Sunday 18 March 2012

Computer System Architecture MCQ 02


1.      _____ is a command given to a computer to perform a specified operation on some given data:


a.      An instruction
b.      Command
c.       Code
d.      None of these


2.      An instruction is guided by_____ to perform work according:


a.       PC
b.      ALU
c.       Both a and b
d.      CPU


3.      Two important fields of an instruction are:


a.       Opcode
b.      Operand
c.       Only a
d.      Both a & b


4.      Each operation has its _____ opcode:


a.      Unique
b.      Two
c.       Three
d.      Four


5.      which are of these examples of Intel 8086 opcodes:


a.       MOV
b.      ADD
c.       SUB
d.      All of these


6.      _______specify where to get the source and destination operands for the operation specified by the _______:
a.      Operand fields and opcode
b.      Opcode and operand
c.       Source and destination
d.      Cpu and memory
7.      The source/destination of operands can be the_______ or one of the general-purpose register:


a.      Memory
b.      One
c.       both
d.      None of these


8.      The complete set of op-codes for a particular microprocessor defines the______ set for that processor:


a.       Code
b.      Function
c.       Module
d.      Instruction


9.      Which is the method by which instructions are selected for execution:


a.       Instruction selection
b.      Selection control
c.       Instruction sequencing
d.      All of these


10.  The simplest method of controlling sequence of instruction execution is to have each instruction explicitly specify:
a.      The address of next instruction  to be run
b.      Address of previous instruction
c.       Both a & b
d.      None of these
11.  As the instruction length increases ________ of instruction addresses in all the instruction is_______:
a.       Implicit inclusion
b.      Implicit and disadvantageous
c.       Explicit and disadvantageous
d.      Explicit and disadvantageous
12.   ______is the sequence of operations performed by CPU in processing an instruction:


a.       Execute cycle
b.      Fetch cycle
c.       Decode
d.      Instruction cycle


13.  The time required to complete one instruction is called:


a.       Fetch time
b.      Execution time
c.       Control time
d.      All of these


14.  _____is the step during which a new instruction is read from the memory:


a.       Decode
b.       Fetch
c.       Execute
d.      None of these


15.  ________is the step during which the operations specified by the instruction are executed:


a.      Execute
b.      Decode
c.       Both a& b
d.      None of these


16.  Decode is the step during which instruction is______:


a.       Initialized
b.      Incremented
c.       Decoded
d.      Both b & c


17.  The instruction fetch operation is initiated by loading the contents of  program counter into the______ and sends_____ request to memory:
a.       Memory register and read
b.      Memory register and write
c.       Data register and read
d.      Address register and read
18.  The contents of the program counter is the _______ of the instruction to be run:


a.       Data
b.      Address
c.       Counter
d.      None of these


19.  The instruction read from memory is then placed in the_______ and contents of  program counter is______ so that it contains the address of_______ instruction in the program:
a.       Program counter, incremented and next
b.      Instruction register, incremented and previous
c.       Instruction register, incremented and next
d.      Address register, decremented and next
20.  Execution of instruction specified by instruction to perform:


a.      Operation
b.      Operands
c.       Both a & b
d.      None of these


21.  _______ is a symbolic representation of discrete elements of information:


a.       Data
b.      Code
c.       Address
d.      Control


22.  Group of binary bits(0&1) is known as:


a.      Binary code
b.      Digit code
c.       Symbolic representation
d.      None of these


23.  A group of 4 binary bits is called:


a.      Nibble
b.      Byte
c.       Decimal
d.      Digit


24.  BCD uses binary number system to specify decimal numbers:


a.       1-10
b.      1-9
c.       0-9
d.      0-10


25.  The ______ are assigned according to the position occupied by digits:


a.       Volume
b.      Weight
c.       Mass
d.      All of these


26.  what is the BCD  for a decimal number 559:


a.      [0101 0101 1001]BCD
b.      [0101 0001 1010]
c.       [0101 1001 1001]
d.      [1001 1010 0101]


