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(A)AB*CD*+(B)A*BCD*+(C)AB*CD+*(D)A*B*CD+
Ans:A
2.SIMDrepresentsanorganizationthat______________.
(A)referstoacomputersystemcapableofprocessingseveral
programsatthesame
time.
(B)representsorganizationofsinglecomputercontaininga
controlunit,processor
unitandamemoryunit.
(C)includesmanyprocessingunitsunderthesupervisionofa
commoncontrolunit
(D)noneoftheabove.
Ans:C
3.Floatingpointrepresentationisusedtostore
(A)Booleanvalues(B)wholenumbers(C)realintegers(D)
integers
Ans:C
4.Supposethatabushas16datalinesandrequires4cyclesof
250nsecseachto
transferdata.Thebandwidthofthisbuswouldbe2
Megabytes/sec.Ifthecycletime
ofthebuswasreducedto125nsecsandthenumberofcycles
requiredfortransfer
stayedthesamewhatwouldthebandwidthofthebus?
(A)1Megabyte/sec(B)4Megabytes/sec
(C)8Megabytes/sec(D)2Megabytes/sec
Ans:D
5.Assemblylanguage
(A)usesalphabeticcodesinplaceofbinarynumbersusedin
machinelanguage
(B)istheeasiestlanguagetowriteprograms
(C)neednotbetranslatedintomachinelanguage
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Ans:A
6.Incomputers,subtractionisgenerallycarriedoutby
(A)9scomplement(B)10scomplement
(C)1scomplement(D)2scomplement
Ans:D
7.Theamountoftimerequiredtoreadablockofdatafroma
diskintomemoryis
composedofseektime,rotationallatency,andtransfertime.
Rotationallatency
refersto
(A)thetimeitstakesfortheplattertomakeafullrotation
(B)thetimeittakesforthereadwriteheadtomoveinto
positionoverthe
appropriatetrack
(C)thetimeittakesfortheplattertorotatethecorrectsector
underthehead
(D)noneoftheabove
Ans:A
8.WhatcharacteristicofRAMmemorymakesitnotsuitable
forpermanentstorage?
(A)tooslow(B)unreliable(C)itisvolatile(D)toobulky
Ans:C
9.Computersuseaddressingmodetechniquesfor
_____________________.
(A)givingprogrammingversatilitytotheuserbyproviding
facilitiesaspointersto
memorycountersforloopcontrol
(B)toreduceno.ofbitsinthefieldofinstruction
(C)specifyingrulesformodifyingorinterpretingaddressfield
oftheinstruction
(D)Alltheabove
Ans:D
10.Thecircuitusedtostoreonebitofdataisknownas
(A)Register(B)Encoder(C)Decoder(D)FlipFlop
Ans:D
11.(2FAOC)16isequivalentto
(A)(195084)10(B)(00101111101000001100)2
(C)Both(A)and(B)(D)Noneofthese
Ans:B
12.Theaveragetimerequiredtoreachastoragelocationin
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contentsiscalledthe
(A)seektime(B)turnaroundtime(C)accesstime(D)transfer
time
Ans:C
13.Whichofthefollowingisnotaweightedcode?
(A)DecimalNumbersystem(B)Excess3cod
(C)BinarynumberSystem(D)Noneofthese
Ans:B
14.Theideaofcachememoryisbased
(A)onthepropertyoflocalityofreference(B)ontheheuristic
9010rule
(C)onthefactthatreferencesgenerallytendtocluster(D)all
oftheabove
Ans:A
15.Whichofthefollowingislowestinmemoryhierarchy?
(A)Cachememory
(B)Secondarymemory
(C)Registers
(D)RAM
(E)Noneofthese
Ans(B)Secondarymemory
16.Theaddressingmodeusedinaninstructionoftheform
ADDXY,is
(A)Absolute(B)indirect(C)index(D)noneofthese
Ans:C
17.Ifmemoryaccesstakes20nswithcacheand110nswith
outit,thentheratio(
cacheusesa10nsmemory)is
(A)93%(B)90%(C)88%(D)87%
Ans:B
18.InamemorymappedI/Osystem,whichofthefollowing
willnotbethere?
(A)LDA(B)IN(C)ADD(D)OUT
Ans:A
19.Inavectoredinterrupt.
(A)thebranchaddressisassignedtoafixedlocationin
memory.
(B)theinterruptingsourcesuppliesthebranchinformationto
theprocessorthrough
aninterruptvector.
(C)thebranchaddressisobtainedfromaregisterinthe

