AEC54 Microprocessor System Preliminary Quiz no.

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Number: PQ1-045
Passing Score: 750
Time Limit: 60 min
File Version: 1.0
Angeles University Foundation
Angeles City
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING and ARCHITECTURE
AEC54 Microprocessor Systems
Prelim Quiz no. 1

Exam A
QUESTION 1
The ___________counter, which is part of the control unit, counts from 0000 to 1111.
A. program
B. selector
C. memory
D. binary
Answer: A
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QUESTION 2
The mnemonics used in writing a program, an english like low level programming language.
A. assembly language
B. machine language
C. java language
D. dbase language
Answer: A
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QUESTION 3
The year when Intel company released the world's first microprocessor
A. 1971
B. 1973
C. 1977
D. 1978
Answer: A
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QUESTION 4
How much memory does the 8086 microprocessor address?
A. 1 M bytes
B. 1 K bytes
C. 16 M bytes
D. 32 M bytes
Answer: A
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QUESTION 5
What improvements in microprocessor technology led to the advent of the 8-bit microprocessor? (choose
two)
A. expanded memory size
B. additional instructions
C. introductory price is cheaper
D. low power consumption
E. unlimited usefullness
Answer: AB
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QUESTION 6
How much memory does the 80x386DX and 80x486 microprocessor address?
A. 1 M bytes
B. 16 M bytes
C. 4 G bytes
D. 8 G bytes
Answer: C
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QUESTION 7
The 4004 microprocessor design for a limited of _____ instructions.
A. 45
B. 48
C. 40
D. 42
Answer: A
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QUESTION 8
The first 8-bit microprocessor
A. 8008
B. 8080
C. 8085
D. 8086
Answer: A
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QUESTION 9
In 1973, Intel corporation introduced the first of the modern 8-bit microprocessor
A. 8008
B. 8080
C. 8085
D. 8086
Answer: B
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QUESTION 10
How many instructions added to microprocessor 8008 from the original 45 instructions of intel 4004?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1
Answer: A
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QUESTION 11
What special about microprocessor 8080, aside from more address allocation and instructions compare to
8008?
A. ten times faster than the 8008
B. more advanced applications to 8008
C. sophisticated in design to 8008
D. 10 times smaller than the 8008
Answer: A
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QUESTION 12
The first 32-bit microprocessor produced by Intel.?
A. 80x386
B. 80x386SX
C. 80x386DX
D. 80x386SL
Answer: A
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QUESTION 13
The lead designer of the world's first microprocessor, Two of them assigned for the circuit layout. (choose
two)
A. Federico Faggin
B. Masatoshi Shima
C. Marcian E (Tedd) Hoff
D. Stan Mazor
Answer: AB
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QUESTION 14
The lead designer of the world's first microprocessor, Two of them assigned for the Instruction set. (choose
two)
A. Federico Faggin
B. Masatoshi Shima
C. Marcian E (Tedd) Hoff
D. Stan Mazor
Answer: CD
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QUESTION 15
The 8080 was created by the Intel with Federico Faggin as the lead designer.his last chip before he left
founded the company called?
A. ZILOG
B. MICROCHIP
C. ALTERA
D. AMD
Answer: A
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QUESTION 16
The newer version of the 8080, the ____, was introduced by Intel corporation in 1977.
A. 8085
B. 8086
C. 8088
D. 80x186
Answer: A
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QUESTION 17
The main advantage of 80x386 microprocessor to his predecessor?
A. higher clock frequency
B. arithmetic coprocessor
C. speed of 100 MIPS
D. double clocked frequency
Answer: A
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QUESTION 18
These two microprocessor released by Intel in 1978, consider them the 16-bit microprocessor that execute
instructions in as little as 400ns. (choose two)
A. 8086
B. 8088
C. 8085
D. 80x186
Answer: AB
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QUESTION 19
It holds the temporary result after an arithmetic and logic operation.
A. AX
B. BX
C. CX
D. DX
Answer: A
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QUESTION 20
It holds the base (offset) address of data located in the memory.
A. AX
B. BX
C. CX
D. DX
Answer: B
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QUESTION 21
It contains the count for certain instruction.
A. AX
B. BX
C. CX
D. DX
Answer: C
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QUESTION 22
A computer on a chip containing a processor, memory and input/output function.
