You Are Designing a Prototype of a Computer System That

question 30

Multiple Choice

You are designing a prototype of a computer system that includes a CPU, RAM, and non-volatile memory. You have stored CPU instructions in non-volatile memory. When you start the CPU, your logic analyzer is showing that the CPU is reading instructions, but not the instructions you have stored. What is a likely problem?

• A) the CPU is overheating
• B) the instructions are not stored at the reset vector
• C) the instructions are for the wrong type of CPU
• D) your power supply has failed

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Definitions:

Horizontal Restraint

involves agreements among competitors operating at the same level of the market or supply chain to limit competition or manipulate market conditions.

Trade

The exchange of goods, services, or both between two or more parties, either within a country or internationally.

Price Fixing

An illegal practice where competing companies agree on selling prices of their products or services, rather than allowing market forces to set them.

Price Discrimination

A practice of charging different prices to different customers for the same product or service, where such differences are not justified by differences in cost.