Statement (I): The data path contains all the circuits to process data within the CPU with the help of which data is suitably transformed.
Statement (II): It is the responsibility of the control path to generate control and timing signals as required by the opcode.

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Statement (I): The data path contains all the circuits to process data within the CPU with the help of which data is suitably transformed.
Statement (II): It is the responsibility of the control path to generate control and timing signals as required by the opcode.

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Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I)
Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explanation of Statement (I)
Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false
Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true

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The control unit tells the data path what to do, based on the instruction that is currently being executed.

The control unit sets the data signals appropriately so that registers are read, ALU output is generated, the data memory is read or written and branch target addresses are computed.

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Statement (I): The data path contains all the circuits to process data within the CPU with the help of which data is suitably transformed.
Statement (II): It is the responsibility of the control path to generate control and timing signals as required by the opcode.

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Statement (I): The data path contains all the circuits to process data within the CPU with the help of which data is suitably transformed. Statement (II): It is the responsibility of the control path to generate control and timing signals as required by the opcode.

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Statement (I): The data path contains all the circuits to process data within the CPU with the help of which data is suitably transformed.
Statement (II): It is the responsibility of the control path to generate control and timing signals as required by the opcode.