Sunday 18 March 2012

Microprocessor And Assembly Language MCQ 02


1)      Who is the brain of computer:

a.                   ALU
b.                  CPU
c.                   MU
d.                  None of these  

2)      Which technology using the microprocessor is fabricated on a single chip:

a.                   POS
b.                  MOS
c.                   ALU
d.                  ABM

3)      MOS stands for:
a.                  Metal oxide semiconductor
b.                  Memory oxide semiconductor
c.                   Metal oxide select
d.                  None of these
4)      In which form CPU provide output:

a.                    Computer signals
b.                  Digital signals
c.                   Metal signals
d.                  None of these

5)      How many types of microprocessor comprises:

a.                  3
b.                  6
c.                   9
d.                  4

6)      Which is the microprocessor comprises:

a.                   Register section
b.                  One or more ALU
c.                   Control unit
d.                  All of these

7)      The register section is related to______ of the computer:

a.                   Processing
b.                  ALU
c.                   Main memory
d.                  None of these

8)       What is the store by register:

a.                  data
b.                  operands
c.                   memory
d.                  None of these

9)       How many types of classification of processor based on register section:

a.                   1
b.                  2
c.                   3
d.                  4

10)  In Microprocessor one of the operands holds a special register called:

a.                   Calculator
b.                  Dedicated
c.                   Accumulator
d.                  None of these

11)  Accumulator based microprocessor example are:

a.                   Intel 8085
b.                  Motorola 6809
c.                   A and B
d.                  None of these

12)  A set of register which contain are:

a.                   data 
b.                  memory addresses
c.                   result
d.                  all of these

13)  How many types are primarily register:

a.                   1
b.                  2
c.                   3
d.                  4

14)  There are primarily two types of register:

a.                   general purpose register
b.                  dedicated register
c.                    A and B
d.                  none of these

15)  Which register is a temporary storage location:

a.                   general purpose register
b.                  dedicated register
c.                   A and B
d.                  none of these

16)  How many parts of dedicated register:

a.                   2
b.                  4
c.                   5
d.                  6

17)  Name of typical dedicated register is:

a.                   PC
b.                  IR
c.                   SP
d.                  All of these

18)  PC stands for:

a.                  Program counter
b.                  Points counter
c.                   Paragraph counter
d.                  Paint counter

19)  IR stands for:

a.                   Intel register
b.                  In counter register
c.                   Index register
d.                  Instruction register

20)  SP stands for:

a.                   Status pointer
b.                  Stack pointer
c.                   a and b
d.                  None of these

21)  The act of acquiring an instruction is referred as the____ the instruction:

a.                  Fetching
b.                  Fetch cycle
c.                   Both a and b
d.                  None of these

22)  How many bit of instruction on our simple computer consist of one____:

a.                   2-bit
b.                  6-bit
c.                   12-bit
d.                  None of these

23)  How many parts of single address computer instruction :

a.                   1
b.                  2
c.                   3
d.                  4

24)  Single address computer instruction has two parts:

a.                   The operation code
b.                  The operand
c.                   A and B
d.                  None of these

25)  LA stands for:

a.      Load accumulator
b.                  Least accumulator
c.                   Last accumulator
d.                  None of these

26)  ED stands for:

a.                   Enable MRD
b.                  Enable MDR
c.                   Both a and b
d.                  None of these

27)  LM stands for:

a.                   Least MAR
b.                  Load MAR
c.                   Least MRA
d.                  Load MRA

28)  Causing a flag to became 0 is called:

a.                  Clearing a flag
b.                  Case a flag
c.                   Both a and b
d.                  None of these

29)  Which are the flags of status register:

a.                   Over flow flag
b.                  Carry flag
c.                   Half carry flag
d.                  Zero flag
e.                   Interrupt flag
f.                    Negative flag
g.                  All of these

30)  The carry is operand by:
a.                  C
31)  The sign is operand by:
a.                  S
32)  The zero is operand by:
a.                  Z
33)  The overflow is operand by:
a.                  O
34)  _____ is the condition:

a.                  CD
b.                  IR
c.                   Both a and b
d.                  None of these

35)  ____ causes the address of the next microprocessor to be obtained from the memory:

a.                   CRJA
b.                  ROM
c.                   MAP
d.                  HLT

