The control bus carries: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The control bus carries:
A. Data values
B. ALU operands
C. Memory addresses
D. Signals like read/write, interrupt
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Commands and status.

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Question #1
Which is not a CPU performance metric?
A. Benchmark scores
B. Power consumption
C. IPC, clock speed, cores
D. Temperature in Celsius

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
Temperature is a constraint, not direct performance measure.

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Question #2
Branch misprediction leads to:
A. Pipeline flush and performance loss
B. Better cache hit rate
C. Reduced power consumption
D. Increased clock speed

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Wrong prediction requires discarding speculative work.

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Question #3
In CPU, 'retirement' refers to:
A. Committing instruction results to architectural state
B. Decoding phase
C. Memory access
D. Fetching instructions

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
It completes the instruction lifecycle.

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