27.  ________are the codes that represent alphabetic characters, punctuation marks and other special characters:


a.      Alphanumeric codes
b.      ASCII codes
c.       EBCDIC codes
d.      All of these


28.  Abbreviation  ASCII stands for:
a.      American standard code for information interchange
b.      Abbreviation standard code for information interchange
c.       Both
d.      None of these
29.  How many bit of ASCII code:


a.       6
b.      7
c.       5
d.      8


30.  Which code used in transferring coded information from keyboards and to computer display and printers:


a.      ASCII
b.      EBCDIC
c.       Both
d.      None of these


31.   Which code used to represent numbers, letters, punctuation marks as well as control characters:


a.      ASCII
b.      EBCDIC
c.       Both
d.      None of these


32.  abbreviation EBCDIC stand for:
a.      Extended binary coded decimal interchange code
b.      External binary coded decimal interchange code
c.       Extra binary coded decimal interchange code
d.      None of these
33.    How many bit of EBCDIC code:


a.       7
b.      8
c.       5
d.      9


34.  Which code the decimal digits are represented by the 8421 BCD code preceded by 1111:


a.       ASCII
b.      EBCDIC
c.       Both
d.      None of these


35.   _________ has the property that corrupting or garbling a code word will likely produce a bit string that is not a code word:


a.       Error deleting codes
b.      Error detecting codes
c.       Error string codes
d.      None of these


36.  Which is method used most simple and commonly:


a.      Parity check method
b.      Error detecting method  
c.        Both
d.      None of these


37.  Which is the method of parity:


a.       Even parity method
b.      Odd parity method
c.       Both
d.      None of these


38.  The ability of a code to detect single errors can be stated in term of the _________:


a.      Concept of distance
b.      Even parity
c.       Odd parity
d.      None of these


39.  The first n bit of a code word called __________ may be any of the 2n n- bit string minimum error bit:


a.      Information bits
b.      String bits
c.       Error bits
d.      All of these


40.  A code in which the total number of 1s in a valid (n+1) bit code word is even, this is called an __________:


a.      Even parity code
b.      Odd parity code
c.       Both
d.      None of these


41.  A code in which the total number of 1s in a valid (n+1)bit code word is odd and this code is called an__________:


a.       Error detecting code
b.      Even parity code
c.       Odd parity code
d.      None of these


42.  a code is simply a subset of the vertices of the _____:


a.       n bit
b.      n cube
c.       n single
d.      n double


43.  Which method is used to detect double errors and pinpoint erroneous bits:
a.       Even parity method
b.      Odd parity method
c.       Check sum method
d.      All of these
44.  A code that is used to correct error is called an _________:
a.       Error detecting code
b.      Error correcting code
c.       Both
d.      None of these
45.  A received ___________with a bit error will be closer to the originally transmitted code word than to any other code word:


a.       Code word
b.      Non code word
c.       Decoding
d.      All of these


46.  Which code word was originally transmitted to produce a received word is called:


a.       Non code word
b.      Code word
c.       Decoding
d.      None of these


47.  The hardware that does this is an ________:
a.       Error detecting decoder
b.      Error correcting decoder
c.       Both
d.      None of these
48.  Hamming codes was developed in __________:


a.       1953
b.      1950
c.       1945
d.      1956


49.  ____________ between two code words is defined as the number of bits that must be changed for one code to another:


a.       Hamming codes
b.      Hamming distance
c.       Both
d.      None of these


50.  It is actually a method for constructing codes with a minimum distance of ____:


a.       2
b.      4
c.       3
d.      5


51.  The bit position in a ___________ can be numbered from 1 through 2i-1:


a.      Hamming code word
b.      Hamming distance word
c.       Both
d.      None of these


52.   Each check bit is grouped with the information bits as specified by a____________:


a.       Parity check code
b.      Parity check matrix
c.       Parity check bit
d.      All of these


