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CISC AND RISC

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1Which of CISC OR RISC has more basic hardware?
1. ARISC
2. BCISC
3. CNeither have basic hardware
4. DBoth have basic hardware.
2RISC stands for Reduced Instruction Set Computer
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
3There is more focus on the hardware which means that it has more basic software which makes it easy to code and compile, although you will have more basic outcomes from the software.
Which does this describe?
1. ARISC
2. BCISC
4Fill in the blanks for CISC - [blank_start]Complex[blank_end] Instruction Set [blank_start]Computer[blank_end]
1. AComplex
2. BComputer
5CISC takes more cycles per instruction
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
6Which one would be more suitable for a smartphone?
1. ARISC
2. BCISC
7How many cycles does RISC take per instruction?
1. A1
2. B2
3. C3
8True or false? CISC can use less RAM as it does not need to store and intermediate result.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse