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901.

The addressing mode, where you directly specify the operand value is

A. immediate
B. direct
C. definite
D. relative
Answer» B. direct
902.

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
903.

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
Answer» C. direct
904.

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
905.

As of 2000, the reference system to find the SPEC rating are built with             Processor.

A. intel atom sparc 300mhz
B. ultra sparc -iii 300mhz
C. amd neutrino series
D. asus a series 450 mhz
Answer» C. amd neutrino series
906.

In the case of, Zero-address instruction method the operands are stored in

A. registers
B. accumulators
C. push down stack
D. cache
Answer» D. cache
907.

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
908.

If the instruction, Add R1, R2, R3 is executed in a system that is pipe-lined, then the value of S is (Where S is a term of the Basic performance equation)?

A. 3
B. ~2
C. ~1
D. 6
Answer» D. 6
909.

If a processor clock is rated as 1250 million cycles per second, then its clock period is

A. 1.9 * 10-10 sec
B. 1.6 * 10-9 sec
C. 1.25 * 10-10 sec
D. 8 * 10-10 sec
Answer» E.
910.

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 management
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. does better memory management
911.

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
912.

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
913.

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 the overclocking method
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
914.

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
915.

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. insufficient information
Answer» B. b
916.

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.
917.

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
918.

The main advantage of multiple bus organisation over a 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
919.

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
920.

           register Connected to the Processor bus is a single-way transfer capable.

A. pc
B. ir
C. temp
D. z
Answer» E.
921.

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
922.

The bus used to connect the monitor to the CPU is

A. pci bus
B. scsi bus
C. memory bus
D. rambus
Answer» C. memory bus
923.

IBM developed a bus standard for their line of computers ‘PC AT’ called

A. ib bus
B. m-bus
C. isa
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
924.

To extend the connectivity of the processor bus we use

A. pci bus
B. scsi bus
C. controllers
D. multiple bus
Answer» B. scsi bus
925.

The main virtue for using single Bus structure is

A. fast data transfers
B. cost effective connectivity and speed
C. cost effective connectivity and ease of attaching peripheral devices
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
926.

                is used to store data in registers.

A. d flip flop
B. jk flip flop
C. rs flip flop
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. jk flip flop
927.

              are used to overcome the difference in data transfer speeds of various devices.

A. speed enhancing circuitory
B. bridge circuits
C. multiple buses
D. buffer registers
Answer» E.
928.

The registers, ALU and the interconnection between them are collectively called as

A. process route
B. information trail
C. information path
D. data path
Answer» E.
929.

              is used to choose between incrementing the PC or performing ALU operations.

A. conditional codes
B. multiplexer
C. control unit
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. control unit
930.

The internal components of the processor are connected by

A. processor intra-connectivity circuitry
B. processor bus
C. memory bus
D. rambus
Answer» C. memory bus
931.

ISP stands for

A. instruction set processor
B. information standard processing
C. interchange standard protocol
D. interrupt service procedure
Answer» B. information standard processing
932.

Which of the register/s of the processor is/are connected to Memory Bus?

A. pc
B. mar
C. ir
D. both pc and mar
Answer» C. ir
933.

Which registers can interact with the secondary storage?

A. mar
B. pc
C. ir
D. r0
Answer» B. pc
934.

During the execution of a program which gets initialized first?

A. mdr
B. ir
C. pc
D. mar
Answer» D. mar
935.

The decoded instruction is stored in

A. ir
B. pc
C. registers
D. mdr
Answer» B. pc
936.

              is generally used to increase the apparent size of physical memory.

A. secondary memory
B. virtual memory
C. hard-disk
D. disks
Answer» C. hard-disk
937.

MFC stands for

A. memory format caches
B. memory function complete
C. memory find command
D. mass format command
Answer» C. memory find command
938.

To reduce the memory access time we generally make use of

A. heaps
B. higher capacity ram’s
C. sdram’s
D. cache’s
Answer» E.
939.

The time delay between two successive initiations of memory operation

A. memory access time
B. memory search time
C. memory cycle time
D. instruction delay
Answer» D. instruction delay
940.

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
941.

The I/O interface required to connect the I/O device to the bus consists of

A. address decoder and registers
B. control circuits
C. address decoder, registers and control circuits
D. only control circuits
Answer» D. only control circuits
942.

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

A. single bus
B. multiple bus
C. star bus
D. rambus
Answer» B. multiple bus
943.

              are numbers and encoded characters, generally used as operands.

A. input
B. data
C. information
D. stored values
Answer» C. information
944.

The control unit controls other units by generating

A. control signals
B. timing signals
C. transfer signals
D. command signals
Answer» C. transfer signals
945.

The ALU makes use of                 to store the intermediate results.

A. accumulators
B. registers
C. heap
D. stack
Answer» B. registers
946.

The small extremely fast, RAM’s are called as

A. cache
B. heaps
C. accumulators
D. stacks
Answer» B. heaps
947.

Which memory device is generally made of semiconductors?

A. ram
B. hard-disk
C. floppy disk
D. cd disk
Answer» B. hard-disk
948.

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

A. ascii
B. ebcdic
C. anci
D. uscii
Answer» C. anci
949.

The               format is usually used to store data.

A. bcd
B. decimal
C. hexadecimal
D. octal
Answer» B. decimal
950.

A source program is usually in

A. assembly language
B. machine level language
C. high-level language
D. natural language
Answer» D. natural language