processor
(D)noneoftheabove
Ans:B
20.VonNeumannarchitectureis
(A)SISD(B)SIMD(C)MIMD(D)MISD
Ans:A
21.Thecircuitusedtostoreonebitofdataisknownas
(A)Encoder(B)ORgate(C)FlipFlop(D)Decoder
Ans:C
22.Cachememoryactsbetween
(A)CPUandRAM(B)RAMandROM(C)CPUandHardDisk
(D)Noneofthese
Ans:A
23.WriteThroughtechniqueisusedinwhichmemoryfor
updatingthedata
(A)Virtualmemory(B)Mainmemory
(C)Auxiliarymemory(D)Cachememory
Ans:D
24.GenerallyDynamicRAMisusedasmainmemoryina
computersystemasit
(A)Consumeslesspower(B)hashigherspeed
(C)haslowercelldensity(D)needsrefreshingcircuitary
Ans:B
25.Insignedmagnitudebinarydivision,ifthedividendis
(11100)2anddivisoris
(10011)2thentheresultis
(A)(00100)2(B)(10100)2(C)(11001)2(D)(01100)2
Ans:B
26.Virtualmemoryconsistsof
(A)StaticRAM(B)DynamicRAM
(C)Magneticmemory(D)Noneofthese
Ans:A
27.Inaprogramusingsubroutinecallinstruction,itis
necessary
(A)initialiseprogramcounter(B)Cleartheaccumulator
(C)Resetthemicroprocessor(D)Cleartheinstructionregister
Ans:D
28.AStackorganisedComputerusesinstructionof
(A)Indirectaddressing(B)Twoaddressing(C)Zero
addressing(D)Indexaddressing
Ans:C

29.Ifthemainmemoryisof8Kbytesandthecachememory
isof2Kwords.Ituses
associativemapping.Theneachwordofcachememoryshall
be
(A)11bits(B)21bits(C)16bits(D)20bits
Ans:C
30AFlipFlopcanbeconvertedintoTFlipFlopbyusing
additionallogiccircuit
(A)nTQD=(B)TD=(C)D=T.Qn(D)nTQD=?
Ans:D
31.LogicXORoperationof(4ACO)H&(B53F)Hresults
(A)AACB(B)0000(C)FFFF(D)ABCD
Ans:C
32.WhenCPUisexecutingaProgramthatispartofthe
OperatingSystem,itissaidto
bein(A)Interruptmode(B)Systemmode(C)Halfmode(D)
Simplexmode
Ans:B
33.Annbitmicroprocessorhas
(A)nbitprogramcounter(B)nbitaddressregister
(C)nbitALU(D)nbitinstructionregister
Ans:D
34.Cachememoryworksontheprincipleof
(A)Localityofdata(B)Localityofmemory
(C)Localityofreference(D)Localityofreference&memory
Ans:C
35.ThemainmemoryinaPersonalComputer(PC)ismadeof
(A)cachememory.(B)staticRAM
(C)DynamicRam(D)both(A)and(B).
Ans:D
36.Incomputers,subtractioniscarriedoutgenerallyby
(A)1scomplementmethod(B)2scomplementmethod
(C)signedmagnitudemethod(D)BCDsubtractionmethod
Ans:B
37.PSWissavedinstackwhenthereisa
(A)interruptrecognised(B)executionofRSTinstruction
(C)ExecutionofCALLinstruction(D)Allofthese
Ans:A
38.Themultiplicandregister&multiplierregisterofa
hardwarecircuitimplementing
boothsalgorithmhave(11101)&(1100).Theresultshallbe

(A)(812)10(B)(12)10(C)(12)10(D)(812)10
Ans:A
39.Thecircuitconvertingbinarydataintodecimalis
(A)Encoder(B)Multiplexer(C)Decoder(D)Codeconverter
Ans:D
40.AthreeinputNORgategiveslogichighoutputonlywhen
(A)oneinputishigh(B)oneinputislow
(C)twoinputarelow(D)allinputarehigh
Ans:D
41.nbitsinoperationcodeimplythatthereare
___________possibledistinct
operators(A)2n(B)2n(C)n/2(D)n2
Ans:B
42._________registerkeepstracksoftheinstructions
storedinprogramstoredin
memory.
(A)AR(AddressRegister)(B)XR(IndexRegister)
(C)PC(ProgramCounter)(D)AC(Accumulator)
Ans:C
43.Memoryunitaccessedbycontentiscalled
(A)Readonlymemory(B)ProgrammableMemory
(C)VirtualMemory(D)AssociativeMemory
Ans:D
44.Agingregistersare
(A)Counterswhichindicatehowlongagotheirassociated
pageshavebeen
referenced.
(B)Registerswhichkeeptrackofwhentheprogramwaslast
accessed.
(C)Counterstokeeptrackoflastaccessedinstruction.
(D)Counterstokeeptrackofthelatestdatastructures
referred.
Ans:A
45TheinstructionORGOisa
(A)MachineInstruction.(B)Pseudoinstruction.
(C)Highlevelinstruction.(D)Memoryinstruction.
Ans:B
46TranslationfromsymbolicprogramintoBinaryisdonein
(A)Twopasses.(B)Directly(C)Threepasses.(D)Four
passes.
Ans:A