A. microcontroller
B. microcomputer
C. super computer
D. minicontroller
Answer: A
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QUESTION 23
A memory system as seen by the programmer
A. logical
B. physical
C. dynamic
D. static
Answer: A
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QUESTION 24
The source code for Assembly language program.
A. .ASM
B. .EXE
C. .HEX
D. .COM
Answer: A
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QUESTION 25
To exit debug and return to DOS
A. Q
B. R
C. E
D. W
Answer: A
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QUESTION 26
What is the value in DX register for the following instructions?
XXXX:0100 mov ax, ABCD
push AX
mov bx, EFGH
push BX
pop DX
int 20
A. EFGH
B. ABCD
C. EFCD
D. ABGH
Answer: A
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QUESTION 27
A group of intructions which can be executed more than once until the CX register reach zero value and IP
"fall through" the next instruction.
A. loop
B. increment
C. decrement
D. call
Answer: A
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QUESTION 28
The program output will be the following using the ff. code.
XXXX:0100 mov ah, 02
mov cx, 04
mov dl,45
:0107 int 21
inc dl
loop 0107
int 20
A. EFGH
B. ABCD
C. IJKL
D. STUV
Answer: A
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QUESTION 29
What is the output if the line of code is
XXXX: 0100 mov ah,02
mov dl,41
int 21
mov dl,43
int 21
int 20.
A. AC
B. B
C. C
D. CD
Answer: C
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QUESTION 30
Putting a piece of data in the stack is called ______ data on the stack.
A. fetching
B. pushing
C. executing
D. poping
Answer: B
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QUESTION 31
How will describe the arrow for the Data/Address bus compare to the other signal? see figure below.
A. Bi-directional
B. Uni-directional
C. Multiplexing
D. Coding
Answer: A
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QUESTION 32
Function call in DOS to display character
A. 02h, INT 21
B. 09h INT 21
C. 10h INT 21
D. 07h INT 21
Answer: A
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QUESTION 33
The graceful exit program or Program Terminated Normally in the output
A. INT 20h
B. INT 21
C. Exit
D. Terminate
Answer: A
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QUESTION 34
For the AX register, the low byte compose of how many bits
A. 8 bits
B. 16 bits
C. 24 bits
D. 32 bits
Answer: A
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QUESTION 35
Since one word is formed from two bytes, each general-purpose register can be divided into two bytes,
known as the?
A. high byte and low byte
B. high byte
C. low byte
D. high, middle and low byte
Answer: A
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QUESTION 36
The ________ provides a memory address to the system memory and also I/O (input/output) addresses to
the system I/O devices
A. address bus
B. data bus
C. control bus
D. auf bus
Answer: A
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QUESTION 37
The ______ transfers data between the microprocessor and the memory or I/O to perform a read or a write
operation.
A. address bus
B. data bus
C. control bus
D. auf bus
Answer: B
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QUESTION 38
The _________- provides control signals that cause the memory or I/O reads and writes vary slightly from
one family member (intel design) to the next.
A. address bus
B. data bus
C. control bus
D. auf bus
Answer: C
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QUESTION 39
The Japanese manufacturer of electronics calculator, entered into an exclusive contract with Intel for the
development of the chip set in October 1969
A. busicom
B. execom
C. zilog
D. fairchild
Answer: A
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QUESTION 40
The first microprocessor was the Intel ____, introduced in 1971.
A. 4004
B. 4040
C. 8008
D. 8080
Answer: A
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QUESTION 41
The 4004 circuit was built of __________ transistors
A. 2,100 transistors
B. 2,200 transistors
C. 2,300 transistors
D. 2,400 transistors
Answer: C
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QUESTION 42
The 4004 is the first computer processor designed and manufactured by chip maker
A. intel
B. busicom
C. zilog
D. amd
Answer: A
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QUESTION 43
The graceful exit in assembly language.?
A. INT 21
B. INT 20
C. Exit
D. Quit
Answer: B
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QUESTION 44
What is the output for the following code using debug.?
XXXX:0100 mov ah, 02
mov cx, 01A
mov dl, 41
XXXX:0107 int 21
PUSH dx
ADD dl, 20
int 21
POP dx
INC dl
loop 0107
int 20
A. Aa to Zz
B. AA to ZZ
C. Aa
to
Zz
D. AA
to
ZZ
Answer: A
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QUESTION 45
What is the negative number of +1 in Hexa number?
A. 0001
B. -0001
C. FFFF
D. +FFFF
Answer: C
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