36)  _________ Stores the instruction currently being executed:

a.                  Instruction register
b.                  Current register
c.                   Both a and b
d.                  None of these

37)  In which register instruction is decoded prepared and ultimately executed:

a.                   Instruction register
b.                  Current register
c.                   Both a and b
d.                  None of these

38)  The status register is also called the____:

a.                   Condition code register
b.                  Flag register
c.                   A and B
d.                  None of these

39)  BCD stands for:

a.                  Binary coded decimal
b.                  Binary coded decoded
c.                   Both a & b
d.                  none of these

40)  Which is used to store critical pieces of data during subroutines and interrupts:

a.                  Stack
b.                  Queue
c.                   Accumulator
d.                  Data register

41)  The area of memory with addresses near zero are called:

a.                   High memory
b.                  Mid memory
c.                   Memory
d.                  Low memory

42)  The point where control returns after a subprogram is completed is known as the :
a.                  Return address
b.                  Main Address
c.                   Program Address
d.                  Current Address
43)  The subprogram finish the return instruction recovers the return address from the:
a.                   Queue
b.                  Stack
c.                   Program counter
d.                  Pointer
44)  The processor uses the stack to keep track of where the items are stored on it this by using the:
a.                  Stack pointer register
b.                  Queue pointer register
c.                   Both a & b
d.                  None of these
45)  Which point to the ___ of the stack:
a.                  TOP
b.                  START
c.                   MID
d.                  None of these
46)  Stack words on:
a.                   LILO
b.                  LIFO
c.                   FIFO
d.                  None of these
47)  Which is the basic stack operation:
a.                   PUSH
b.                  POP
c.                   BOTH A and B
d.                  None of these
48)  SP stand for:
a.                  Stack pointer
b.                  Stack pop
c.                   Stack push
d.                  None of these
49)  How many bit stored by status register:
a.                  1 bit
b.                  4 bit
c.                   6 bit
d.                  8 bit
50)  Which is the important part of a combinational logic block:
a.                   Index register
b.                  Barrel shifter
c.                   Both a & b
d.                  None of these