47AfloatingpointnumberthathasaOintheMSBof
mantissaissaidtohave
(A)Overflow(B)Underflow(C)Importantnumber(D)
Undefined
Ans:B
48TheBSAinstructionis
(A)Branchandstoreaccumulator(B)Branchandsavereturn
address
(C)Branchandshiftaddress(D)Branchandshow
accumulator
Ans:B
49StatewhetherTrueorFalse.
(i)Arithmeticoperationswithfixedpointnumberstake
longertimeforexecutionas
comparedtowithfloatingpointnumbers.
Ans:True.
(ii)Anarithmeticshiftleftmultipliesasignedbinarynumber
by2.
Ans:False.
50Logicgateswithasetofinputandoutputsisarrangement
of
(A)Combinationalcircuit(B)Logiccircuit(C)Designcircuits
(D)Register
Ans:A
51.MIMDstandsfor
(A)Multipleinstructionmultipledata(B)Multipleinstruction
memorydata
(C)Memoryinstructionmultipledata(D)Multiple
informationmemorydata
Ans:A
52Akbitfieldcanspecifyanyoneof
(A)3kregisters(B)2kregisters
(C)K2registers(D)K3registers
Ans:B
53Thetimeintervalbetweenadjacentbitsiscalledthe
(A)Wordtime(B)Bittime(C)Turnaroundtime(D)Slice
time
Ans:B
54Agroupofbitsthattellthecomputertoperformaspecific
operationisknownas
(A)Instructioncode(B)Microoperation(C)Accumulator(D)

Register
Ans:A
55Theloadinstructionismostlyusedtodesignateatransfer
frommemorytoa
processorregisterknownas
(A)Accumulator(B)InstructionRegister
(C)Programcounter(D)MemoryaddressRegister
Ans:A
56Thecommunicationbetweenthecomponentsina
microcomputertakesplacevia
theaddressand
(A)I/Obus(B)Databus(C)Addressbus(D)Controllines
Ans:B
57Aninstructionpipelinecanbeimplementedbymeansof
(A)LIFObuffer(B)FIFObuffer(C)Stack(D)Noneofthe
above
Ans:B
58Datainputcommandisjusttheoppositeofa
(A)Testcommand(B)Controlcommand(C)Dataoutput(D)
Datachannel
Ans:C
59Amicroprogramsequencer
(A)generatestheaddressofnextmicroinstructiontobe
executed.
(B)generatesthecontrolsignalstoexecutea
microinstruction.
(C)sequentiallyaveragesallmicroinstructionsinthecontrol
memory.
(D)enablestheefficienthandlingofamicroprogram
subroutine.
Ans:A
60.Abinarydigitiscalleda
(A)Bit(B)Byte(C)Number(D)Character
Ans:A
61Aflipflopisabinarycellcapableofstoringinformationof
(A)Onebit(B)Byte(C)Zerobit(D)Eightbit
Ans:A
62Theoperationexecutedondatastoredinregistersiscalled
(A)Macrooperation(B)Microoperation
(C)Bitoperation(D)Byteoperation
Ans:B

63MRIindicates
(A)MemoryReferenceInformation.(B)MemoryReference
Instruction.
(C)MemoryRegistersInstruction.(D)MemoryRegister
information
Ans:B
64Selfcontainedsequenceofinstructionsthatperformsa
givencomputationaltaskis
called
(A)Function(B)Procedure(C)Subroutine(D)Routine
Ans:A
65Microinstructionsarestoredincontrolmemorygroups,
witheachgroupspecifyinga
(A)Routine(B)Subroutine(C)Vector(D)Address
Ans:A
66Aninterfacethatprovidesamethodfortransferringbinary
informationbetween
internalstorageandexternaldevicesiscalled
(A)I/Ointerface(B)Inputinterface(C)Outputinterface(D)
I/Obus
Ans:A
67Statusbitisalsocalled
(A)Binarybit(B)Flagbit(C)Signedbit(D)Unsignedbit
Ans:B
68Anaddressinmainmemoryiscalled
(A)Physicaladdress(B)Logicaladdress(C)Memoryaddress
(D)Wordaddress
Ans:A
69IfthevalueV(x)ofthetargetoperandiscontainedinthe
addressfielditself,the
addressingmodeis
(A)immediate.(B)direct.(C)indirect.(D)implied.
Ans:B
70canberepresentedinasignedmagnitudeformatandina
1scomplementformatas
(A)111011&100100(B)100100&111011
(C)011011&100100(D)100100&011011
Ans:A
71Theinstructionswhichcopyinformationfromonelocation
toanothereitherinthe
processorsinternalregistersetorintheexternalmain

