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QUESTION ON FIRST SLIDE

ANSWER ON THE NEXT SLIDE

1. Where does a computer add and

compare data?
a. Hard disk
b. Floppy disk
c. CPU chip
d. Memory chip

C.

2. Which of the following registers is used

to keep track of address of the memory
location where the next instruction is
located?
a. Memory Address Register
b. Memory Data Register
c. Instruction Register
d. Program Register

3. A complete microcomputer system

consists of
a. microprocessor
b. memory
c. peripheral equipment
d. all of above

4. CPU does not perform the operation

a. data transfer
b. logic operation
c. arithmetic operation
d. all of above

5. Pipelining strategy is called to

implement
a. instruction execution
b. instruction prefetch
c. instruction decoding
d. instruction manipulation

6. A stack is
a. an 8-bit register in the microprocessor
b. a 16-bit register in the microprocessor
c. a set of memory locations in R/WM
reserved for storing information
temporarily during the execution of
computer
d. a 16-bit memory address stored in the
program counter

7. A stack pointer is
a. a 16-bit register in the microprocessor
that indicate the beginning of the stack
memory.
b. a register that decodes and executes
16-bit arithmetic expression.
c. The first memory location where a
subroutine address is stored.
d. a register in which flag bits are stored

8. The branch logic that provides decision

making capabilities in the control unit is
known as
a. controlled transfer
b. conditional transfer
c. unconditional transfer
d. none of above

9. Interrupts which are initiated by an

instruction are
a. internal
b. external
c. hardware
d. software

10. A time sharing system implies

a. more than one processor in the system
b. more than one program in memory
c. more than one memory in the system
d. None of above

11. Processors of all computers, whether

micro, mini or mainframe must have
a. ALU
b. Primary Storage
c. Control unit
d. All of above

12. What is the control unit's function in

the CPU?
a. To transfer data to primary storage
b. to store program instruction
c. to perform logic operations
d. to decode program instruction

13. What is meant by a dedicated

computer?
a. which is used by one person only
b. which is assigned to one and only one
task
c. which does one kind of software
d. which is meant for application software
only

14. The most common addressing

techiniques employed by a CPU is
a. immediate
b. direct
c. indirect
d. register
e. all of the above

15. Pipeline implements

a. fetch instruction
b. decode instruction
c. fetch operand
d. calculate operand
e. execute instruction
f. all of above

16. Which of the following code is used in

present day computing was developed
by IBM corporation?
a. ASCII
b. Hollerith Code
c. Baudot code
d. EBCDIC code

17. When a subroutine is called, the

address of the instruction following the
CALL instructions stored in/on the
a. stack pointer
b. accumulator
c. program counter
d. stack

18. A microprogram written as string of 0's

and 1's is a
a. symbolic microinstruction
b. binary microinstruction
c. symbolic microprogram
d. binary microprogram

19. Interrupts which are initiated by an

instruction are
a. internal
b. external
c. hardware
d. software

20. Memory access in RISC architecture is

limited to instructions
a. CALL and RET
b. PUSH and POP
c. STA and LDA
d. MOV and JMP

21. A collection of 8 bits is called

a. byte
b. word
c. record

22. The ascending order or a data

Hierarchy is
a. bit - bytes - fields - record - file database
b. bit - bytes - record - field - file database
c. bytes - bit- field - record - file - database
d. bytes -bit - record - field - file - database

23. How many address lines are needed to

address each memory locations in a
2048 x 4 memory chip?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 8
d. 12

24. A computer program that converts an

entire program into machine language at
one time is called a/an
a. interpreter
b. simulator
c. compiler
d. commander

25. In immediate addressing the operand

is placed
a. in the CPU register
b. after OP code in the instruction
c. in memory
d. in stack

26. Microprocessor 8085 can address

location upto
a. 32K
b. 128K
c. 64K
d. 1M

27. The ALU and control unit of most of the

microcomputers are combined and
manufactured on a single silicon chip.
What is it called?
a. monochip
b. microprocessor
c. ALU
d. control unit

28. When the RET instruction at the end of

subroutine is executed,
a. the information where the stack is iniatialized is
transferred to the stack pointer
b. the memory address of the RET instruction is
transferred to the program counter
c. two data bytes stored in the top two locations of
the stack are transferred to the program counter
d. two data bytes stored in the top two locations
of the stack are transferred to the stack pointer

29. A microporgram in sequence performs

the operation
a. read
b. write
c. execute
d. read and write
e. read and execute

30. Interrupts which are initiated by an I/O

drive are
a. internal
b. external
c. software
d. all of above

31. From where interrupts are generated?

a)Central processing unit
b) Memory chips
c) Registers
d) I/O devices

32. The output of a gate is low when at

least one of its input is low . It is true for
a)AND gate
b) OR gate
c) NAND gate
d) NOR gate

33. Which one of the following is most

suitable to make a parity checker
a) AND gate
b) OR gate
c) Exclusive- OR gate
d) None of the above

34. What is the minimum number of flipflops required in a counter to count 100
pulses?
a)Five
b) seven
c) Ten
d) hundred

35. For a RS flip-flop constructed with

NAND gates and input R=1 and S=1 the
state is
a) Memory state
b) Set state
c) Reset state
d) Unused state

36. The advantage of RISC processor over

CISC processor is that
a) The hardware architecture is simpler
b) An instruction can be executed in one
cycle
c) Less number of registers accommodate
in chip
d) Parallel execution capabilities

