Crash Course Computer Science #8 - Instructions & Programs

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Computers
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9th - 12th Grade
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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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