memoryarecalled
(A)Datatransferinstructions.(B)Programcontrol
instructions.
(C)Inputoutputinstructions.(D)Logicalinstructions.
Ans:A
72Adevice/circuitthatgoesthroughapredefinedsequenceof
statesuponthe
applicationofinputpulsesiscalled
(A)register(B)flipflop(C)transistor.(D)counter.
Ans:D
73.Theperformanceofcachememoryisfrequentlymeasured
intermsofaquantity
called
(A)Missratio.(B)Hitratio.(C)Latencyratio.(D)Readratio.
Ans:C
74.Theinformationavailableinastatetablemaybe
representedgraphicallyina
(A)simplediagram.(B)statediagram.(C)complexdiagram.
(D)dataflowdiagram.
Ans:B
75Contentoftheprogramcounterisaddedtotheaddress
partoftheinstructionin
ordertoobtaintheeffectiveaddressiscalled.
(A)relativeaddressmode.(B)indexaddressingmode.
(C)registermode.(D)impliedmode.
Ans:A
76AninterfacethatprovidesI/Otransferofdatadirectlyto
andformthememoryunit
andperipheralistermedas
(A)DDA.(B)Serialinterface.(C)BR.(D)DMA.
Ans:D
77The2scomplimentform(Use6bitword)ofthenumber
1010is
(A)111100.(B)110110.(C)110111.(D)1011.
Ans:B
78Aregistercapableofshiftingitsbinaryinformationeither
totherightortheleftis
calleda
(A)parallelregister.(B)serialregister.(C)shiftregister.(D)
storageregister.
Ans:C

79WhatisthecontentofStackPointer(SP)?
(A)Addressofthecurrentinstruction(B)Addressofthenext
instruction
(C)Addressofthetopelementofthestack(D)Sizeofthe
stack.
Ans:C
80Whichofthefollowinginterruptisnonmaskable
(A)INTR.(B)RST7.5.(C)RST6.5.(D)TRAP.
Ans:D
81Whichofthefollowingisamainmemory
(A)Secondarymemory.(B)Auxiliarymemory.
(C)Cachememory.(D)Virtualmemory.
Ans:C
82Whichofthefollowingarenotamachineinstructions
(A)MOV.(B)ORG.(C)END.(D)(B)&(C).
Ans:D
83InAssemblylanguageprogramming,minimumnumberof
operandsrequiredforan
instructionis/are
(A)Zero.(B)One.(C)Two.(D)Both(B)&(C).
Ans:A
84Themaximumaddressingcapacityofamicroprocessor
whichuses16bitdatabase&
32bitaddressbaseis
(A)64K.(B)4GB.(C)both(A)&(B).(D)Noneofthese.
Ans:B
85ThememoryunitthatcommunicatesdirectlywiththeCPU
iscalledthe
(A)mainmemory(B)Secondarymemory
(C)sharedmemory(D)auxiliarymemory.
Ans:A
86Theaveragetimerequiredtoreachastoragelocationin
memoryandobtainits
contentsiscalled
(A)Latencytime.(B)Accesstime.
(C)Turnaroundtime.(D)Responsetime.
Ans:B
StateTrueorFalse
87Abyteisagroupof16bits.
Ans:False
88Anibbleisagroupof16bits.

Ans:False
89Whenawordistobewritteninanassociativememory,
addresshasgottobe
given.
Ans:False
90Whentwoequalnumbersaresubtracted,theresultwould
be______and
not_________.
Ans:+ZERO,ZERO.
91A___________developmentsystemandan______are
essentialtoolsforwriting
largeassemblylanguageprograms.
Ans:Microprocessor,assembler
92InanoperationperformedbytheALU,carrybitissetto1
iftheendcarryC8is
________.Itisclearedto0(zero)ifthecarryis______
_______.
Ans:One,zero
93AsuccessiveA/Dconverteris
(A)ahighspeedconverter.(B)alowspeedconverter.
(C)amediumspeedconverter.(D)noneofthese.
Ans:C
94Whennecessary,theresultsaretransferredfromtheCPU
tomainmemoryby
(A)I/Odevices.(B)CPU.(C)shiftregisters.(D)noneofthese.
Ans:C
96Acombinationallogiccircuitwhichsendsdatacoming
fromasinglesourcetotwo
ormoreseparatedestinationsis
(A)Decoder.(B)Encoder.(C)Multiplexer.(D)Demultiplexer.
Ans:D
97Inwhichaddressingmodetheoperandisgivenexplicitlyin
theinstruction
(A)Absolute.(B)Immediate.(C)Indirect.(D)Direct.
Ans:B
98Astackorganizedcomputerhas
(A)ThreeaddressInstruction.(B)TwoaddressInstruction.
(C)OneaddressInstruction.(D)ZeroaddressInstruction.
Ans:D
99AProgramCountercontainsanumber825andaddress
partoftheinstruction

