ASSIGNMENT 2

STIK 1014 COMPUTER SYSTEM ORGANIZATION

Instruction : Please CIRCLE A, B, C or D.
1) ___________ is a collection of steps or procedures.
A. Instruction
B. Program
C. Data
D. Information
2) "Attributes of a system which have direct impact on the logical execution
of a program".
The statement is referring to __________
A. computer organization
B. computer architecture
C. computer organization and architecture
D. none of above
3) Pascal machine was invented by _________ in 1670s.
A. Jon Von Neumann
B. Joseph Marie Jacquard
C. Charles Babbage
D. Gottfried Leibniz
4) Who was awarded as a father of modern computer inverter?
A. Jon Von Neumann
B. Charles Babbage
C. Gottfried Leibniz
D. Bill Gates

5) "A binary computer with automatic addition, subtraction, multiplication,

programmed
division and automatic checking. This machine uses 6,000 vacuum tubes and
12,000
transistor"
This statement is pointed to __________
A. Pascaline
B. ENIAC
C. EDVAC
D. Different Engine
6) Which of the following is NOT an input device?
A. Scanner
B. Plotter
C. Optical Magnetic Recognition
D. Bar Code Reader
7) Today's computer is developed by referring to ________________ model.
A. Onion
B. Neural Network
C. Von Neumann
D. Intel
8) __________ model projected that computer system is assumed to be equal
to human
brain.
A. Onion
B. Von Neumann
C. Neural Network
D. Input/output

9) All the statements below are CORRECT about System Software EXCEPT
A. programs that have been written to perform a specific tasks
B. programs which help the user control and make best use of the
hardware
C. intermediary between computer hardware and application programs
D. control and coordinates computer operation
10) This software type can be used in a wide variety of task and not
specific.
What kind of software is defined above?
A. Parallel
B. Generic
C. Specific
D. Distributed
11) ___________ is very important as it measures whether to proceed the
project or not.
A. Preliminary Study
B. Requirement Analysis
C. System Design
D. System Evaluation
12) Misunderstanding in _______________ will lead to major failure of software
development.
A. preliminary study
B. requirement analysis
C. system analysis
D. system design
13) 1100112 is equivalent to ____.
A. 4910

B. 5110
C. 7310
D. None of above
14) 1011102 is equal to
A. 64+32+8+4+2
B. 64+16+4+2
C. 32+8+4+2
D. 32+16+4+1
15) Why in Sign-Magnitude, the process of adding positive to negative can
lead to error?
A. It is because the sign is also involved in the addition.
B. It is because the sign has to be inverted before summation.
C. It is because the magnitude only involve in the addition.
D. It is because the magnitude has to be inverted before summation.
16) The overflow bit from addition operation in first complement arithmetic
must be
__________.
A. inverted
B. added again to the total
C. dropped
D. added by one
17) What is the second complement representation of -910 using 7 bits data
representation?
A. 00010012
B. 11101102
C. 11101112
D. 1111111.
18) What is 1.012 in base 10?

A. 0.125
B. 1.25
C. 1.025
D. 1.125
19) Computer can only understand ____________ language.
A. machine
B. assembly
C. high level
D. natural
20) Java is a ___________ programming language.
A. first generation
B. second generation
C. third generation
D. fourth generation
21) All the terms below refer to processing functions of machine language
EXCEPT
A. Computation
B. Comparison
C. Data movement
D. Data processing
22) In programming process, pseudocode is a/an _________ like language
that used for
planning a solution.
A. symbol
B. mnemonic
C. english
D. structure

23) __________ involves detecting, locating, and correcting bugs by running

the program.
A. Interpreting
B. Translating
C. Desk-checking
D. Debugging
24) Assembly language uses ___________ to translate into machine language.
A. compiler
B. interpreter
C. translator
D. assembler
25) Semiconductor is ____________ .
A. similar to insulator
B. similar to conductor
C. either conductor or insulator
D. neither conductor nor insulator
26) The diagram below represents ___________ gate.
A. OR
B. exclusive NOR
C. exclusive OR
D. AND
27) ______ gate consists of one input and one output.
A. OR
B. NOT
C. AND
D. NOR
28) The central processing unit (CPU) contains a control unit that __________.

