Chapter 4 FIB Question and answers
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_________________ are storage locations that hold inputs and outputs for the ALU. - correct answer
✔Registers
The ____________________ of the CPU keeps track of the next program instruction location by
incrementing a pointer after each fetch. - correct answer ✔control unit
A(n) ____________________ is a command to the CPU to perform a primitive processing function on
specific data inputs. - correct answer ✔instruction
The collection of instructions that a CPU can process is called the CPU's ____________________. -
correct answer ✔instruction set
A(n) ____________________ operation is a data transfer from a register into primary storage. - correct
answer ✔store
A(n) ____________________ instruction transforms the Boolean value true (1) into false (0) and the
value false into true. - correct answer ✔NOT
A(n) ____________________ instruction accepts two numeric inputs and produces their arithmetic sum.
- correct answer ✔ADD
A(n) ____________________ SHIFT instruction performs multiplication or division. - correct answer
✔arithmetic
In a(n) ____________________ instruction, the processor always departs from the normal execution
sequence. - correct answer ✔unconditional BRANCH
already passed 2025/2026
_________________ are storage locations that hold inputs and outputs for the ALU. - correct answer
✔Registers
The ____________________ of the CPU keeps track of the next program instruction location by
incrementing a pointer after each fetch. - correct answer ✔control unit
A(n) ____________________ is a command to the CPU to perform a primitive processing function on
specific data inputs. - correct answer ✔instruction
The collection of instructions that a CPU can process is called the CPU's ____________________. -
correct answer ✔instruction set
A(n) ____________________ operation is a data transfer from a register into primary storage. - correct
answer ✔store
A(n) ____________________ instruction transforms the Boolean value true (1) into false (0) and the
value false into true. - correct answer ✔NOT
A(n) ____________________ instruction accepts two numeric inputs and produces their arithmetic sum.
- correct answer ✔ADD
A(n) ____________________ SHIFT instruction performs multiplication or division. - correct answer
✔arithmetic
In a(n) ____________________ instruction, the processor always departs from the normal execution
sequence. - correct answer ✔unconditional BRANCH
