Assignment:
Q1. What is the purpose of an interrupt?
Q2. What steps are carried out by the hardware when an interrupt occurs?
Q3. What steps are carried out by the interrupt handler when an interrupt occurs?
Q4. Why is it necessary to disable interrupts at certain points in time?
Q5. What might happen if there was no way to disable interrupts?
Q6. If interrupts are disabled, when can they be enabled?
Q7. What is the difference between a synchronous interrupt and an asynchronous interrupt?
Q8. Why do computer systems have different execution modes (user mode and supervisor or kernel mode)?
Q9. What is a privileged instruction and why are they necessary? When can a privileged instruction be executed? Give an example of such an instruction.
Q10. What is memory protection and why is it necessary?
Your answer must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format.