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Solanke Pathrikar
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MCQs As Per DR.BATU NEW EXAM PAPER PATTERN

Class: Second Year Sub: Computer Organization and Architecture

Sem- III Branch: Computer Science &Engineering

Unit 1: Introduction

1. What is computer architecture?

a) set of categories and methods that specify the functioning, organization, and implementation
of computer systems

b) set of principles and methods that specify the functioning, organization, and implementation
of computer systems

c) set of functions and methods that specify the functioning, organization, and implementation
of computer systems

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b) set of principles and methods that specify the functioning, organization, and
implementation of computer systems

2. What is computer organization?

a) structure and behavior of a computer system as observed by the user
b) structure of a computer system as observed by the developer
c) structure and behavior of a computer system as observed by the developer
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a) structure and behavior of a computer system as observed by the use

3. Which of the architecture is power efficient?
a) RISC
b) ISA
c) IANA
d) CISC

Answer: a) RISC

4. In CISC architecture most of the complex instructions are stored in _____

a) CMOS
b) Register
c) Transistors
d) Diodes

Answer: c) Transistors

5. Which of the following is the fullform of CISC?

a) Complex Instruction Sequential Compilation
b) Complete Instruction Sequential Compilation
c) Computer Integrated Sequential Compiler
d) Complex Instruction Set Computer

Answer: d) Complex Instruction Set Computer

6. Which of the following allows simultaneous write and read operations?

a) ROM

b) EROM

c) RAM

d) Workspace

Answer: d) Workspace
 7. Which memory device is generally made of semi-conductors?
a) RAM

b) Hard-disk

c) Floppy disk

d) Cd disk

Answer: RAM

8. The ALU makes use of _______ to store the intermediate results.

a) Accumulators

b) Registers

c) Heap

d) Stack

Answer: a) Accumulators

9. ANSI stands for __________

a) American National Standards Institute

b) American National Standard Interface

c) American Network Standard Interfacing

d) American Network Security Interrupt

Answer: a) American National Standards Institute

10. What is the main function of the Control Unit in a computer?

a) Execute instructions
b) To transfer data between input and output devices
c) To perform arithmetic operations
d) To store data

Answer: a) Execute instructions

 Unit 2: Instruction Sets

11. Which component of the CPU is responsible for performing arithmetic and logical operations?

a) Control Unit

b) Memory

c) Register

d) Arithmetic Logic Unit

Answer: d) Arithmetic Logic Unit

12. Which of the following register keeps track of how instructions are being executed?

a) Instruction registers

b) Memory address registers

c) Program counters register

d) Memory and memory data register

Answer: c) Program counter register

13. Which of the following register is used to store the currently executed instruction?

a) Instruction registers

b) Memory address registers

c) Program counter register

d) Memory and memory data register

Answer: a) Instruction registers

14. Which register holds the address of the next instruction to be executed?

a) Program Counter (PC)

b) Instruction Register (IR)
c) Accumulator (AC)
d) Memory Address Register (MAR)
Answer: a) Program Counter (PC)
15. What does the term ‘fetch’ refer to in the context of the fetch-decode-execute cycle?

a) The CPU retrieves the next instruction from memory

b) The CPU decodes the instruction

c) The CPU executes the instruction

d) The CPU stores the result

Answer: a) The CPU retrieves the next instruction from memory

16. In a Von Neumann architecture, where are the data and instructions stored?

a) CPU

b) Cache

c) Main memory

d) Registers

Answer: c) Main memory

17. Which of the following represents the binary equivalent of the decimal number 15?

a) 101
b) 1111
c) 111
d) 1001
Answer: b) 1111

18. Which of the following components is responsible for storing data temporarily during processing?

a) Hard drive

b) RAM (Random Access Memory)

c) CPU

d) ROM (Read-Only Memory)

 Answer: b) RAM (Random Access Memory

19. Which of the following is the correct order of the CPU components that process data?

a) CU → ALU → Register

b) ALU → CU → Register

c) Register → CU → ALU

d) Register → ALU → CU

Answer: d) Register → ALU → CU

20. What is the primary purpose of a cache memory?

a) Store large amounts of data

b) Store frequently accessed data to speed up processing

c) Store programs

d) Store permanent data

Answer: b) Store frequently accessed data to speed up processing

[Unit 3] Computer Arithmetic

21. The sign magnitude representation of -1 is __________

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

Answer: d) 1001

22. The ALU gives the output of the operations and the output is stored in the ________.

a) Memory Devices

b) Registers

c) Flags

d) Output Unit

Answer: b) Registers

23. ALU and Control Unit jointly known as__________?

a) RAM

b) ROM

c) CPU

d) PC

Answer: c) CPU

24. A source program usually in which language?

a) Machine level

b) Assembly

c) Natural

d) High-level

Answer: d) High-level
25. Which level of RAID refers to disk mirroring with block striping?