containsthenumber24.Theeffectiveaddressintherelative
addressmode,when
aninstructionisreadfromthememoryis
(A)849.(B)850.(C)801.(D)802.
Ans:B
102Apagefault
(A)Occurswhenthereisanerrorinaspecificpage.
(B)Occurswhenaprogramaccessesapageofmainmemory.
(C)Occurswhenaprogramaccessesapagenotcurrentlyin
mainmemory.
(D)Occurswhenaprogramaccessesapagebelongingto
anotherprogram.
Ans:C
103.Theloadinstructionismostlyusedtodesignatea
transferfrommemorytoa
processorregisterknownas____.
A.AccumulatorB.InstructionRegister
C.ProgramcounterD.MemoryaddressRegister
Ans:A
104.Agroupofbitsthattellthecomputertoperforma
specificoperationis
knownas____.
A.InstructioncodeB.Microoperation
C.AccumulatorD.Register
Ans:A
105.Thetimeintervalbetweenadjacentbitsiscalled
the_____.
A.WordtimeB.Bittime
C.TurnaroundtimeD.Slicetime
Ans:B
106.Akbitfieldcanspecifyanyoneof_____.
A.3kregistersB.2kregisters
C.K2registersD.K3registers
Ans:B
107.MIMDstandsfor_____.
A.Multipleinstructionmultipledata
B.Multipleinstructionmemorydata
C.Memoryinstructionmultipledata
D.Multipleinformationmemorydata
Ans:A
108.Logicgateswithasetofinputandoutputsis

arrangementof______.
A.Computationalcircuit
B.Logiccircuit
C.Designcircuits
D.Register
Ans:A
109.Theaveragetimerequiredtoreachastoragelocationin
memoryandobtain
itscontentsiscalled_____.
A.Latencytime.B.Accesstime.
C.Turnaroundtime.D.Responsetime.
Ans:B
110.TheBSAinstructionis______.
A.BranchandstoreaccumulatorB.Branchandsavereturn
address
C.BranchandshiftaddressD.Branchandshowaccumulator
Ans:B
111.AfloatingpointnumberthathasaOintheMSBof
mantissaissaidto
have_____.
A.OverflowB.Underflow
C.ImportantnumberD.Undefined
Ans:B
112.TranslationfromsymbolicprogramintoBinaryisdone
in_____.
A.Twopasses.B.Directly
C.Threepasses.D.Fourpasses.
Ans:A
113.TheinstructionORGOisa______.
A.MachineInstruction.B.Pseudoinstruction.
C.Highlevelinstruction.D.Memoryinstruction.
Ans:B
114.Agingregistersare_______.
A.Counterswhichindicatehowlongagotheirassociated
pageshavebeen
referenced.
B.Registerswhichkeeptrackofwhentheprogramwaslast
accessed.
C.Counterstokeeptrackoflastaccessedinstruction.
D.Counterstokeeptrackofthelatestdatastructures
referred.

Ans:A
115.Memoryunitaccessedbycontentiscalled______.
A.ReadonlymemoryB.ProgrammableMemory
C.VirtualMemoryD.AssociativeMemory
Ans:D
116._________registerkeepstracksoftheinstructions
storedinprogramstored
inmemory.
A.AR(AddressRegister)B.XR(IndexRegister)
C.PC(ProgramCounter)D.AC(Accumulator)
Ans:C
117.nbitsinoperationcodeimplythatthereare
___________possibledistinct
operators.
A.2nB.2n
C.n/2D.n2
Ans:B
118.AthreeinputNORgategiveslogichighoutputonly
when_____.
A.oneinputishighB.oneinputislow
C.twoinputarelowD.allinputarehigh
Ans:D
119.Thecircuitconvertingbinarydataintodecimalis_____.
A.EncoderB.Multiplexer
C.DecoderD.Codeconverter
Ans:D
120.Themultiplicandregister&multiplierregisterofa
hardwarecircuit
implementingboothsalgorithmhave(11101)&(1100).The
resultshallbe______.
A.(812)10B.(12)10
C.(12)10D.(812)10
Ans:A
121.PSWissavedinstackwhenthereisa_____.
A.interruptrecognizedB.executionofRSTinstruction
C.ExecutionofCALLinstructionD.Allofthese
Ans:A
122.Incomputers,subtractioniscarriedoutgenerally
by____.
A.1scomplementmethodB.2scomplementmethod
C.signedmagnitudemethodD.BCDsubtractionmethod

Ans:B
123.ThemainmemoryinaPersonalComputer(PC)ismade
of_____.
A.cachememory.B.staticRAM
C.DynamicRamD.bothA.and(B).
Ans:D
124.Cachememoryworksontheprincipleof_____.
A.LocalityofdataB.Localityofmemory
C.LocalityofreferenceD.Localityofreference&memory
Ans:C
125.Annbitmicroprocessorhas_____.
A.nbitprogramcounterB.nbitaddressregister
C.nbitALUD.nbitinstructionregister
Ans:D
126.WhenCPUisexecutingaProgramthatispartofthe
OperatingSystem,itis
saidtobein_____.
A.InterruptmodeB.Systemmode
C.HalfmodeD.Simplexmode
Ans:B
127.LogicXORoperationof(4ACO)H&(B53F)Hresults
_____.
A.AACBB.0000
C.FFFFD.ABCD
Ans:C
128.Ifthemainmemoryisof8Kbytesandthecachememory
isof2Kwords.It
usesassociativemapping.Theneachwordofcachememory
shallbe_____.
A.11bitsB.21bits
C.16bitsD.20bits
Ans:C
129.AStackorganisedComputerusesinstructionof_____.
A.IndirectaddressingB.Twoaddressing
C.ZeroaddressingD.Indexaddressing
Ans:C
130.Inaprogramusingsubroutinecallinstruction,itis
necessary______.
A.initializeprogramcounterB.Cleartheaccumulator
C.ResetthemicroprocessorD.Cleartheinstructionregister
Ans:D

