Multiple choice

Cycle stealing is performed by DMA to__________________.

  1. hold CPU

  2. instruct CPU

  3. stop CPU

  4. perform without affecting CPU

  5. none of the above

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Cycle stealing is performed during the execution cycle of CPU. At this time, CPU does not access the memory. Hence, DMA takes over the memory access operation to move data within memory.