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301.

The developed program's performance, is affected by

A. Algorithm
B. Compiler
C. Operating system
D. All above
Answer» E.
302.

Microprocessors, that are present in home appliances are considered as the best example of

A. Desktop Computers
B. Embedded Computers
C. Servers
D. Mini Computers
Answer» C. Servers
303.

Index register involves adding an

A. Index
B. Instruction
C. Information
D. I/O device
Answer» B. Instruction
304.

The length of 80x86 instructions can vary between

A. 1 to 10 bytes
B. 2 to 8 bytes
C. 2 to 17 bytes
D. 1 to 17 bytes
Answer» E.
305.

During the execution of a program which gets initialized first ?

A. MDR
B. IR
C. PC
D. MAR
Answer» D. MAR
306.

Register allocation algorithms are particularly based on the technique, named as

A. Low-level optimizations
B. High-level optimizations
C. Phase-ordering problem
D. Graph coloring
Answer» E.
307.

Vector architectures are operated on vectors of

A. Memory
B. Data
C. Registers
D. Graph coloring
Answer» C. Registers
308.

Computer bus line is consists of

A. registers
B. accumulators
C. set of parallel lines
D. computer clock
Answer» D. computer clock
309.

Creating and translating the program, which one of the following is used

A. Software system
B. Hardware system
C. Compiler
D. Interpreter
Answer» B. Hardware system
310.

When the call procedure saving the registers which it wants to be preserved to access even after the call, is refered to as

A. Caller saving
B. Callee saving
C. Calls
D. Jumps
Answer» B. Callee saving
311.

For two computers X and Y, if the performance of computer X is greater than the performance of computer Y, we have

A. PerformanceX =2PerformanceX
B. PerformanceX =PerformanceX
C. PerformanceX < PerformanceY
D. PerformanceX > PerformanceY
Answer» E.
312.

In instruction format, address of any data location is said to be

A. function code
B. instruction code
C. operand
D. logical code
Answer» D. logical code
313.

The EEPROM chip is physically similar to the chip.

A. EPROM
B. Minterm
C. POS
D. Either a or b
Answer» B. Minterm
314.

A___________ is a semiconductor memory device used to store information, which is permanent in nature.

A. Last table
B. RAM
C. K- Map
D. ROM
Answer» E.
315.

Each end of a bus in computer bus network topology is termed as

A. node
B. switch
C. sensor
D. terminator
Answer» E.
316.

Branch instruction 'JUMP IF ZERO' is an example of

A. transferring branch
B. conditional branch
C. unconditional branch
D. arithmetic branch
Answer» C. unconditional branch
317.

I/O instruction Control is used to activate an

A. Interrupt driven I/O
B. Internal device
C. External device
D. I/O devices
Answer» D. I/O devices
318.

Processor is often referred to

A. Central Processing Unit
B. Hardware
C. System Bus
D. I/O Modules
Answer» B. Hardware
319.

Address registers contain main memory addresses of

A. Scheduling
B. Registers
C. Protocols
D. Data and instruction
Answer» E.
320.

If computer A execute a program in 10 seconds and computer B runs the same in 15 seconds, how much faster is computer A than computer B

A. 1.4 times
B. 1.5 times
C. 1 time
D. 5.1 times
Answer» C. 1 time
321.

Optimization, known as basic block, by the compiler people is

A. Global common sub-expression elimination
B. High-level optimizations
C. Local optimizations
D. Global optimizations
Answer» D. Global optimizations
322.

Data stores in

A. Monitor
B. Mouse
C. secondary storage
D. Keyboard
Answer» D. Keyboard
323.

Computer B having execution time 110 ns and computer A having 1001 then

A. A is 9.1 times as fast as B for programs
B. B is 9.1 times as fast as A for programs
C. A is 8 times as fast as B for programs
D. B is 8 times as fast as A for programs
Answer» C. A is 8 times as fast as B for programs
324.

The Input devices can send information to the processor,

A. When the SIN status flag is set
B. When the data arrives regardless of the SIN flag
C. Neither of the cases
D. Either of the cases
Answer» B. When the data arrives regardless of the SIN flag
325.

