COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What Are the Four Steps in the Machine

question 89

Multiple Choice

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What are the four steps in the machine cycle?

• A) arithmetic calculations, comparison, storing, pipelining
• B) decoding, fetching, executing, controlling
• C) storing, executing, registering, cycling
• D) executing, fetching, storing, decoding

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