CS501 Quiz 1 by Smile

Objective Questions

1. ________ is the simplest form for representing a signed number.

1. Biased Representation
2. Diminished Radix Compliment Form
3. Sign Magnitude Form
4. None of the given

2. ________ is a technique in which some of the CPU’s address lines form to the address decoder are ignored.

1. Microprogramming
2. Instruction pre-fetching
3. Pipelining
4. Partial decoding

3. ________ control signal enable the input to the PC for receiving a valu currently on the internal processor bus.

1. LPC
2. INC4
3. LC
4. I

4. FALCON-A processor bus has 16 lines or is 16-bits wide while that of S wide.

1. 8-bits
2. 16-bits
3. 32-bits

7.

Along with information bits we add up another bit which is called the _

1. CRC
2. Hamming
3. Error Detection
4. Parity

8. ________ operation is required to change the processor’s state to a kn value.

1. Change
2. Reset
3. Update
4. None of the given

9. In computers, floating-point representation uses ________ to encode exponent and their sign in a single word

1. Decimal Numbers
2. Binary Numbers
3. Octal Numbers
4. Hexa decimal Numbers

10. ________ is an electrical pathway through which the processor comm the internal and external devices attached to the computer.

1. Computer Bus
2. Hazard
3. Memory
4. Disk

11. human works with base 10 and computers work with base ________.

1. 8
2. All of the given
3. None of the given

14.

How can you define an interrupt?

1. A process where an external device can speed up the working of the micro
2. A process where memory can speed up programs execution speed
3. A process where an external device can get the attention of the microproc
4. A process where input devices can takeover the working of the microproce

15.

Which one of the following is a binary cell capable of storing one bit of

1. Decoder
2. Flip-flop
3. Multiplexer
4. Diplexer

16. In a printer with DB-25 interface, ________ signal is better for edge tr systems.

1. BUSY#
2. PE#
3. ACKNLG#
4. STROB#

17.

Most parallel I/O ports used with peripheral devices are mapped on a r

1. Bus addresses
2. Direct memory Access
3. contiguous addresses
4. Cache