53.   The pattern of groups that have odd parity called the _________must match one of the of columns in the parity check matrix:


a.      Syndrome
b.      Dynodes
c.       Both
d.      None of these


54.  Which are designed to interpret a specified number of instruction code:


a.       Programmer
b.      Processors
c.       Instruction
d.      Opcode


55.  Which code is a string of binary digits:


a.       Op code
b.      Instruction code
c.       Parity code
d.      Operand code


56.  The list of specific instruction supported by the CPU is termed as its ____________:


a.       Instruction code
b.      Parity set
c.       Instruction set
d.      None of these


57.  __________is divided into a number of fields and is represented as a sequence of bits:


a.      instruction
b.      instruction set
c.       instruction code
d.      parity code


58.  Which unit is necessary for the execution of instruction:


a.       Timing
b.      Control
c.       Both
d.      None of these


59.  Which unit provide status , timing and control signal:


a.      Timing and control unit
b.      Memory unit
c.       Chace unit
d.      None of these


60.  Which unit acts as the brain of the computer which control other peripherals and interfaces:


a.       Memory unit
b.      Cache unit
c.       Timing and control unit
d.      None of these


61.  It contains the ____________stack for PC storage during subroutine calls and input/output  interrupt services:


a.       Seven- level hardware
b.      Eight- level hardware
c.       One- level hardware
d.      Three- level hardware


62.  Which unit works as an interface between the processor and all the memories on chip or off- chip:


a.       Timing unit
b.      Control unit
c.       Memory control unit
d.      All of these


63.  The maximum clock frequency is_______:


a.       45 MHZ
b.      50 MHZ
c.       52 MHZ
d.      68 MHZ


64.  ________ is given an instruction in machine language this instruction is fetched from the memory by the CPU to execute:


a.       ALU
b.      CPU
c.       MU
d.      All of these


65.    Which cycle refers to the time period during which one instruction is fetched and executed by the CPU:


a.       Fetch cycle
b.      Instruction cycle
c.       Decode cycle
d.      Execute cycle


66.  How many stages of instruction cycle:


a.       5
b.      6
c.       4
d.      7


67.   Which are stages of instruction cycle:


a.       Fetch
b.      Decode
c.       Execute
d.      Derive effective address of the instruction
e.      All of these


68.   Which instruction are 32 bits long , with extra 16 bits:
a.      Memory reference instruction
b.      Memory reference format 
c.        Both
d.      None of these
69.  Which is addressed by sign extending the 16-bit displacement to 32-bit:


a.       Memory address
b.      Effective memory address
c.       Both a and b
d.      None of these


70.  Which are instruction in which two machine cycle are required:
a.       Instruction cycle
b.      Memory reference instruction
c.       Both
d.      None of these
71.  Which instruction are used in multithreaded parallel processor architecture:


a.      Memory reference instruction
b.      Memory reference format
c.       Both
d.      None of these


72.   Which instruction are arranged as per the protocols of memory reference format of the input file in a simple ASCII sequence of integers between the range 0 to 99 separated by spaces without formatted text and symbols:


a.      Memory reference instruction
b.      Memory reference format
c.       Both
d.      None of these


73.  ____________ is an external hardware event which causes the CPU to interrupt the current instruction sequence:


a.       Input interrupt
b.      Output interrupt
c.       Both
d.      None of these


74.  ISR stand for:
a.       Interrupt save routine
b.      Interrupt service routine
c.       Input stages routine
d.      All of these
75.  Which interrupt services save all the register and flags:


a.       Save interrupt
b.      Input/output interrupt
c.       Service interrupt
d.      All of these


76.  IRET stand for:


a.       Interrupt enter
b.      Interrupt return
c.       Interrupt delete
d.      None of these


