Suppose you design a computer called the Big Looper 2000 that will never be used to call procedures and that will automatically jump back to the beginning of memory when it reaches the end. Do you need a program counter? Justify your answer.

What will be an ideal response?


Even the Big Looper 2000 will need a PC in order to know from what address to fetch an instruction from on each cycle. The PC will also be used in the calculation of PC relative addressing such as those used with branch instructions.

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Case Based Critical ThinkingCase 1You want to create content for the iPad. Answer the following questions about how to get started. Before you can begin using the Digital Publishing Suite Desktop Tools used with InDesign CS 6, you must do which of the following?

A. Sign in to your Adobe account B. Download the app for the suite C. Open the DPS desktop tools toolbox D. Install the DPS Desktop Tools software

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In the following statement, which is the subclass?

public class ClassA extends ClassB implements ClassC a. ClassA c. ClassC b. ClassB d. cannot tell

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This text in Figure 5-28 has a title, “A Great Time for Team Building,” a subtitle, “Considering the advantages and challenges of group work,” and details regarding the date and presenter.

Figure 5-28

a. According to the content analysis mentioned in the exercise, how many groups are there?
b. In the current version of the text layout, is there any visual indication of these groups?
c. Without changing the alignment, font, or font size, is there any way to create these groups visually? If so, what is it?
d. Photocopy Figure-28 and use scissors and tape to rearrange the text to show the groupings.

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