Question

List the three primary steps of the instruction execution cycle, in sequential order.

Answer 1

Answer:

d. fetch, decode, execute

Explanation:

Each instruction is a command that a user gives to the computer. To execute this instruction, the computer initially has to find the instruction in the memory, that is, fetching the instruction, and then understand what the instruction means, that is, decoding.

So the correct answer is:

d. fetch, decode, execute