______ bus structure is usually used to connect I/O devices .

A. Single
B. Multiple
C. Star
D. Ra
Answer» B. Multiple
326.

The 8-bit encoding format used to store data in a computer is ______ .

A. ASCII
B. EBCDIC
C. ANCI
D. USCII
Answer» C. ANCI
327.

The ______ format is usually used to store data .

A. BCD
B. Decimal
C. Hecadecimal
D. Octal
Answer» B. Decimal
328.

A source program is usually in _______ .

A. Assembly language
B. Machine level language
C. High-level language
D. Natural language
Answer» D. Natural language
329.

Which memory device is generally made of semi-conductors ?

A. RAM
B. Hard-disk
C. Floppy disk
D. Cd disk
Answer» B. Hard-disk
330.

The control unit controls other units by generating ____ .

A. Control signals
B. Timing signals
C. Transfer signals
D. Command Signals
Answer» C. Transfer signals
331.

The small extremely fast, RAM’s are called as _______ .

A. Cache
B. Heaps
C. Accumulators
D. Stacks
Answer» B. Heaps
332.

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

A. Accumulators
B. Registers
C. Heap
D. Stack
Answer» B. Registers
333.

______ are numbers and encoded characters, generally used as operands .

A. Input
B. Data
C. Information
D. Stored Values
Answer» C. Information
334.

DMA interface unit eliminates the need to use CPU registers to transfer datafrom

A. MBR to MAR
B. MAR to MBR
C. Memory to I/O units
D. I/O units to memory
Answer» D. I/O units to memory
335.

Which of the following technology can give high speed RAM?

A. CMOS
B. TTL
C. NMOS
D. ECL
Answer» E.
336.

Associative memory is some times called as

A. Cache memory
B. Virtual memory
C. Content addressable memory
D. Main memory
Answer» D. Main memory
337.

In a non-vectored interrupt, the address of interrupt service routine is

A. Supplied by the interrupting I/O device.
B. Obtained from interrupt address table.
C. Assigned to a fixed memory location.
D. Obtained through Vector address generator device.
Answer» D. Obtained through Vector address generator device.
338.

Which of the following architecture is/are not suitable for realizing SIMD

A. Array Processor
B. Vector Processor
C. All of the above
D. Von Neumann
Answer» E.
339.

The content of a 4-bit register is initially 1101. The register is shifted 2 times tothe right with the serial input being 1011101.What is the content of the register after each shift?

A. 0001, 1000
B. 1110, 0111
C. 1001, 1001
D. 1101, 1011
Answer» C. 1001, 1001
340.

Zero address instruction format is used for

A. CISC architecture.
B. RISC architecture.
C. Stack-organized architecture.
D. Von-Neuman architecture.
Answer» D. Von-Neuman architecture.
341.

BCD equivalent of Two\'s complement is

A. ten's complement
B. nine's complement
C. none of these
D. one's complement 1
Answer» E.
342.

In a virtual memory system, the addresses used by the programmer belongs to

A. physical addresses.
B. memory space.
C. main memory address
D. address space.
Answer» E.
343.

A more efficient way to organise a Page Table is by means of an associativememory having

A. Number of words more than the number of pages
B. Number of words equal to number of pages
C. Any of the above
D. Number of words less than the number of pages
Answer» C. Any of the above
344.

Stack overflow causes

A. External interrupt
B. Hardware interrupt.
C. Software interrupt.
D. Internal interrupt.
Answer» E.
345.

The instruction, Add R1,R2,R3 in RTN is

A. r3=r1+r2+r3
B. r3<-[r1]+[r2]+[r3]
C. r3=[r1]+[r2]
D. r3<-[r1]+[r2]
Answer» E.
346.

The instruction, Add Loc,R1 in RTN is

A. addsetcc loc+r1
B. r1=loc+r1
C. not possible to write in rtn
D. r1<-[loc]+[r1]
Answer» E.
347.

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.
Answer» E.
348.

                is used to detect and correct the errors that may occur during data transfers.

A. ecc
B. crc
C. checksum
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. crc
349.

The disk drive is connected to the system by using the

A. pci bus
B. scsi bus
C. hdmi
D. isa
Answer» C. hdmi
350.

                is used to deal with the difference in the transfer rates between the drive and the bus.

A. data repeaters
B. enhancers
C. data buffers
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned