You are troubleshooting an embedded system and are debugging a process that is running on the system. You have a logic analyzer that can show you the contents of all the CPU registers and program memory. You need to determine the location of the next instruction the CPU will execute. Where should you look?
A) program counter
B) reset vector
C) L2 cache
D) data register

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The program counter (PC) holds the address of the next instruction to be executed by the CPU. It is updated after each instruction, pointing to the next instruction in the sequence.

You Are Troubleshooting an Embedded System and Are Debugging a Process