77.  Which are benefit of input/output interrupt:
a.       It is an external analogy to exceptions
b.      The processor initiates and perform all I/O operation
c.       The data is transferred into the memory through interrupt handler
d.      All of these
78.  Which are the not causes of the interrupt:
a.       In any single device
b.      In processor poll devices
c.       It is an external analogy to exception
d.      None of these
79.    Which are the causes of the interrupt:
a.       In any single device
b.      In processor poll devices
c.       In a device whose ID number is stored on the address bus
d.      All of these
80.  Which are the functioning of I/O interrupt:
a.       The processor organizes all the I/O operation for smooth functioning
b.      After completing the I/O operation the device interrupt the processor
c.       Both
d.      None of these
81.  _________with which computers perform is way beyond human capabilities:


a.      Speed
b.      Accuracy
c.       Storage
d.      Versatility


82.   _________ of a computer is consistently:


a.       Speed
b.      Accuracy
c.       Storage
d.      Versatility


83.  GIGO stand for:


a.      Garbage-in-garbage-out
b.      Garbage-in garbage-occur
c.       Both
d.      None of these


84.  How many basic operations of versatility:


a.       5
b.      6
c.       4
d.      7


85.  Which are the operation of versatility:
a.       exchange of information with the outside world via I/O device
b.        Transfer of data internally with in the central processing unit
c.       Performs of the basic arithmetic operations
d.      All of these
86.   ____________ of information in a human brain and a computer happens differently:


a.       Intelligence
b.      Storage
c.       Versatility
d.      Diligence


87.  Which are the basic operation for converting:


a.       Inputting
b.      Storing
c.       Processing
d.      Outputting
e.       Controlling
f.        All of these


88.  The control unit and arithmetic logic unit are know as the ___________:


a.       Central program unit
b.      Central processing unit
c.       Central primary unit
d.      None of these


89.  Which unit is comparable to the central nervous system in the human body:


a.       Output unit
b.      Control unit
c.       Input unit
d.      All of these


90.  ___________ of the primary memory of the computer is limited:


a.      Storage capacity
b.      Magnetic disk
c.       Both
d.      None of these


91.    Information is handled in the computer by _________:


a.       Electrical digit
b.      Electrical component
c.       Electronic bit
d.      None of these


92.   0 and 1 are know as ___________:


a.       Byte
b.      Bit
c.       Digits
d.      Component


93.  0 and 1 abbreviation for:


a.      Binary digit
b.      Octal digit
c.       Both
d.      None of these


94.   How many bit of nibble group:


a.       5
b.      4
c.       7
d.      8


95.  How many bit of bytes:


a.       3
b.      4
c.       6
d.      8


96.  Which is the most important component of a digit computer that interprets the instruction and processes the data contained in computer programs:


a.       MU
b.      ALU
c.       CPU


d.      PC
97.  Which part work as a the brain of the computer and performs most of the calculation:


a.       MU
b.      PC
c.       ALU
d.      CPU


98.  Which is the main function of the computer:


a.       Execute of programs
b.      Execution of programs
c.       Both
d.      None of these   


99.  How many major component make up the CPU:


a.       4
b.      3
c.       6
d.      8


100.          Which register holds the current instruction to be executed:


a.      Instruction register
b.      Program register
c.       Control register
d.      None of these


101.          Which register holds the next instruction to be executed:


a.        Instruction register
b.      Program register
c.       Program control register
d.      None of these


102.          Each instruction is also accompanied by a___________:


a.       Microprocessor
b.      Microcode
c. Both
d.      None of these


103.          Which are microcomputers commonly used for commercial data processing, desktop publishing and engineering application:


a.       Digital computer
b.      Personal computer
c.       Both


d.      None of these
104.          Which microprocessor has the control unit, memory unit and arithmetic and logic unit:


a.      Pentium IV processor
b.      Pentium V processor
c.       Pentium III processor
d.      None of these


105.          The processing speed of a computer depends on the __________of the system:


a.      Clock speed
b.      Motorola
c.       Cyrix
d.      None of these



106.          Which microprocessor is available with a clock speed of 1.6 GHZ:


a.       Pentium III
b.      Pentium II
c.       Pentium IV
d.      All of these


107.          Which processor are used in the most personal computer:


a.      Intel corporation’s Pentium
b.      Motorola corporation’s
c.       Both
d.      None of these

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