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Processor Fundamentals: Test 2

Name: Date: Marks: /35


1. a) Describe the functions of the following registers.
i) Current instruction register:

ii) Memory address register:

iii) Program counter:

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b) Status registers contain flags. Three such flags are named N, C and V.
i) What does each of the three flags represent?
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ii) Give an example of the use of each of the three flags.
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2. a) Name three buses used in the Von Neumann architecture.


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b) Describe the function of each named bus.

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c) Describe how bus width and clock speed can affect computer performance.

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3. a) What is meant by the fetch-execute cycle?
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b) Using register transfer notation, show the main stages in a typical fetch-execute cycle.
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4. Complete this paragraph by using appropriate terms.


The processor __________________ data and instructions required for an application and
temporarily stores them in the _________________________ until they can be processed.
The _________________________ is used to hold the address of the next instruction to be
executed. This address is copied to the ____________________ using the _________________ .
The contents at this address are stored in the _______________________. Each instruction is
then ________________ and finally _______________ sending out ______________using the
_______________ . Any calculations carried out are done using the __________________.
During any calculations, data is temporarily held in a special register known as the
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5. Write an assembly language instruction to:


i) compare the accumulator with 5

ii) jump to address 100 if the comparison is true.

iii) store 37 to the accumulator.

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