a) RAID level 1
b) RAID level 2
c) RAID level 0
d) RAID level 3

Answer: a) RAID level 1

26. With multiple disks, we can improve the transfer rate as well by ___________ data across multiple
disks.
a) Striping
b) Dividing
c) Mirroring
d) Dividing

Answer: a) Striping

27. The RAID level which mirroring is done along with stripping is
a) RAID 1+0
b) RAID 0
c) RAID 2
d) Both RAID 1+0 and RAID 0

Answer: d) Both RAID 1+0 and RAID 0

28. The primary memory (also called main memory) of a personal computer consists of

a) RAM only

b) ROM only

c) Both RAM and ROM

d) Cache memory

Answer: (c) both RAM and ROM

29. What does VLIW stands for?
a) Very Long Instruction Width
b) Very Large Instruction Word
c) Very Long Instruction Width
d) Very Long Instruction Word

Answer: d) Very Long Instruction Word

30. Magnetic tape is a type of _________ access device.

a) Sequential
b) direct access
c) Step
d) Indirect

Answer: a) Sequential

[Unit 4] Memory Organization

31. How many storage locations are available when a memory device has twelve address lines?

a) 144

b) 512

c) 2048

d) 4096

Answer: d) 4096

32. Advantage(s) of an EEPROM over an EPROM is (are):

a) the EPROM can be erased with ultraviolet light in much less time than an EEPROM

b) the EEPROM can be erased and reprogrammed without removal from the circuit

c) the EEPROM has the ability to erase and reprogram individual words

d) the EEPROM can erase and reprogram individual words without removal from the circuit

Answer: d) the EEPROM can erase and reprogram individual words without removal from the
circuit
33. Which of these memory devices can be removed from the computer?

a) Floppy

b) RAM

c) Hard disk

d) Register

Answer: a) Floppy

34. Which of these are considered as primary memory?

a) RAM

b) ROM

c) Cache

d) Both A and B

Answer: d) Both A and B

35. Which of these is not a feature of primary memory?

a) It is fast

b) It holds instructions for computer

c) It is volatile

d) All of these

Answer: c) It is volatile

36. Which of these is a category of RAM?

a) Erasable RAM

b) Dynamic RAM

c) Programmable RAM

d) None of these

Answer: b) Dynamic RAM

37. What does SRAM stand for?

a) Strong Random Access Memory

b) Serialized Random Access Memory

c) Static Random Access Memory

d) All of these

Answer: d) All of these

38. Which of these statements are correct for SRAM?

a) It needs refreshing

b) It uses capacitors to store data

c) It uses transistor to store data

d) None of these

Answer: c) It uses transistor to store data

39. Which factor determines the effectiveness of cache?

a) hit rate

b) refresh cycle

c) refresh rate

d) refresh time

Answer: a) hit rate

40. Which factor determines the cache performance?

a) Software

b) Peripheral

c) Input

d) Output

Answer: a) Software
[Unit 5] Control Unit and Input / Output Organization

41. The key characteristics of micro programmed control is?

a) Expensive

b) Complex hardware

c) RISC

d) Flexibility of adding new instructions

Answer: d) Flexibility of adding instructions

42. Which block holds the present microinstruction while the next address is computed and read from
memory?

a) Control address register

b) Control data register

c) Next address generator

d) Control memory

Answer: b) Control data register

43. In Micro programmed control; the data register is sometimes called?

a) Accumulator

b) Branch Register

c) Sequence Register

d) Pipeline Register

Answer: d) Pipeline Register

44. Microinstructions are stored in control memory in groups, with each group specifying ________.

a) Micro program

b) Mapping

c) Routine

d) None

Answer: (c) Routine

45. The transformation from the instruction code bits to an address in control memory where the
routine is located is

a) Micro program

b) Mapping

c) Routine

d) None

Answer: b) Mapping

46. What is a micro-instruction in computer architecture?

a) A single line of assembly code

b) A high-level programming statement

c) A low-level instruction controlling hardware operations

d) A graphical representation of an algorithm

Answer: c) A low-level instruction controlling hardware operations

47. In micro-programmed control units, the sequence of micro-instruction execution is stored in:

a) General-purpose registers

b) Control memory

c) RAM

d) ALU registers

Answer: b) Control memory

48. A key disadvantage of micro-programmed control over hardwired control is:

a) Lack of flexibility

b) Increased execution speed

c) Slower performance due to control memory access

d) Difficulty in modification

Answer: c) Slower performance due to control memory access

49. Which component is responsible for generating control signals during micro-instruction execution?

a) Memory management unit

b) Micro-program control unit

c) Arithmetic logic unit

d) Instruction registers

Answer: b) Micro-program control unit

50. The primary role of a control unit in micro-instruction execution is to:

a) Execute user-level applications

b) Manage cache memory

c) Decode and execute micro-instructions

d) Perform I/O operations

Answer: c) Decode and execute micro-instructions