COMS W1004 Lecture Notes - Linear Search, Semicolon, Selection Sort

10. In the control unit of the CPU, the purpose of implementing the Program Counter register is to store the a. next instruction to be executed b. address of the next instruction to be executed c. the number of instructions to be executed d. the number of instructions that have been successfully executed

13. The Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle refers to the process by which the CPU a) Retrieves a program instruction from the main memory, determines the action dictated by the instruction, and carries out the action. X b) Retrieves a program instruction from permanent storage and places it in the main memory. c) Retrieves data for a program and places it in the accumulator. d) Fetches the user input and displays it on the screen. e) None of the above

Which of the following interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer?

1. Control Unit
2. CPU
3. Binary Device
4. Compressor