Question

How many main types of registers are there?

• A. 6
• B. 5
• C. 4
• D. 3

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 5

• Registers - Area within the CPU to temporarily store instructions and data

• Local storage space in a computer for mathematical and logical operations

• There are mainly 5 types of registers

Important registers

• ACCUMULATOR

• MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER

• MEMORY BUFFER REGISTER

• INSTRUCTION REGISTER

• PROGRAM COUNTER