51)  The structure of the stack is _______ type structure:
a.                  First in last out
b.                  Last in last out
c.                   Both a & b
d.                  None of these
52)  The data in the stack is called:
a.                   Pushing data
b.                  Pushed
c.                   Pulling
d.                  None of these
53)  The CU is designed by using which techniques:
a.                   HARDWIRED CONTROLS
b.                  MICROPROGRAMING
c.                   NANOPROGRAMING
d.                  ALL OF THESE
54)  The 16 bit register is separated into groups of 4 bit where each groups is called:
a.                   BCD
b.                  Nibble
c.                   Half byte
d.                  None of these
55)  A nibble can be represented in the from of:
a.                   Octal digit
b.                  Decimal
c.                   Hexadecimal
d.                  None of these
56)  The left side of any binary number is called:
a.                   Least significant digit
b.                  Most significant digit
c.                   Medium significant digit
d.                  low significant digit
57)  MSD stands for:
a.                   Least significant digit
b.                  Most significant digit
c.                   Medium significant digit
d.                  low significant digit
58)  _____ a subsystem that transfer data between computer components inside a computer or between computer:
a.                   Chip
b.                  Register
c.                    Processor
d.                  Bus
59)  Which is called superhighway:
a.                   Processor
b.                  Multiplexer
c.                   Backbone bus
d.                  None of these
60)  The external system bus architecture is created using from ______ architecture:
a.                   Pascal
b.                  Dennis Ritchie
c.                   Charles Babbage
d.                  Von Neumann
61)  The network of wires or electronic path ways on mother board back side:
a.                   PCB
b.                  BUS
c.                   BOTH A and B
d.                  None of these
62)  Which Bus connects CPU & level 2 cache:
a.                   Rear side bus
b.                  Front side bus
c.                   Memory side bus
d.                  None of these
63)  Which bus carry addresses:
a.                   System bus
b.                  Address bus
c.                   Control bus
d.                  Data bus
64)  A 16 bit address bus can generate___ addresses:
a.                   32767
b.                  25652
c.                   65536
d.                  none of these
65)  The processor 80386/80486 and the Pentium processor uses _____ bits address bus:
a.                   16
b.                  32
c.                   36
d.                  64
66)  CPU can read & write data by using :
a.                   Control bus
b.                  Data bus
c.                   Address bus
d.                  None of these
67)  Which bus transfer singles from the CPU to external device and others that carry singles from external device to the CPU:
a.                  Control bus
b.                  Data bus
c.                   Address bus
d.                  None of these
68)  Which is not the control bus signal:
a.                   READ
b.                  WRITE
c.                   RESET
d.                  None of these
69)  When memory read or I/O read are active data is to the processor :
a.                  Input
b.                  Output
c.                   Processor
d.                  None of these
70)  When memory write or I/O read are active data is from the processor:
a.                   Input
b.                  Output
c.                   Processor
d.                  None of these
71)  Using 12 binary digits how many unique house addresses would be possible:
a.                   28=256
b.                  212=4096
c.                   216=65536
d.                  None of these
72)  PROM stands for:
a.                  Programmable read-only memory
73)  EPROM stands for:
a.                  Erasable Programmable read-only memory
74)  Each memory location has:
a.                   Address
b.                  Contents
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
75)  Which is the type of microcomputer memory:
a.                   Processor memory
b.                  Primary memory
c.                   Secondary memory
d.                  All of these
76)  Secondary memory can store____:
a.                   Program store code
b.                  Compiler
c.                   Operating system
d.                  All of these
77)  Secondary memory is also called____:
a.                   Auxiliary
b.                  Backup store
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
78)  Customized ROMS are called:
a.                  Mask ROM
b.                  Flash ROM
c.                   EPROM
d.                  None of these
79)  The ram which is created using bipolar transistors is called:
a.                   Dynamic RAM
b.                  Static RAM
c.                   Permanent RAM
d.                  DDR RAM
80)  Which type of RAM needs regular referred:
a.                  Dynamic RAM
b.                  Static RAM
c.                   Permanent RAM
d.                  SD RAM
81)  Which RAM is created using MOS transistors:
a.                  Dynamic RAM
b.                  Static RAM
c.                   Permanent RAM
d.                  SD RAM
82)  Which latch is mostly used creating memory register:
a.                   SR-Latch
b.                  JK-Latch
c.                   D-Latch
d.                  T-Latch
83)  Which statement is false about WR signal:
a.                   WR signal controls the input buffer
b.                  The bar over WR means that  this is an active low signal
c.                   The bar over WR means that  this is an active high signal
d.                  If WR is 0 then the input data reaches the latch input
84)  Which technique is used for main memory array design:
a.                   Linear decoding
b.                  Fully decoding
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
85)  CS stands for:
a.                   Cable select
b.                  Chip select
c.                   Control select
d.                  Cable system
86)  WE stands for:
a.                  Write enable
b.                  Wrote enable
c.                   Write envy
d.                  None of these
87)  When CS _____ the chip is not selected at all hence D7 to D0 are driven to high impedance state:
a.                  High
b.                  Low
c.                   Medium
d.                  Stand by
88)  The capacity of this chip is 1KB they are organized in the form of 1024 words with 8 bit word The what  is the site of address bus:
a.                   8 bit
b.                  10 bit
c.                   12 bit
d.                  16 bit
89)  Which storage technique dose not decoding circuit:
a.                  Linear decoding
b.                  Fully decoding
c.                   Partially
d.                  None of these
90)   In linear decoding address bus of 16-bit wide can connect only ____ of RAM.
