Explore topic-wise MCQs in Microprocessors.

This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microprocessors knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

THE_DEVICE_THAT_INTERFACES_AND_CONTROL_THE_INTERNAL_DATA_BUS_WITH_THE_SYSTEM_BUS_IS?$

A. data interface
B. controller interface
C. data and control interface
D. data transreceiver
Answer» E.
2.

Which of the following is not an interrupt generated by 80286?$

A. software interrupts
B. hardware or external interrupts
C. INT instruction
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» E.
3.

The register bank of Execution Unit of 80286 is used as$

A. for storing data
B. scratch pad
C. special purpose registers
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
4.

The interrupt that has the lowest priority among the following is

A. Processor extension segment overrun
B. INTR
C. INT instruction
D. NMI
Answer» D. NMI
5.

The interrupt that has the highest priority among the following is

A. Single step
B. NMI (non-maskable interrupt)
C. INTR
D. Instruction exception
Answer» E.
6.

The instruction that comes into action, if the trap flag is set is

A. maskable interrupt
B. non-maskable interrupt
C. single step interrupt
D. breakpoint interrupt
Answer» D. breakpoint interrupt
7.

For which of the following instruction does the return address point to instruction causing an exception?

A. divide error exception
B. bound range exceeded exception
C. invalid opcode exception
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
8.

The CPU must flush out the prefetched instructions immediately following the branch instruction i?

A. conditional branch
B. unconditional branch
C. conditional and unconditional branches
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. conditional and unconditional branches
9.

The process of fetching the instructions in advance, and storing in the queue is called

A. mapping
B. swapping
C. instruction pipelining
D. storing
Answer» D. storing
10.

The unit that is responsible for calculating the address of instructions, and data that the CPU wants to access is

A. bus unit
B. address unit
C. instruction unit
D. control unit
Answer» C. instruction unit
11.

Which of the block is not considered as a block of an architecture of 80286?

A. address unit
B. bus unit
C. instruction unit
D. control unit
Answer» E.
12.

The additional field that is available in 80286 is

A. I/O Privilege field
B. nested task flag
C. protection enable
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
13.

The flags that are used for controlling machine operation are called

A. status flags
B. control flags
C. machine controlled flags
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» C. machine controlled flags
14.

The bits that are modified according to the result of the execution of logical and arithmetic instructions are called

A. byte addressable bit
B. control flag bits
C. status flag bit
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
15.

The CPU of 80286 contains

A. 16-bit general purpose registers
B. 16-bit segment registers
C. status and control register
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.