Crash Course Computer Science #8 - Instructions & Programs

Crash Course Computer Science #8 - Instructions & Programs

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Crash Course Computer Science #8 - Instructions & Programs

Crash Course Computer Science #8 - Instructions & Programs

Assessment

Quiz

Computers

9th - 12th Grade

Easy

Used 3+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the beating, ticking heart of a computer?

ALU

CPU

RAM

Control Unit

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the first example for RAM, what do the first 4 digits represent?

OpCodes

Registers

Addresses

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the example of RAM from last episode do?

add two numbers together, then stores them

subtracts two numbers before rewriting it in RAM

creates a new opcode for one of the registers

multiplies the numbers, then stores them

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which instruction tells the computer to stop?

LOAD A

JUMP_NEG

HALT

LOAD B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the instructions prevent you from getting to the HALT instruction, it's called...

infinite loop

crash

lag

broken circuit

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In the RAM example, what does adding the JUMP_NEG instruction do? Pick 2.

allows the ALU to flag a negative number

lets the computer skip instructions for negative numbers

creates an infinite loop

prevents the ALU from communicating with RAM

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What's the maximum amount of instructions that an 8-bit RAM could use?

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