a.                   16 KB
b.                  6KB
c.                   12KB
d.                  64KB
91)  Which statement is wrong according to linear decoding :
a.                   Address map is not contiguous.
b.                  Confects occur if two of the select lines become active at the same time
c.                   If all unused address lines are not used as chip selectors then these unused lines become don’t cares
d.                  None of these
92)  The problem of bus confect and sparse address distribution are eliminated by the use of ______ address technique:
a.                  Fully decoding
b.                  Half decoding
c.                   Both a & b
d.                  None of these
93)  A microprocessor retries instructions from :
a.                   Control memory
b.                  Cache memory
c.                   Main memory
d.                  Virtual memory
94)  Which  register is used to communicate with memory:
a.                   MAR
b.                  MDR
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
95)  SAM stands for:
a.                  Simple architecture machine
b.                  Solved  architecture machine
c.                   Both a & b
d.                  None of these
96)  MAR stands for:
a.                  Memory address register
b.                  Memory address recode
c.                   Micro address register
d.                  None of these
97)  MDR stands for:
a.                  Memory data register
b.                  Memory data recode
c.                   Micro data register
d.                  None of these
98)  VAM stands for:
a.                  Valid memory address
b.                  Virtual memory address
c.                   Variable memory address
d.                  None of these
99)   Which microprocessor to read an item from memory:
a.                   VAM
b.                  SAM
c.                   MOC
d.                  None of these
100)          Which bus plays a crucial role in I/O:
a.                   System bus
b.                  Control bus
c.                   Address bus
d.                  Both A and B
101)          Which register is connected to the memory by way of the address bus:
a.                  MAR
b.                  MDR
c.                   SAM
d.                  None of these
102)          How many bit of MAR register:
a.                   8-bit
b.                  16-bit
c.                   32-bit
d.                  64-bit
103)          MOC stands for:
a.                   Memory operation complex
b.                  Micro operation complex
c.                   Memory operation complete
d.                  None of these
104)          Which are the READ operation can in simple steps:
a.                   Address
b.                  Data
c.                   Control
d.                  All of these
105)          The upper red arrow show that CPU sends out the control signals____ and _____ indicate the data is read from the memory:
a.                   Memory request
b.                  Read
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
106)          The  information is transferred from the_____ and ____ specified register:
a.                   MDR
b.                  CPU
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
107)          The information on the data bus is transferred to the ______register:
a.                   MOC
b.                  MDR
c.                   VAM
d.                  CPU
108)          The lower red curvy arrow show that CPU places the address extracted from the memory location on the_____:
a.                  Address bus
b.                  System bus
c.                   Control bus
d.                  Data bus
109)          DMA stands for:
a.                  Direct memory access
b.                  Direct memory allocation
c.                   Data memory access
d.                  Data memory allocation
110)          DMA stands for:
a.                   Dynamic memory access
b.                  Data memory access
c.                   Direct memory access
d.                  Both B and C
111)          CRT stands for:
a.                  Cathode ray tube
b.                  Compared ray tube
c.                   Command ray tube
d.                  None of these
112)          The CPU sends out a ____ signal to indicate that valid data is available on the data bus:
a.                   Read
b.                  Write
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
113)          The ____ place the data from a register onto the data bus:
a.                  CPU
b.                  ALU
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
114)           The CPU removes the ___ signal to complete  the memory write operation:
a.                  Read
b.                  Write
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
115)          The value memvar must  be  transferred  to the ___:
a.                   Computer
b.                  CPU
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
116)          The microcomputer system by using the ____device interface:
a.                   Input
b.                  Output
c.                   Both A and B
d.                  None of these
117)          How bit microprocessor inexpensive a separate interface is provided with I/O device:
a.                   2 bit
b.                  4 bit
c.                   8 bit
d.                  32 bit
118)          How many ways of transferring data between the microprocessor and a physical I/O device:
a.                   2
b.                  3
c.                   4
d.                  5
119)          The standard I/O is also called:
a.                  Isolated I/O
b.                   Parallel I/O
c.                   both a and b
d.                  none of these
120)          standard I/O uses which control pin on the micro processor:
a.                  IO/M_
121)          A___ on this pin indicates a memory operation:
a.                  Low
b.                  High
c.                   Medium
d.                  None of these
122)          The external device is connected to a pin called the ______ pin on the processor chip.
a.                  Interrupt
b.                  Transfer
c.                   Both
d.                  None of these
123)          The DMA controllers are special hardware embedded into the chip in modern integrate processor that ____and_____ to the system;
a.                    Data transfer
b.                  arbitrate access
c.                   Both A and B
d.                   None of these
124)          The CPU completes yields control of the bus to the DMA controller via:
a.                  DMA acknowledge signal
b.                  DMA integrated signal
c.                   DMA implicitly signal
d.                  None of these
125)          The mode of DMA are:
a.                   Single transfer
b.                  Block transfer
c.                   Burst –block transfer
d.                  Repeated single transfer
e.                   Repeated–block transfer
f.                    Repeated Burst –block transfer
g.                  All of these

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