131.Virtualmemoryconsistsof_______.
A.StaticRAMB.DynamicRAM
C.MagneticmemoryD.Noneofthese
Ans:A
132.Insignedmagnitudebinarydivision,ifthedividendis
(11100)2anddivisoris
(10011)2thentheresultis______.
A.(00100)2B.(10100)2
C.(11001)2D.(01100)2
Ans:B
133.GenerallyDynamicRAMisusedasmainmemoryina
computersystemas
it______.
A.ConsumeslesspowerB.hashigherspeed
C.haslowercelldensityD.needsrefreshingcircuitry
Ans:B
134.WriteThroughtechniqueisusedinwhichmemoryfor
updatingthedata
_____.
A.VirtualmemoryB.Mainmemory
C.AuxiliarymemoryD.Cachememory
Ans:D
135.Cachememoryactsbetween_______.
A.CPUandRAMB.RAMandROM
C.CPUandHardDiskD.Noneofthese
Ans:A
136.Thecircuitusedtostoreonebitofdataisknownas
______.
A.EncoderB.ORgate
C.FlipFlopD.Decoder
Ans:C
137.VonNeumannarchitectureis______.
A.SISDB.SIMD
C.MIMDD.MISD
Ans:A
138.Inavectoredinterrupt.
A.thebranchaddressisassignedtoafixedlocationin
memory.
B.theinterruptingsourcesuppliesthebranchinformationto
theprocessorthrough
aninterruptvector.

C.thebranchaddressisobtainedfromaregisterinthe
processor
D.noneoftheabove
Ans:B
139..InamemorymappedI/Osystem,whichofthe
followingwillnotbethere?
A.LDAB.IN
C.ADDD.OUT
Ans:A
140.Ifmemoryaccesstakes20nswithcacheand110ns
withoutit,thentheratio
(cacheusesa10nsmemory)is_____.
A.93%B.90%
C.88%D.87%
Ans:B
141.Theaddressingmodeusedinaninstructionoftheform
ADDXY,is_____.
A.AbsoluteB.indirect
C.indexD.noneofthese
Ans:C
142._________registerkeepstrackoftheinstructions
storedinprogramstored
inmemory.
A.AR(AddressRegister)B.XR(IndexRegister)
C.PC(ProgramCounter)D.AC(Accumulator)
Ans:C
143.Theideaofcachememoryisbased______.
A.onthepropertyoflocalityofreference
B.ontheheuristic9010rule
C.onthefactthatreferencesgenerallytendtocluster
D.alloftheabove
Ans:A
144.Whichofthefollowingisnotaweightedcode?
A.DecimalNumbersystemB.Excess3cod
C.BinarynumberSystemD.Noneofthese
Ans:B
145.Theaveragetimerequiredtoreachastoragelocationin
memoryandobtain
itscontentsiscalledthe_____.
A.seektimeB.turnaroundtime
C.accesstimeD.transfertime

Ans:C
146.(2FAOC)16isequivalentto_____.
A.(195084)10B.(00101111101000001100)2
C.BothA.and(B)D.Noneofthese
Ans:B
147.Thecircuitusedtostoreonebitofdataisknown
as_______.
A.RegisterB.Encoder
C.DecoderD.FlipFlop
Ans:D
148..Computersuseaddressingmodetechniquesfor
____________.
A.givingprogrammingversatilitytotheuserbyproviding
facilitiesaspointersto
memorycountersforloopcontrol
B.toreduceno.ofbitsinthefieldofinstruction
C.specifyingrulesformodifyingorinterpretingaddressfield
oftheinstruction
D.Alltheabove
Ans:D
149.WhatcharacteristicofRAMmemorymakesitnot
suitableforpermanent
storage?
A.tooslowB.unreliable
C.itisvolatileD.toobulky
Ans:C
150.Theamountoftimerequiredtoreadablockofdatafrom
adiskintomemory
iscomposedofseektime,rotationallatency,andtransfer
time.Rotationallatency
refersto______.
A.thetimeitstakesfortheplattertomakeafullrotation
B.thetimeittakesforthereadwriteheadtomoveinto
positionoverthe
appropriatetrack
C.thetimeittakesfortheplattertorotatethecorrectsector
underthehead
D.noneoftheabove
Ans:A

