What is computer architecture?

a) set of categories and methods that specify the functioning, organisation, and implementation of
computer systems
b) set of principles and methods that specify the functioning, organisation, and implementation of
computer systems
c) set of functions and methods that specify the functioning, organisation, and implementation of
computer systems
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

The three main parts of central processing unit (CPU processor) is

a) ALU, Control Unit, and Registers
b) ALU, Control Unit, and RAM
c) Cache, ALU, and RAM
d) Control Unit, RAM, and Cache
Answer: (a), the Control Unit, Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU), and
Registers of a computer system are jointly known as the Central
Processing Unit (CPU).

A special register that holds the address of location to or from which data
are to be transferred is known as
a) Memory data register
b) Memory address register
c) Index register
d) Program counter
Answer: (b),

Which of the following memory of the computer is used to speed up the computer processing? a) Cache
memory b) RAM c) ROM d) none of the above

Subtraction in computers is carried out by – a) 1's complement b) 2's complement c) 3's complement d)
9's complement

The status bit is also called as – a) Unsigned bit b) Signed bit c) Flag bit d.) None of the above

The fastest data access is provided using _______ a) Caches b) DRAM’s c) SRAM’s d) Registers

The addressing mode which makes use of in-direction pointers is ______ a) Indirect addressing mode b)
Index addressing mode c) Relative addressing mode d) offset addressing mode

) The addressing mode, where you directly specify the operand value is _______ a) Immediate b) Direct
c) Definite d) Relative
The contention for the usage of a hardware device is called ______ a) Structural hazard b) Stalk c)
Deadlock d) None of the mentioned

The stalling of the processor due to the unavailability of the instructions is called as ___________ a)
Control hazard b) structural hazard c) Input hazard d) None of the mentioned

When we add a two’s complement, 4-bit, binary numbers 1101 and 0100, it would result in:

a. 1001 and no overflow

b. 0001 and an overflow

c. 1001 and an overflow

d. 0001 and no overflow

Answer: (d) 0001 and no overflow

Which of these is required when we want to establish the communication links between a CPU
and its peripherals?

a. Memory data register

b. Memory address register

c. Instruction register

d. Index register

Answer: (a) Memory data register

Which of these memories would have the lowest access time in a system:

a. Main Memory

b. Magnetic Disk

c. Registers

d. Cache

Answer: (c) Registers

The addressing mode/s, which uses the PC instead of a general purpose register is ______
a) Indexed with offset
b) Relative
c) Direct
d) Both Indexed with offset and direct
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Answer: b
Explanation: In this, t

The addressing mode, where you directly specify the operand value is _______
a) Immediate
b) Direct
c) Definite
d) Relative
View Answer
Answer: a

The addressing mode, where you directly specify the operand value is _______
a) Immediate
b) Direct
c) Definite
d) Relative
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Answer: a

The addressing mode, where you directly specify the operand value is _______
a) Immediate
b) Direct
c) Definite
d) Relative
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Answer: a

The addressing mode, where you directly specify the operand value is _______
a) Immediate
b) Direct
c) Definite
d) Relative
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Answer: a

Which of the architecture is power efficient?

a) RISC
b) ISA
c) IANA
d) CISC
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Answer: a

What does CSA stands for?

a) Computer Service Architecture
b) Computer Speed Addition
c) Carry Save Addition
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b

Which of the following is not a bitwise operator?

a) |
b) ^
c) .
d) <<
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Answer: c

The sign magnitude representation of -1 is __________

a) 0001
b) 1110
c) 1000
d) 1001
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Answer: d

Which of the following is used for binary multiplication?

a) Restoring Multiplication
b) Booth’s Algorithm
c) Pascal’s Rule
d) Digit-by-digit multiplication
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Answer: b

In floating-point representation, the part represents a signed & fixed-point number is called as?
(a) Exponent
(b) Mantissa
(c) Normalized
(d) Float

Which of the following floating-point number is normalized?

