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This section includes 585 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Computer Organization knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
501. |
Physical memory is divided into sets of finite size called as ___ |
A. | Frames |
B. | Pages |
C. | Blocks |
D. | Vectors |
Answer» B. Pages | |
502. |
During transfer of data between the processor and memory we use ___ |
A. | Cache |
B. | TLB |
C. | Buffers |
D. | Registers |
Answer» E. | |
503. |
____ method is used to map logical addresses of variable length onto physical memory. |
A. | Paging |
B. | Overlays |
C. | Segmentation |
D. | Paging with segmentation |
Answer» D. Paging with segmentation | |
504. |
To get the physical address from the logical address generated by CPU we use _ |
A. | MAR |
B. | MMU |
C. | Overlays |
D. | TLB |
Answer» C. Overlays | |
505. |
When using the Big Endian assignment to store a number, the sign bit of the number is stored in __ |
A. | The higher order byte of the word |
B. | The lower order byte of the word |
C. | Can’t say |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. The lower order byte of the word | |
506. |
The type of memory assignment used in Intel processors is ___ |
A. | Little Endian |
B. | Big Endian |
C. | Medium Endian |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Big Endian | |
507. |
If a system is 64 bit machine , then the length of each word will be __ |
A. | 4 bytes |
B. | 8 bytes |
C. | 16 bytes |
D. | 12 bytes |
Answer» C. 16 bytes | |
508. |
In the implementation of a Multiplier circuit in the system we make use of _ |
A. | Counter |
B. | Flip flop |
C. | Shift register |
D. | Push down stack |
Answer» D. Push down stack | |
509. |
The collection of the above mentioned entities where data is stored is called as |
A. | Block |
B. | Set |
C. | Word |
D. | Byte |
Answer» D. Byte | |
510. |
The smallest entity of memory is called as __ |
A. | Cell |
B. | Block |
C. | Instance |
D. | Unit |
Answer» B. Block | |
511. |
When 1101 is used to divide 100010010 the remainder is __ |
A. | 101 |
B. | 11 |
C. | 0 |
D. | 1 |
Answer» E. | |
512. |
In some pipelined systems, a different instruction is used to add to numbers which can affect the flags upon execution. That instruction is __ |
A. | AddSetCC |
B. | AddCC |
C. | Add++ |
D. | SumSetCC |
Answer» B. AddCC | |
513. |
In a normal n-bit adder, to find out if an overflow as occured we make use of ___ |
A. | And gate |
B. | Nand gate |
C. | Nor gate |
D. | Xor gate |
Answer» E. | |
514. |
For the addition of large integers most of the systems make use of _ |
A. | Fast adders |
B. | Full adders |
C. | Carry look-ahead adders |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
515. |
The most efficient method followed by computers to multiply two unsigned numbers is _____ |
A. | Booth algorithm |
B. | Bit pair recording of multipliers |
C. | Restoring algorithm |
D. | Non restoring algorithm |
Answer» C. Restoring algorithm | |
516. |
The Flag ‘V’ is set to 1 indicates that, |
A. | The operation is valid |
B. | The operation is validated |
C. | The operation as resulted in an overflow |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
517. |
The register used to store the flags is called as ____ |
A. | Flag register |
B. | Status register |
C. | Test register |
D. | Log register |
Answer» C. Test register | |
518. |
The processor keeps track of the results of its operations using a flags called __ |
A. | Conditional code flags |
B. | Test output flags |
C. | Type flags |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Test output flags | |
519. |
When we subtract -3 from 2 , the answer in 2’s compliment form is ___ |
A. | 0001 |
B. | 1101 |
C. | 0101 |
D. | 1001 |
Answer» D. 1001 | |
520. |
When we perform subtraction on -7 and -5 the answer in 2’s compliment form is __ |
A. | 11110 |
B. | 1110 |
C. | 1010 |
D. | 0010 |
Answer» C. 1010 | |
521. |
When we perform subtraction on -7 and 1 the answer in 2’s compliment form is _ |
A. | 1010 |
B. | 1110 |
C. | 0110 |
D. | 1000 |
Answer» E. | |
522. |
Which representation is most efficient to perform arithmetic operations on the numbers ? |
A. | Sign-magnitude |
B. | 1’s compliment |
C. | 2’S compliment |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
523. |
Which method/s of representation of numbers occupies large amount of memory than others ? |
A. | Sign-magnitude |
B. | 1’s compliment |
C. | 2’s compliment |
D. | 1’s & 2’s compliment |
Answer» B. 1’s compliment | |
524. |
Which method of representation has two representations for ‘0’ ? |
A. | Sign-magnitude |
B. | 1’s compliment |
C. | 2’s compliment |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. 1’s compliment | |
525. |
___ addressing mode is most suitable to change the normal sequence of execution of instructions. |
A. | Relative |
B. | Indirect |
C. | Index with Offset |
D. | Immediate |
Answer» B. Indirect | |
526. |
The effective address of the following instruction is, MUL 5(R1,R2). |
A. | 5+R1+R2 |
B. | 5+(R1*R2) |
C. | 5+[R1]+[R2]. |
D. | 5*([R1]+[R2]) |
Answer» D. 5*([R1]+[R2]) | |
527. |
The addressing mode, where you directly specify the operand value is __ |
A. | Immediate |
B. | Direct |
C. | Definite |
D. | Relative |
Answer» B. Direct | |
528. |
In the following indexed addressing mode instruction, MOV 5(R1),LOC the effective address is _ |
A. | EA = 5+R1 |
B. | EA = R1 |
C. | EA = [R1] d) EA = 5+[R1] |
