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Quiz: What Registers Do (Big Picture)

OCR GCSE J277 Computer Science specification

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Building on what you've learned about the CPU and the fetch-decode-execute cycle, let's test your understanding of what registers do in a computer!

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Which register holds the memory address of the next instruction to be fetched?

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Which of the following are true about registers? (Select all that apply)

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The {{blank0}} register temporarily holds the result of an operation performed by the ALU.

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Which register temporarily holds data that is being transferred to/from memory?

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The {{blank0}} register holds the address of the memory location being accessed during the fetch stage.

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Which register is responsible for keeping track of the running total during calculations?

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