The Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) characteristics are :

(a) Single cycle instruction execution

(b) Variable length instruction formats

(c) Instructions that manipulates operands in memory

(d) Efficient instruction pipeline

Choose the correct characteristics from the options given below :

1. A(a) and (b)
2. B(b) and (c)
3. C(a) and (d)
4. D(c) and (d)

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Correct answer: C. (a) and (d)

Explanation

RISC aims for single-cycle execution and efficient pipelining. Variable-length formats and memory-operand instructions are CISC features.