D. | None of above |
Answer» E. | |
529. |
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 |
Answer» B. Index addressing mode | |
530. |
Add #45, when this instruction is executed the following happen/s ___ |
A. | The processor raises an error and requests for one more operand |
B. | The value stored in memory location 45 is retrieved and one more operand is requested |
C. | The value 45 gets added to the value on the stack and is pushed onto the stack |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. The value 45 gets added to the value on the stack and is pushed onto the stack | |
531. |
In case of, Zero-address instruction method the operands are stored in __ |
A. | Registers |
B. | Accumulators |
C. | Push down stack |
D. | Cache |
Answer» D. Cache | |
532. |
The instruction, Add #45,R1 does __ |
A. | Adds the value of 45 to the address of R1 and stores 45 in that address |
B. | Adds 45 to the value of R1 and stores it in R1 |
C. | Finds the memory location 45 and adds that content to that of R1 |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Finds the memory location 45 and adds that content to that of R1 | |
533. |
CISC stands for _ |
A. | Complete Instruction Sequential Compilation |
B. | Computer Integrated Sequential Compiler |
C. | Complex Instruction Set Computer |
D. | Complex Instruction Sequential Compilation |
Answer» D. Complex Instruction Sequential Compilation | |
534. |
If the instruction, Add R1, R2, R3 is executed in a system which is pipe-lined, then the value of S is (Where S is term of the Basic performance equation) |
A. | 3 |
B. | ~2 |
C. | ~1 |
D. | 6 |
Answer» D. 6 | |
535. |
The clock rate of the processor can be improved by __ |
A. | Improving the IC technology of the logic circuits |
B. | Reducing the amount of processing done in one step |
C. | By using overclocking method |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
536. |
The average number of steps taken to execute the set of instructions can be made to be less than one by following _____ |
A. | ISA |
B. | Pipe-lining |
C. | Super-scaling |
D. | Sequential |
Answer» D. Sequential | |
537. |
When Performing a looping operation, the instruction gets stored in the __ |
A. | Registers |
B. | Cache |
C. | System Heap |
D. | System stack |
Answer» C. System Heap | |
538. |
As of 2000, the reference system to find the performance of a system is __ |
A. | Ultra SPARC 10 |
B. | SUN SPARC |
C. | SUN II |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. SUN SPARC | |
539. |
SPEC stands for __ |
A. | Standard Performance Evaluation Code |
B. | System Processing Enhancing Code |
C. | System Performance Evaluation Corporation |
D. | Standard Processing Enhancement Corporation |
Answer» D. Standard Processing Enhancement Corporation | |
540. |
The ultimate goal of a compiler is to _ |
A. | Reduce the clock cycles for a programming task |
B. | Reduce the size of the object code |
C. | Be versatile |
D. | Be able to detect even the smallest of errors |
Answer» B. Reduce the size of the object code | |
541. |
An optimizing Compiler does __ |
A. | Better compilation of the given piece of code |
B. | Takes advantage of the type of processor and reduces its process time |
C. | Does better memory managament |
D. | none of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Does better memory managament | |
542. |
For a given FINITE number of instructions to be executed, which architecture of the processor provides for a faster execution ? |
A. | ISA |
B. | ANSA |
C. | Super-scalar |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» D. All of the mentioned | |
543. |
A processor performing fetch or decoding of different instruction during the execution of another instruction is called ____ |
A. | Super-scaling |
B. | Pipe-lining |
C. | Parallel Computation |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Parallel Computation | |
544. |
Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 3 steps and B can execute with an average of 5 steps. For the execution of the same instruction which processor is faster ? |
A. | A |
B. | B |
C. | Both take the same time |
D. | Insuffient information |
Answer» B. B | |
545. |
During the execution of the instructions, a copy of the instructions is placed in the ___ |
A. | Register |
B. | RAM |
C. | System heap |
D. | Cache |
Answer» E. | |
546. |
The ISA standard Buses are used to connect ___ |
A. | RAM and processor |
B. | GPU and processor |
C. | Harddisk and Processor |
D. | CD/DVD drives and Processor |
Answer» D. CD/DVD drives and Processor | |
547. |
The main advantage of multiple bus organisation over single bus is __ |
A. | Reduction in the number of cycles for execution |
B. | Increase in size of the registers |
C. | Better Connectivity |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Increase in size of the registers | |
548. |
In multiple Bus organisation, the registers are collectively placed and referred as _ |
A. | Set registers |
B. | Register file |
C. | Register Block |
D. | Map registers |
Answer» C. Register Block | |
549. |
___ register Connected to the Processor bus is a single-way transfer capable. |
A. | PC |
B. | IR |
C. | Temp |
D. | Z |
Answer» E. | |
550. |
ANSI stands for _ |
A. | American National Standards Institute |
B. | American National Standard Interface |
C. | American Network Standard Interfacing |
D. | American Network Security Interrupt |
Answer» B. American National Standard Interface | |