Answer:
The content of PC in the basic computer is 3AF (all numbers are in hexadecimal). The content of AC is 7EC3. The content of memory at address 3AF is 932E. The content of memory at address 32E is 09AC. The content of memory at address 9AC is 8B9F.
a. What is the instruction that will be fetched and executed next?
b. Show the binary operation that will be performed in the AC when the instruction is executed.
c. Give the contents of registers PC, AR, DR, AC, and IR in hexadecimal and the values of E, I, and the sequence counter SC in binary at the end of the instruction cycle