ComputerOrganizationandArchitectureMultiple
ChoiceQuestionsandAnswers:
151.Incomputers,subtractionisgenerallycarriedoutby
______.
A.9scomplementB.10scomplement
C.1scomplementD.2scomplement
Ans:D
152.Assemblylanguage________.
a.usesalphabeticcodesinplaceofbinarynumbersusedin
machinelanguage
b.istheeasiestlanguagetowriteprograms
c.neednotbetranslatedintomachinelanguage
d.Noneofthese
Ans:A
153.Supposethatabushas16datalinesandrequires4cycles
of250nsecseach
totransferdata.Thebandwidthofthisbuswouldbe2
Megabytes/sec.Ifthecycle
timeofthebuswasreducedto125nsecsandthenumberof
cyclesrequiredfor
transferstayedthesamewhatwouldthebandwidthofthe
bus?
A.1Megabyte/secB.4Megabytes/sec
C.8Megabytes/secD.2Megabytes/sec
Ans:D
154.Floatingpointrepresentationisusedtostore______.
A.BooleanvaluesB.wholenumbers
C.realintegersD.integers
Ans:C
155.SIMDrepresentsanorganizationthat
______________.
a.referstoacomputersystemcapableofprocessingseveral
programsatthesame
time.
b.representsorganizationofsinglecomputercontaininga
controlunit,processor
unitandamemoryunit.
c.includesmanyprocessingunitsunderthesupervisionofa
commoncontrolunit
d.noneoftheabove.
Ans:C

156.InReversePolishnotation,expressionA*B+C*Dis
writtenas
A.AB*CD*+B.A*BCD*+
C.AB*CD+*D.A*B*CD+
Ans:A
157.Processorsofallcomputers,whethermicro,minior
mainframemusthave
a.ALUb.PrimaryStorage
c.Controlunitd.Allofabove
Ansb
158.WhatisthecontrolunitsfunctionintheCPU?
a.Totransferdatatoprimarystorage
b.tostoreprograminstruction
c.toperformlogicoperations
d.todecodeprograminstruction
Anse
159.Whatismeantbyadedicatedcomputer?
a.whichisusedbyonepersononly
b.whichisassignedtooneandonlyonetask
c.whichdoesonekindofsoftware
d.whichismeantforapplicationsoftwareonly
Ansf
160.Themostcommonaddressingtechiniquesemployedbya
CPUis
a.immediateb.direct
c.indirectd.registere.alloftheabove
Ansd
161.Pipelineimplement
a.fetchinstructionb.decodeinstruction
c.fetchoperandd.calculateoperand
e.executeinstructionf.allofabve
Ansd
162.Whichofthefollowingcodeisusedinpresentday
computingwasdeveloped
byIBMcorporation?
a.ASCIIb.HollerithCode
c.Baudotcoded.EBCDICcode
Ansd
163.Whenasubroutineiscalled,theaddressofthe
instructionfollowingtheCALL
instructionsstoredin/onthe

a.stackpointerb.accumulator
c.programcounterd.stack
Ansd
164.Amicroprogramwrittenasstringof0sand1sisa
a.symbolicmicroinstructionb.binarymicroinstruction
c.symbolicmicroprogramd.binarymicroprogram
Ansd
165.Interruptswhichareinitiatedbyaninstructionare
a.internalb.externalc.hardwared.software
Ansb
166.MemoryaccessinRISCarchitectureislimitedto
instructions
a.CALLandRETb.PUSHandPOP
c.STAandLDAd.MOVandJMP
Ansc
167.Acollectionoflinesthatconnectsseveraldevicesiscalled
..
A)busB)peripheralconnectionwires
C)BothaandbD)internalwires
AnsA
168.Acompletemicrocomputersystemconsistof..
A)microprocessorB)memory
C)peripheralequipmentD)alloftheabove
AnsD
169.PCProgramCounterisalsocalled.
A)instructionpointerB)memorypointer
C)datacounterD)filepointer
AnsA
170.Inasinglebytehowmanybitswillbethere?
A)8B)16C)4D)32
AnsA
171.CPUdoesnotperformtheoperation
A)datatransferB)logicoperation
C)arithmeticoperationD)alloftheabove
AnsA
172.Theaccesstimeofmemoryisthetimerequired
forperforming
anysingleCPUoperation.
A)LongerthanB)Shorterthan
C)NegligiblethanD)Sameas
AnsA

