Scribd
Upload
206 views12 pages

CA&O

This document contains a question bank for a comprehensive examination on computer architecture and organization. It includes 50 multiple choice questions covering topics like addressing techniques, bus structures, memory mapping, CPU components, interrupts, and I/O techniques. The questions are designed to test knowledge of hardware components, architecture, and organization of computer systems.

Uploaded by

Mohammad Ahmed
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
206 views12 pages

CA&O

This document contains a question bank for a comprehensive examination on computer architecture and organization. It includes 50 multiple choice questions covering topics like addressing techniques, bus structures, memory mapping, CPU components, interrupts, and I/O techniques. The questions are designed to test knowledge of hardware components, architecture, and organization of computer systems.

Uploaded by

Mohammad Ahmed
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 12

Preparatory Guidebook for Comprehensive Examination

QUESTION BANK
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE & ORGANIZATION
Addressing techniques attribute comes under
a. Organization
b. Software
c. Architecture
d. Both b & c
Hardwired systems are
a. Flexible
b. Easy to construct
c. Inflexible
d. Both b & c
The first bus structure named as
a. System Bus
b. ISA bus
c. Omni bus
d. PCI bus
Auxiliary Carry is used in ____________ operation
a. Binary to Decimal
b. Binary to Hex
c. Binary Coded Decimal
d. None of the above
To access a memory of 256 K MB, the address bus must have
a. 18 address lines
b. 19 address lines
c. 20 address lines
d. 21 address lines
Bus master is also called
a. Master CPU
b. Arbitrator
c. Bus controller
d. Both b & c
Tape is a type of Data Access method
a. Direct
b. Rando
c. Sequential
d. Associative
For multiple CPUs with individual memories and cache it is called
a. L1 cache
b. L2 cache
c. L3 cache
d. Both a & b
In cache mapping, cache misses is very high in

a.
b.
c.
d.

Direct Mapping
Associative Mapping
Set associative mapping
Both a & b

In terms of speed which RAM is the fastest


a. SRAM
b. DRAM
c. Double Data RAM
d. Cache DRAM
The memory in which the data is written within the program while it is running is called
a. EPROM
b. PROM
c. EEPROM
d. ROM
Which external memory device is the fastest in terms of speed?
a. Floppy Drive
b. CD drive
c. Hard disk
d. Tape drive
In Input Output techniques, the CPU spend most of its time in
a. Programmed I/O
b. Interrupt Driven I/O
c. DMA
d. Non of the above
___________ scheduling, determines which program are submitted for processing.
a. Short term scheduling
b. Long term scheduling
c. Medium term scheduling
d. Both b & a
Paging is a technique to manage
a. Programs
b. OS
c. Memory
d. Both b & c

Where does a computer add and compare data?


a. Hard disk
b. Floppy disk
c.

CPU chip

d. Memory chip

Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the
next instruction is located?

a. Memory Address Register


b. Memory Data Register
c.

Instruction Register

d. Program Register

A complete microcomputer system consists of


a. microprocessor
b. memory
c.

peripheral equipment

d. all of above

CPU does not perform the operation


a. data transfer
b. logic operation
c.

arithmetic operation

d. all of above

Pipelining strategy is called implement


a. instruction execution
b. instruction prefects
c.

instruction decoding

d. instruction manipulation

A stack is
a. an 8-bit register in the microprocessor
b. a 16-bit register in the microprocessor
c.

a set of memory locations in R/WM reserved for storing information temporarily during the
execution of computer

d. a 16-bit memory address stored in the program counter

A stack pointer is
a. a 16-bit register in the microprocessor that indicate the beginning of the stack memory.
b. a register that decodes and executes 16-bit arithmetic expression.
c.

The first memory location where a subroutine address is stored.

d. a register in which flag bits are stored

The branch logic that provides decision making capabilities in the control unit is known as
a. controlled transfer
b. conditional transfer
c.

unconditional transfer

d. none of above

Interrupts which are initiated by an instruction are


a. internal
b. external
c.

hardware

d. software

A time sharing system imply


a. more than one processor in the system
b. more than one program in memory
c.

more than one memory in the system

d. None of above

Processors of all computers, whether micro, mini or mainframe must have


a. ALU
b. Primary Storage

c.