A. temporarily stores data and program instructions when they are

being processed
B. executes the program instructions
C. stores instructions and data when they are not being used by the
system unit
D. performs math and logic operations
29) Most computers contain one CPU that processes a single instruction at a
time, beginning
execution of the next instruction when the current instruction is finished. This
method is
known as __________ processing.
A. logical
B. massive
C. parallel
D. serial
30) The statements below are CORRECT if the Instruction Set has fewer
Addresses EXCEPT
A. Instructions are shorter in length
B. More total instructions in a program
C. Longer but less complex programs
D. Longer execution times
31) Which one of the following Label Field/Name is not available as a correct
syntax for the
assembly language?
A. SynTax
B. 123ABC
C. $2500
D. .TRY
32) Faster access to data, smaller address fields in the instruction word

The statement above refers to _____________ addressing mode.

A. Direct
B. Immediate
C. Indirect
D. Register-based

33) Which of the following statement refer to Direct Addressing Mode?

A. Data is a constant at run time
B. The operand is contained within the instruction itself
C. Address is a constant at run time but data itself can be changed
during program
execution
D. No additional memory references are required after the fetch of the
instruction itself
34) The diagram below is possibly representing the ___________ processing
type.
A. Nested Interrupt
B. Sequential Interrupt
C. Serial Interrupt
D. Parallel Interrupt
35) A bus that connects the CPU, memory and I/O is called _______________.
A. internal bus
B. expansion bus
C. local bus
D. system bus
36) The lines of system bus can be divided into 3 functional groups EXCEPT
A. address lines

B. control lines
C. interrupt line
D. data lines
37) Which of the following statements is NOT describing a system bus?
A. Consist of multiple communication pathways
B. Provide a path for moving data between system modules
C. It is a shared transmission medium
D. A main connection between computer and users
38) Some computers improve their processing efficiency by using a limited
amount of highspeed
RAM memory called __________ between the CPU and main memory.
A. cache memory
B. flash RAM
C. ROM memory
D. dynamic RAM
39) The advantage of writing a program in machine language is __________.
A. the programmer can control the computer directly and accomplish
exactly what needs to be done
B. it takes little time to write and is easy to review if the programmer is
trying to find an error
C. it does not use the instruction set of a particular processor, so the
program will run on any computer
D. all of the above
40) Because they are developed for specific processors, machine languages
are also called
__________ languages.
A. nonprocedural
B. event-driven

C. low-level
D. high-level
41) Consider the following assembly language codes:
MOV AL, 100
ADD AL, 15H
What is the final value stored in AL?
A. 115
B. 90
C. 79H
D. 121H
42) Both assembly languages and machine languages __________.
A. use abbreviations called mnemonics or symbolic operation code
B. usually allow symbolic addressing, meaning a specific memory
location can be
referenced by a name or symbol
C. include macroinstructions that generate more than one instruction
D. are considered low-level languages because they are so closely tied
to the specific
design of a computer
43) Computer commands are one type of input used by a computer
__________.
A. referring to the raw facts that a computer receives during the input
operation and
processes to produce information
B. are instructions that direct the computer to perform the necessary
operations to
process data into information
C. are key words and phrases that the user inputs to direct the
computer to perform
certain activities

D. referring to the data that a user inputs to respond to a question or

message from the
software
44) Both the control unit and the ALU contain __________, which are temporary
storage
locations for specific types of data.
A. buses
B. slots
C. registers
D. bays
45) The number that indicates the location in memory is called a memory
__________.
A. port
B. address
C. microcode
D. card
46) Read Only Memory (ROM) is described as non-volatile because __________.
A. it can be read and used but it cannot be altered
B. data and programs can be transferred into and out of ROM
C. the programs and data stored in ROM are erased when the power to
the computer is
turned off
D. it retains its contents even when the power is turned off
47) The speed of memory is measured in __________, which is one billionth of
a second.
A. nanoseconds
B. milliseconds
C. megaseconds
D. billiseconds
48) An expansion __________ carries the data to and from expansion slots.

A. slot
B. bus
C. connector
D. port
49) To show color on a screen, each pixel must have three dots; these dots
are the primary
additive colors __________.
A. blue, yellow, and red
B. red, blue, and green
C. green, blue, and yellow
D. yellow, green, and red
50) The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a set of __________.
A. tests to make sure the equipment is working correctly
B. commands that tell the computer what devices you are using
C. operations performed each time a multitasking operating system
switches to a
different application
D. instructions that provides the interface between the operating
system and the
hardware devices

Submission date: 25 June 2015

You need to sign the submission list at my room (InterNetWorks
Research Lab, 10am,
25/6/2015)