173.Memoryaddressreferstothesuccessivememorywords
andthemachineis
calledas
A)wordaddressableB)byteaddressable
C)bitaddressableD)Terabyteaddressable
AnsA
174.Amicroprogramwrittenasstringof0sand1sisa
.
A)SymbolicmicroinstructionB)binarymicroinstruction
C)symbolicmicroinstructionD)binarymicroprogram
AnsD
175.Apipelineislike..
A)anautomobileassemblylineB)housepipeline
C)bothaandbD)agasline
AnsA
176.Datahazardsoccurwhen
A)Greaterperformanceloss
B)Pipelinechangestheorderofread/writeaccesstooperands
C)Somefunctionalunitisnotfullypipelined
D)Machinesizeislimited
AnsB
177.Wheredoesacomputeraddandcomparedata?
A.HarddiskB.Floppydisk
C.CPUchipD:Memorychip
AnsC
178.Whichofthefollowingregistersisusedtokeeptrackof
addressofthe
memorylocationwherethenextinstructionislocated?
A.MemoryAddressRegister
B.MemoryDataRegister
C.InstructionRegister
D.ProgramRegister
AnsD
179.Acompletemicrocomputersystemconsistsof
A)microprocessor
B)memory
C)peripheralequipment
D)allofabove
AnsD
180.CPUdoesnotperformtheoperation
A.datatransfer

B.logicoperation
C.arithmeticoperation
D.allofabove
AnsB
181.Pipeliningstrategyiscalledimplement
A.instructionexecution
B.instructionprefetch
C.instructiondecoding
D.instructionmanipulation
AnsC
182.Astackis
A.an8bitregisterinthemicroprocessor
B.a16bitregisterinthemicroprocessor
C.asetofmemorylocationsinR/WMreservedforstoring
informationtemporarily
duringtheexecutionofcomputer
D.a16bitmemoryaddressstoredintheprogramcounter
AnsA
183.Astackpointeris
A.a16bitregisterinthemicroprocessorthatindicatethe
beginningofthestack
memory.
B.aregisterthatdecodesandexecutes16bitarithmetic
expression.
C.Thefirstmemorylocationwhereasubroutineaddressis
stored.
D.aregisterinwhichflagbitsarestored
AnsA
184.Thebranchlogicthatprovidesdecisionmaking
capabilitiesinthecontrol
unitisknownas
A.controlledtransfer
B.conditionaltransfer
C.unconditionaltransfer
D.noneofabove
AnsC
185.Interruptswhichareinitiatedbyaninstructionare
A.internal
B.external
C.hardware
D.software

AnsD
186.Atimesharingsystemimply
A.morethanoneprocessorinthesystem
B.morethanoneprograminmemory
C.morethanonememoryinthesystem
D.Noneofabove
AnsB
187.Virtualmemoryis
(1)anextremelylargemainmemory
(2)anextremelylargesecondarymemory
(3)anillusionofanextremelylargememory
(4)atypeofmemoryusedinsupercomputers
(5)Noneofthese
Answers:
3
188.Fragmentationis
(1)dividingthesecondarymemoryintoequalsizedfragments
(2)dividingthemainmemoryintoequalsizefragments
(3)fragmentsofmemorywordsusedinapage
(4)fragmentsofmemorywordsunusedinapage
(5)Noneofthese
Answers::2
189.Whichmemoryunithaslowestaccesstime?
(1)Cache(2)Registers
(3)MagneticDisk(4)MainMemory
(5)Pendrive
Answer:2
190.Cachememory
(1)hasgreatercapacitythanRAM
(2)isfastertoaccessthanCPURegisters
(3)ispermanentstorage
(4)fastertoaccessthanRAM
(5)Noneofthese
Answer4
191.Whenmorethanoneprocessesarerunningconcurrently
onasystem
(1)batchedsystem
(2)realtimesystem
(3)multiprogrammingsystem
(4)multiprocessingsystem
(5)Noneofthese

Answers:
3
192.Whichofthefollowingmemoriesmustberefreshedmany
timespersecond?
a.StaticRAMb.DynamicRAMc.EPROM
d.ROMe.Noneofthese
ansStaticRAM
193.RAMstandsfor
a.Randomoriginmoneyb.Randomonlymemory
c.Readonlymemoryd.Randomaccessmemory
e.Noneofthese
ansRandomaccessmemory
194.CPUfetchestheinstructionfrommemoryaccordingto
thevalueof
a)programcounter
b)statusregister
c)instructionregister
d)programstatusword
Answer:a.
195.Amemorybufferusedtoaccommodateaspeed
differentialiscalled
a)stackpointer
b)cache
c)accumulator
d)diskbuffer
Answer:b.
196.Whichoneofthefollowingistheaddressgeneratedby
CPU?
a)physicaladdress
b)absoluteaddress
c)logicaladdress
d)noneofthementioned
Answer:c.
197.Runtimemappingfromvirtualtophysicaladdressis
doneby
a)memorymanagementunit
b)CPU
c)PCI
d)noneofthementioned
Answer:a.
198.Memorymanagementtechniqueinwhichsystemstores

andretrieves
datafromsecondarystorageforuseinmainmemoryiscalled
a)fragmentation
b)paging
c)mapping
d)noneofthementioned
Answer:b
199.Theaddressofapagetableinmemoryispointedby
a)stackpointer
b)pagetablebaseregister
c)pageregister
d)programcounter
200.Programalwaysdealswith
a)logicaladdress
b)absoluteaddress
c)physicaladdress
d)relativeaddress
Answer:a

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