(a) 00011010
(b) 01101101
(c) 10110100
(d) 00110101
Floating point representation is used to store (A) Boolean values (B) whole numbers (C) real integers (D) integers Ans: C

Computers use addressing mode techniques for _____________________. (A) giving programming
versatility to the user by providing facilities as pointers to memory counters for loop control (B) to
reduce no. of bits in the field of instruction (C) specifying rules for modifying or interpreting address field
of the instruction (D) All the above Ans: D

. Which of the following is lowest in memory hierarchy? (A) Cache memory (B) Secondary memory (C)
Registers (D) RAM (E) None of these Ans (B) Secondary memory
. In signed-magnitude binary division, if the dividend is (11100) 2 and divisor is (10011) 2 then the result
is (A) (00100) 2 (B) (10100) 2 (C) (11001) 2 (D) (01100) 2 Ans: B 26. Virtual memory consists of (A) Static
RAM (B) Dynamic RAM (C) Magnetic memory (D) None of these Ans: A

1 The first part represents a signed, fixed-point number called 1 L1

the CO2
a) Signed
b) Magnitude
c) Exponent
d) Mantissa
2 The control unit has a -------- and --------- 1 CO3 L1
a) ALU & MU
b) ALU & Registers
c) Micro programmed Control & Hardwired Control
d) Control memory and main memory
3 Which of the following register contains the address of the 1 CO4 L1
main memory to or from which data is to be transferred?

a) Memory address registers

b) Memory and memory data register

4 The control unit is specified into how many categories? 1 CO3 L2

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

5 Which of the following is used for binary multiplication? 1 CO2 L1

a) Restoring Multiplication
b) Booth’s Algorithm
c) Pascal’s Rule
d) Digit-by-digit multiplication
6 The contention for the usage of a hardware device is called 1 CO3 L1
______
a) Structural hazard
b) Stalk
c) Deadlock
d) None of the mentioned
7 How many types of pipelines are there in the computer? 1 CO3 L1

a) 5
b) 4
c) 3
 d) 2

8 2 data paths in CU are 1 CO2 L1

a) Internal data path

b) External data path

c) Both a) & b)

d) None

9 What does the hardwired control generator consist of? 1 CO2 L1

a) Decoder/encoder
b) Condition codes
c) Control step counter
d) All of the mentioned

10 In micro-programmed approach, the signals are generated by 1 CO2 L1

______
a) Machine instructions
b) System programs
c) Utility tools
d) None of the mentioned
PART B- 4x10 =40 Marks - Answer All Questions
(Descriptive)
11 Explain floating point representation in detail. 10 CO2 L3

12 Explain ripple carry adder with a neat diagram 10 CO2 L2

13 Explain restoring technique of division in detail with example. 10 CO2 L4

14 Explain control unit in detail 10 CO2 L2

15 Explain nano programming in detail 10 CO2 L1

16 Explain the types of pipeline hazards 10 CO3 L2

________ are the different type/s of generating control signals.

a) Micro-programmed
b) Hardwired
c) Micro-instruction
d) Both Micro-programmed and Hardwired
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Answer: d

The type of control signal is generated based on ________

a) contents of the step counter
b) Contents of IR
c) Contents of condition flags
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d

What is the 2’s complement of 0010 ? Option A: 1101 Option B: 0101 Option C: 1110 Option D: 1010

The DMA transfers are performed by a control circuit called as __________

a) Device interface
b) DMA controller
c) Data controller
d) Overlooker
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Answer: b

The DMA controller has _______ registers.

a) 4
b) 2
c) 3
d) 1
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Answer: c

The signal sent to the device from the processor to the device after receiving an interrupt is ___________
a) Interrupt-acknowledge
b) Return signal
c) Service signal
d) Permission signal
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Answer: a

The instructions which can be run only supervisor mode are?

a) Non-privileged instructions
b) System instructions
c) Privileged instructions
d) Exception instructions
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Answer: c

_____ is/are types of exceptions.

a) Trap
b) Interrupt
c) System calls
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d