Explore topic-wise MCQs in Microprocessors.

This section includes 10 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 registers that are not available for programmers are

A. data and address registers
B. instruction pointers
C. segment descriptor registers
D. flag registers
Answer» D. flag registers
2.

The flag bits that indicate the privilege level of current IO operations are

A. Virtual mode flag bits
B. IOPL flag bits
C. Resume flag bits
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Resume flag bits
3.

The register DR6 hold

A. break point status
B. break point control information
C. break point status and break point control information
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. break point control information
4.

The registers that are used to store four program controllable break point addresses are

A. DR5-DR7
B. DR0-DR1
C. DR6-DR7
D. DR0-DR3
Answer» E.
5.

Among eight debug registers, DR0-DR7, the registers that are reserved by Intel are

A. DR0, DR1, DR2
B. DR4, DR5
C. DR1, DR4
D. DR5, DR6, DR7
Answer» C. DR1, DR4
6.

The test register(s) that is provided by 80386 for page caching is

A. test control registers
B. page cache registers
C. test control and test status registers
D. test control and page cache registers
Answer» D. test control and page cache registers
7.

Which of the following is a system segment register?

A. GDTR
B. LDTR
C. IDTR
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. IDTR
8.

The registers that are together, known as system address registers are

A. GDTR and IDTR
B. IDTR and LDTR
C. TR and GDTR
D. LDTR and TR
Answer» B. IDTR and LDTR
9.

The descriptor table that the 80386 supports is

A. GDT (Global descriptor table)
B. IDT (Interrupt descriptor table)
C. LDT (Local descriptor table)
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
10.

The 32-bit control register, that is used to hold global machine status, independent of the executed task is

A. CR0
B. CR2
C. CR3
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.