10/28/2016

ComputerArchitectureandOrganization|ComputerScience

Computer Science
SolvedMCQsForAll

Computer Architecture and Organization

Set - 1

Question1:
Wheredoesacomputeraddandcomparedata?
a.Harddisk
b.Floppydisk
c.CPUchip
d.Memorychip
Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com

Question2:
Whichofthefollowingregistersisusedtokeeptrackofaddressofthememorylocationwherethenextinstruction
islocated?
a.MemoryAddressRegister
b.MemoryDataRegister
c.InstructionRegister
d.ProgramRegister

Question3:
Acompletemicrocomputersystemconsistsof
a.microprocessor
b.memory
c.peripheralequipment
d.allofabove

Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com

Question4:
CPUdoesnotperformtheoperation
a.datatransfer
b.logicoperation
c.arithmeticoperation
d.allofabove

Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com

Question5:
Pipeliningstrategyiscalledimplement
a.instructionexecution
b.instructionprefetch
c.instructiondecoding
d.instructionmanipulation

Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com
http://csmcqs.blogspot.in/2012/06/computerarchitectureandorganization.html

1/6

10/28/2016

ComputerArchitectureandOrganization|ComputerScience

Question6:
Astackis
a.an8bitregisterinthemicroprocessor
b.a16bitregisterinthemicroprocessor
c.asetofmemorylocationsinR/WMreservedforstoringinformationtemporarilyduringtheexecutionof
computer
d.a16bitmemoryaddressstoredintheprogramcounter

Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com

Question7:
Astackpointeris
a.a16bitregisterinthemicroprocessorthatindicatethebeginningofthestackmemory.
b.aregisterthatdecodesandexecutes16bitarithmeticexpression.
c.Thefirstmemorylocationwhereasubroutineaddressisstored.
d.aregisterinwhichflagbitsarestored

Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com

Question8:
Thebranchlogicthatprovidesdecisionmakingcapabilitiesinthecontrolunitisknownas
a.controlledtransfer
b.conditionaltransfer
c.unconditionaltransfer
d.noneofabove

Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com

Question9:
Interruptswhichareinitiatedbyaninstructionare
a.internal
b.external
c.hardware
d.software

Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com

Question10:
Atimesharingsystemimply
a.morethanoneprocessorinthesystem
b.morethanoneprograminmemory
c.morethanonememoryinthesystem
d.Noneofabove

Collectiononhttp://www.csmcqs.blogspot.com

Answers:
1.c
2.d
3.d

http://csmcqs.blogspot.in/2012/06/computerarchitectureandorganization.html

2/6

10/28/2016

ComputerArchitectureandOrganization|ComputerScience

4.d
5.b
6.c
7.a
8.c
9.d
10.b

SET-2
Question1:
Processorsofallcomputers,whethermicro,miniormainframemusthave
a.ALU
b.PrimaryStorage
c.Controlunit
d.Allofabove

Question2:
Whatisthecontrolunit'sfunctionintheCPU?
a.Totransferdatatoprimarystorage
b.tostoreprograminstruction
c.toperformlogicoperations
d.todecodeprograminstruction

Question3:
Whatismeantbyadedicatedcomputer?
a.whichisusedbyonepersononly
b.whichisassignedtooneandonlyonetask
c.whichdoesonekindofsoftware
d.whichismeantforapplicationsoftwareonly

Question4:
ThemostcommonaddressingtechiniquesemployedbyaCPUis
a.immediate
b.direct
c.indirect
d.register
e.alloftheabove

Question5:
Pipelineimplement
a.fetchinstruction
b.decodeinstruction
c.fetchoperand
d.calculateoperand
e.executeinstruction
f.allofabve

Question6:
WhichofthefollowingcodeisusedinpresentdaycomputingwasdevelopedbyIBMcorporation?
a.ASCII
b.HollerithCode

http://csmcqs.blogspot.in/2012/06/computerarchitectureandorganization.html

3/6

10/28/2016

ComputerArchitectureandOrganization|ComputerScience

c.Baudotcode
d.EBCDICcode

Question7:
Whenasubroutineiscalled,theaddressoftheinstructionfollowingtheCALLinstructionsstoredin/onthe
a.stackpointer
b.accumulator
c.programcounter
d.stack

Question8:
Amicroprogramwrittenasstringof0'sand1'sisa
a.symbolicmicroinstruction
b.binarymicroinstruction
c.symbolicmicroprogram
d.binarymicroprogram

Question9:
Interruptswhichareinitiatedbyaninstructionare
a.internal
b.external
c.hardware
d.software

Question10:
MemoryaccessinRISCarchitectureislimitedtoinstructions
a.CALLandRET
b.PUSHandPOP
c.STAandLDA
d.MOVandJMP

Answers:

1.d2.d3.b4.e5.f6.d7.d8.d9.b10.c

SET-3
ComputerArchitectureandOrganizationSet3

Question1:
Acollectionof8bitsiscalled
a.byte
b.word
c.record

Question2:

http://csmcqs.blogspot.in/2012/06/computerarchitectureandorganization.html

4/6

10/28/2016

ComputerArchitectureandOrganization|ComputerScience

TheascendingorderoradataHierarchyis
a.bitbytesfieldsrecordfiledatabase
b.bitbytesrecordfieldfiledatabase
c.bytesbitfieldrecordfiledatabase
d.bytesbitrecordfieldfiledatabase

Question3:
Howmanyaddresslinesareneededtoaddresseachmemorylocationsina2048x4memorychip?
a.10
b.11
c.8
d.12

Question4:
Acomputerprogramthatconvertsanentireprogramintomachinelanguageatonetimeiscalleda/an
a.interpreter
b.simulator
c.compiler
d.commander

Question5:
Inimmediateaddressingtheoperandisplaced
a.intheCPUregister
b.afterOPcodeintheinstruction
c.inmemory
d.instack

Question6:
Microprocessor8085canaddresslocationupto
a.32K
b.128K
c.64K
d.1M

Question7:
TheALUandcontrolunitofmostofthemicrocomputersarecombinedandmanufactureonasinglesiliconchip.
Whatisitcalled?
a.monochip
b.microprocessor
c.ALU
d.controlunit

http://csmcqs.blogspot.in/2012/06/computerarchitectureandorganization.html

5/6

10/28/2016

ComputerArchitectureandOrganization|ComputerScience

Question8:
WhentheRETinstructionattheendofsubroutineisexecuted,
a.theinformationwherethestackisiniatializedistransferredtothestackpointer
b.thememoryaddressoftheRETinstructionistransferredtotheprogramcounter
c.twodatabytesstoredinthetoptwolocationsofthestackaretransferredtotheprogramcounter
d.twodatabytesstoredinthetoptwolocationsofthestackaretransferredtothestackpointer

Question9:
Amicroporgramissequencerperformtheoperation
a.read
b.write
c.execute
d.readandwrite
e.readandexecute

Question10:
InterruptswhichareinitiatedbyanI/Odriveare
a.internal
b.external
c.software
d.allofabove

Answers:

1.a2.a3.b4.c5.b6.c7.b8.c9.e10.b

http://csmcqs.blogspot.in/2012/06/computerarchitectureandorganization.html

6/6