Operating Systems Concepts - Engineering

Q1:

The Memory Address Register

A is a hardware memory device which denotes the location of the current instruction being executed.

B is a group of electrical circuits (hardware), that performs the intent of instructions fetched from memory.

C contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into.

D contains a copy of the designated memory location specified by the MAR after a "read" or the new contents of the memory prior to a "write".

E None of the above

ANS:C - contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into.

MAR: Memory address register will tell you about the current location of your physical memory read from and write to.