1. The register that holds the actual data to be read from or written to a given memory address is called: a. memory address register b. index register c. memory buffer register d. none of these 2. There are ____________ General Purpose registers in MIPS a. 8 b. 16 c. 32 d. 64 3. If a system's entire set of microoperations consists of 92 statements, how many bits must be used for its microoperation code? a. 7 b. 8 c. 64 d. 92 4. How are conditional statements handled in MIPS Architecture? a. LW / SW b. IF / ELSE c. BEQ / BNE d. ADD / SUB 5. The _______ connects the CPU to memory. a. backplane bus b. I/O bus c. expansion bus d. system bus