37. Which of the following is true about

interrupts?
a) They are generated when memory cycles
are stolen
b) They are used in place of data channels
c) They can be generated by arithmetic
operation
d) They can indicate completion of an I/O
operation

38. The devices connected to a

microprocessor can use the data bus:
a) all the time
b) at regular interval of time
c) only when its sending or receiving data
d) when the microprocessor is reset

39. Intel 8080 microprocessor has an

instruction set of 91 instruction . The
opcode to implement this instruction set
should be at least
a)3 bit long
b) 5 bit long
c) 7 bit long
d) 9 bit long

40. Dynamic RAMs are best suited to

(a) slow system
(b) large system
(c) one bit system
(d) none of the above

41. Intel Pentium CPU is a

a. RISC based
b. CISC based
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above

42. A modem is used to link up two

computers via
a. telephone line
b. dedicated line
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above

43. The maximum integers which can be

stored on a 8 bit accumulator is
a. 112
b. 200
c. 255
d. 224

44. In a system with a 16 bit address bus,

what is the maximum number of 1K byte
memory devices it could contain
a. 16
b. 64
c. 256
d. 65536

45. Which of the following memories in a

computer is volatile?
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. EPROM
d. ALL

46. A peripheral is
a. any drives installed in the computer
b. tapedrive connected to a computer
c. any physical device connected to the
computer
d. None of above

47. Which of the following bus is used to

transfer data from main memory to
peripheral device?
a. DMA bus
b. Output bus
c. Data bus
d. All of the above

48. To provide increased memory capacity

for operating system, the
a. virtual memory is created
b. cache memory is increased
c. memory for OS is reserved
d. Additional memory is installed

49. Which of the following require large

computer memory?
a. Imaging
b. Graphics
c. Voice
d. All of the above

50. Which major development led to the

production of microcomputers?
a. Magnetic disks
b. floppy disks
c. Logic gates
d. Integrated Circuits

51. In immediate addressing the operand

is placed
a. in the CPU register
b. after opcode in the instruction
c. in the memory
d. in the stack

52. Micro instructions are stored in

a. computer memory
b. primary storage
c. secondary storage
d. control memory
e. cache memory

53. Pipeline processing implements

a. fetch instruction
b. decode instruction
c. fetch operand
d. calculate operand
e. execute instruction
f. all of the above

54. The 16- bit registers in 8085 is

a. general purpose register
b. accumulator
c. stack pointer and program counter
d. all of the above

55. Instruction pipelining has minimum

stages
a. 4
b. 2
c. 3
d. 6

56. Systems that do not have parallel

processing capabilities are
a. SISD
b. SIMD
c. MIMD
d. All of the above

57. The word size of the microprocessor refers

to
a. the amount of a information that can be
stored in a byte
b. the amount of a information that can be
stored in a cycle
c. The number of machine operations
performed in a second
d. the maximum length of an English word that
can be input to a computer

58. The voltage levels for a negative logic

system
(a) must necessarily be negative
(b) could be negative or positive
(c) must necessarily be positive
(d) must necessarily be either zero or -5 V

59. The output Qn of a J-K flip-flop is zero.

It changes to 1 when a clock pulse is
applied, the inputs Jn and Kn are
respectively
(a) 1 and X
(b) 0 and X
(c) X and 0
(d) X and 1

60. The larger the RAM of a computer, the

faster is its speed, since it eliminates
(a) need for ROM
(b) need for external memory
(c) frequency disk I/O s
(d) need for a data-wide path

61. The number of bits needed to address

4K memory is
(a)6
(b) 8
(c)12
(d) 16

62. The ESC instruction of 8086 may have two

formats. In one of the formats, no memory
operand is used. Under this format, the
number of external op-codes (for the coprocessor) which can be specified is?
(a) 64
(b) 128
(c) 256
(d) 512

63. The TRAP is one of the interrupts

available its INTEL 8085. Which one of
the following statements is true of TRAP?
(a) It is level triggered
(b) It is negative edge triggered
(c) It is positive edge triggered
(d) It is both positive edge triggered and
level triggered

64. In a 16-bit microprocessor, words are

stored in two consecutive memory
locations. The entire word can be read in
one operation provided the first
(a) word is even
(b) word is odd
(c) memory location is odd
(d) memory address is even

65. A 3 x 8 decoder with two enable inputs is

to be used to address 8 blocks of memory.
What will be the size of each memory block
when addressed from a sixteen bit bus with
two MSBs used to enable the decoder
(a) 2K
(b) 4K
(c)16K
(d) 64K

66. A decade counter requires

(a) 10 flip-flops
(b) 4 flip-flops
(c) 3 flip-flops
(d) 2 flip-flops.

67. The decimal value for the BCD coded

number 00010010 is
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c)12
(d)18.

68. An adder takes. Input/s and

produces. Output/s
(a) one, two
(b) two, two
(c) three, two
(d) two, three.

69. Which of the following combinations of

gates does not allow the implementation
of an arbitrary Boolean function?
(a) OR gates and inverters only
(b) NAND gates only
(c) OR gates and exclusive OR gates only
(d) OR gates and NAND gates.

70. Which logic circuit is the fastest?

(a) TTL
(b) DTL
(c) RTL
(d) All have same speed.

71. A half adder has

(a) 2 inputs and 2 outputs
(b) 2 inputs and 3 outputs
(c) 3 inputs and 3 outputs
(d) None of the above.

72. The main advantage of flip-flops over

transistor circuit is
(a) immunity from noise
(b) low heating
(c) low propagation delay time
(d) high propagation.

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