overflow flag can prevent errors in a program involving addition of large integers.
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Consider scenarios where memory limits matter.

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