Control unit

d. All of above
What is the control unit's function in the CPU?
a. To transfer data to primary storage
b. to store program instruction
c.

to perform logic operations

d. to decode program instruction

What is meant by a dedicated computer?


a. which is used by one person only
b. which is assigned to one and only one task
c.

which does one kind of software

d. which is meant for application software only

The most common addressing techniques employed by a CPU is


a. immediate
b. direct
c.

indirect

d. register
e. all of the above

Pipeline implement
a. fetch instruction
b. decode instruction
c.

fetch operand

d. calculate operand
e. execute instruction
f.

all of above

Which of the following code is used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
a. ASCII
b. Hollerith Code
c.

Baudot code

d. EBCDIC code

When a subroutine is called, the address of the instruction following the CALL instructions stored
in/on the
a. stack pointer
b. accumulator
c.

program counter

d. stack

A micro program written as string of 0's and 1's is a


a. symbolic microinstruction
b. binary microinstruction
c.

symbolic micro program

d. binary micro program

Interrupts which are initiated by an instruction are


a. internal
b. external
c.

hardware

d. software

Memory access in RISC architecture is limited to instructions


a. CALL and RET
b. PUSH and POP
c.

STA and LDA

d. MOV and JMP

The ascending order or a data Hierarchy is


a. bit - bytes - fields - record - file - database
b. bit - bytes - record - field - file - database
c.

bytes - bit- field - record - file - database

d. bytes -bit - record - field - file - database


How many address lines are needed to address each memory locations in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?
a. 10
b. 11
c.

d. 12
A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called
a/an
a. interpreter
b. simulator
c.

compiler

d. commander
In immediate addressing the operand is placed
a. in the CPU register
b. after OP code in the instruction
c.

in memory

d. in stack

Microprocessor 8085 can address location upto


a. 32K
b. 128K
c.

64K

d. 1M
The ALU and control unit of most of the microcomputers are combined and manufacture on a single
silicon chip. What is it called?
a. mono-chip
b. microprocessor
c.

ALU

d. control unit
When the RET instruction at the end of subroutine is executed,
a. the information where the stack is initialized is transferred to the stack pointer
b. the memory address of the RET instruction is transferred to the program counter
c.

two data bytes stored in the top two locations of the stack are transferred to the program
counter

d. two data bytes stored in the top two locations of the stack are transferred to the stack pointer
A microprogram is sequencer perform the operation
a. read
b. write
c.

execute

d. read and write


e. read and execute
Interrupts which are initiated by an I/O drive are
a. internal
b. external
c.

software

d. all of above
What is the numeric range of an eight bit unsigned binary number?
0..7
1..8
0..255
1..256
During what CPU cycle is an instruction moved from primary storage to the control unit?
a. fetch
b. execution
c. access
d. refresh

When the control unit fetches an instruction from memory, it stores it in the ____.
a. instruction pointer
b. program status word
c. op code
d. instruction register

In a computer an isolating circuit used to avoid any reaction of a driven circuit load on the
corresponding driving circuit is known as
(a) buffer
(b) brand
(c) bus
(d) cell.

EPROM is erased by
(a) red light
(b) sodium light
(c) ultra violet rays
(d) infra-red rays.

Semi conductor memories are preferred because they are


(a) volatile and of small size
(b) non-volatile and of large size
(c) non-volatile and of small size
(d) easily magnetisable.

Which of the following statement is NOT correct?


(a) Daisy wheel printers print one character at a time
(b) Line printers take the same time to print a line irrespective of the number of characters printed
(c) A 420 cars/sec dot matrix printer is faster than a 300 lines/min printer in printing a page of 132
columns
(d) Dot matrix printers can produce a variety of graphic effects.

Which of the following does not produce records with visually-readable characters
(a) line printer
(b) matrix printer
(c) punched tape
(d) visual display unit.

In time division multiplexing


(a) Time is doubled between bits of a byte
(b) Time slicing at CPU level takes place
(c) Total time available in the channel is divided between several users and each user is allotted a

time slice
(d) None of the above.

Booting is a process in which,


(a) User programs are brought into memory
(b)I/O files are collected and organized on disk
(c)A portion of the operating system is loaded into memory
(d) None of the above.

You might also like