Multiple choice

Which of the following is a CPU register that holds the address of next execution instruction?

  1. Memory address register

  2. Memory buffer register

  3. Instruction register

  4. Internal register

  5. Program counter

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E Correct answer
Explanation

A program counter is a register in a computer processor that contains the address (location) of the instruction being executed at the current time.