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This document contains technical interview questions and answers related to microprocessors, networking, .NET, Java, C, and soft skills. It includes questions about Firewire specifications, the location of the MBR on a disk, the origin of CPU enhanced mode, bit combinations in a byte, types of computer buses, the maximum clock frequency of the 8086 processor, maskable and non-maskable interrupts, functional units in the 8086, segment registers in the 8086, the stack used in the 8086, flags in the 8086, SIM and RIM instructions, and a request to post additional questions.

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MicroProcessor Interview Questions and Answers 2

This document contains technical interview questions and answers related to microprocessors, networking, .NET, Java, C, and soft skills. It includes questions about Firewire specifications, the location of the MBR on a disk, the origin of CPU enhanced mode, bit combinations in a byte, types of computer buses, the maximum clock frequency of the 8086 processor, maskable and non-maskable interrupts, functional units in the 8086, segment registers in the 8086, the stack used in the 8086, flags in the 8086, SIM and RIM instructions, and a request to post additional questions.

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Microprocessor Interview Questions and Answers
Networking Interview Questions
.NET Interview Questions What’s the speed and device maximum specs for Firewire?
Java Interview Questions IEEE 1394 (Firewire) supports the maximum of 63 connected devices with
C Interview Questions speeds up to 400 Mbps. Where’s MBR located on the disk? Main Boot
.........More Record is located in sector 0, track 0, head 0, cylinder 0 of the primary
active partition.
Soft Skills
Communication Skills Where does CPU Enhanced mode originate from?
Leadership Skills Intel’s 80386 was the first 32-bit processor, and since the company had to
.........More backward-support the 8086. All the modern Intel-based processors run in
the Enhanced mode, capable of switching between Real mode (just like the
real 8086) and Protected mode, which is the current mode of operation.

How many bit combinations are there in a byte?


Byte contains 8 combinations of bits.

Have you studied buses? What types?


There are three types of buses.
Address bus: This is used to carry the Address to the memory to fetch either
Instruction or Data.
Data bus : This is used to carry the Data from the memory.
Control bus : This is used to carry the Control signals like RD/WR, Select
etc.

What is the Maximum clock frequency in 8086?


5 Mhz is the Maximum clock frequency in 8086.

What is meant by Maskable interrupts?


An interrupt that can be turned off by the programmer is known as
Maskable interrupt.

What is Non-Maskable interrupts?


An interrupt which can be never be turned off (ie. disabled) is known as
Non-Maskable interrupt

What are the different functional units in 8086?


Bus Interface Unit and Execution unit, are the two different functional units
in 8086.

What are the various segment registers in 8086?


Code, Data, Stack, Extra Segment registers in 8086.

What does EU do?


Execution Unit receives program instruction codes and data from BIU, executes these instructions and store the result
in general registers.

Which Stack is used in 8086? k is used in 8086?


FIFO (First In First Out) stack is used in 8086.In this type of Stack the first stored information is retrieved first.

What are the flags in 8086?


In 8086 Carry flag, Parity flag, Auxiliary carry flag, Zero flag, Overflow flag, Trace flag, Interrupt flag, Direction flag, and
Sign flag.

What is SIM and RIM instructions?


SIM is Set Interrupt Mask. Used to mask the hardware interrupts.
RIM is Read Interrupt Mask. Used to check whether the interrupt is Masked or not.

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