Plenary Trinity

Reorder the steps the CPU takes to perform tasks

• Fetch

• Decode

• Repeat

• Execute

What does FDE stand for?

• Find Detect Educate

• Film Design Evidence

• Fetch Decode Execute

• Fast Delivery Executive

What is the final step in the FDE cycle?

• PC is then incremented by 1

• Copy MDR contents into the CIR

• Repeat

• The instruction is decoded and then executed

What is the purpose of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle?

• To print documents

• To execute programs

• To delete files

• To store data

During which stage of the FDE cycle is the instruction interpreted?

• Fetch

• Decode

• Execute

• Store

Which Trinity Assembly Language (TAL) command do we use to load a number into a register

Which description below best describes a register? (In the CPU!)

• Something teachers take at the start of class

• A small 'data holding place' the CPU uses

• Where instructions are decoded

Which component temporarily stores data that is being processed by the CPU?

• Hard drive

• Register

• Monitor

• Printer

What happens during the fetch stage of the FDE cycle?

• The CPU retrieves an instruction from memory

• The CPU interprets the instruction

• The CPU performs the instruction

• The CPU saves data to storage