MICROPROCESSOR

1. Name of typical dedicated register is:

PC
IR
SP
All of these
2. BCD stands for:
Binary coded decimal
Binary coded decoded
Both a & b
none of these
3. Which is used to store critical pieces of data during subroutines and interrupts:
Stack
Queue
Accumulator
Data register

4. The data in the stack is called:

Pushing data
Pushed
Pulling
None of these

5. The external system bus architecture is created using from ______ architecture:
Pascal
Dennis Ritchie
Charles Babbage
Von Neumann
1. Which is the microprocessor comprises:
Register section
One or more ALU
Control unit
All of these
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2. What is the store by register?
data
operands
memory
None of these
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3. Accumulator based microprocessor example are:
Intel 8085
Motorola 6809
A and B
None of these
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4. A set of register which contain are:
data
memory addresses
result
all of these
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5. There are primarily two types of register:
general purpose register
dedicated register
A and B
none of these
1. The processor 80386/80486 and the Pentium processor uses _____ bits address bus:
16
32
36
64
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2. Which is not the control bus signal:
READ
WRITE
RESET
None of these
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3. PROM stands for:
Programmable read‐only memory
Programmable read write memory
Programmer read and write memory
None of these
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4. EPROM stands for:
Erasable Programmable read‐only memory
Electrically Programmable read write memory
Electrically Programmable read‐only memory
None of these
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5. Which is the type of microcomputer memory:
Address
Contents
Both A and B
None of these
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6. Secondary memory can store____:

Program store code
Compiler
Operating system
All of these
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7. Secondary memory is also called____:
Auxiliary
Backup store
Both A and B
None of these
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8. Customized ROMS are called:
Mask ROM
Flash ROM
EPROM
None of these
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9. The RAM which is created using bipolar transistors is called:
Dynamic RAM
Static RAM
Permanent RAM
DDR RAM
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10. Each memory location has:
Address
Contents
Both A and B
None of these
1. Which type of RAM needs regular referred:
Dynamic RAM
Static RAM
Permanent RAM
SD RAM
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2. Which RAM is created using MOS transistors:
Dynamic RAM
Static RAM
Permanent RAM
SD RAM
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3. A microprocessor retries instructions from :
Control memory
Cache memory
Main memory
Virtual memory
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4. The lower red curvy arrow show that CPU places the address extracted from the memory
location on the_____:
Address bus
System bus
Control bus
Data bus
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5. The CPU sends out a ____ signal to indicate that valid data is available on the data bus:
Read
Write
Both A and B
None of these
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6. The CPU removes the ___ signal to complete the memory write operation:
Read
Write
Both A and B
None of these
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7. BIU STAND FOR:
Bus interface unit
Bess interface unit
A and B
None of these
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8. EU STAND FOR:
Execution unit
Execute unit
Exchange unit
None of these
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9. Which are the four categories of registers:
General‐ purpose register
Pointer or index registers
Segment registers
Other register
All of these
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10. Eight of the register are known as:
General‐ purpose register
Pointer or index registers
Segment registers
Other register
1. The four index register can be used for:
Arithmetic operation
Multipulation operation
Subtraction operation
All of these
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2. IP Stand for:
Instruction pointer
Instruction purpose
Instruction paints
None of these
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3. CS Stand for:
Code segment
Coot segment
Cost segment
Counter segment
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4. DS Stand for:
Data segment
Direct segment
Declare segment
Divide segment
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5. Which are the segment:
CS: Code segment
DS: data segment
SS: Stack segment
ES:extra segment
All of these
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6. The acculatator is 16 bit wide and is called:

AX
AH
AL
DL
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7. How many bits the instruction pointer is wide:
16 bit
32 bit
64 bit
128 bit
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8. How many type of addressing in memory:
Logical address
Physical address
Both A and B
None of these
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9. The size of each segment in 8086 is:
64 kb
24 kb
50 kb
16kb
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10. The _______ address of a memory is a 20 bit address for the 8086 microprocessor:
Physical
Logical
Both
None of these
1. EA stand for:
Effective address
Electrical address
Effect address
None of these
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2. BP stand for:
Bit pointer
Base pointer
Bus pointer
Byte pointer
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3. DI stand for:
Destination index
Defect index
Definition index
Delete index
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4. SI stand for:
Stand index
Source index
Segment index
Simple index
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5. ALE stand for:
Address latch enable
Address light enable
Address lower enable
Address last enable
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6. NMI stand for:

Non mask able interrupt
Non mistake interrupt
Both
None of these
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7. ________ is the most important segment and it contains the actual assembly language
instruction to be executed by the microprocessor:
Data segment
Code segment
Stack segment
Extra segment
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8. The offset of a particular segment varies from _________:
000H to FFFH
0000H to FFFFH
00H to FFH
00000H to FFFFFH
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9. The pin configuration of 8086 is available in the________:
40 pin
50 pin
30 pin
20 pin
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10. DIP stand for:
Deal inline package
Dual inline package
Direct inline package
Digital inline package
1. Which are the factor of cache memory:
Architecture of the microprocessor
Properties of the programs being executed
ize organization of the cache
All of these
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2. ________ is usually the first level of memory access by the microprocessor:
Cache memory
Data memory
Main memory
All of these
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3. Which is the small amount of high‐ speed memory used to work directly with the
microprocessor:
Cache
Case
Cost
Coos
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4. The cache usually gets its data from the_________ whenever the instruction or data is
required by the CPU:
Main memory
Case memory
Cache memory
All of these
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5. Microprocessor reference that are available in the cache are called______:
Cache hits
Cache line
Cache memory
All of these
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6. Microprocessor reference that are not available in the cache are called_________:
Cache hits
Cache line
Cache misses
Cache memory
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7. Which causes the microprocessor to immediately terminate its present activity:
RESET signal
INTERUPT signal
Both
None of these
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8. Which is responsible for all the outside world communication by the microprocessor:
BIU
PIU
TIU
LIU
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9. INTR: it implies the__________ signal:
INTRRUPT REQUEST
INTRRUPT RIGHT
INTRRUPT RONGH
INTRRUPT RESET
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10. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
Control Unit and Registers
Registers and Main Memory
Control unit and ALU
ALU and bus
1. Different components n the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel
electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?
Conductors
Buses
Connectors
Consecutives
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2. The language that the computer can understand and execute is called
Machine language
Application software
System program
All of the above
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3. Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
Magnetic drum
PROM
Floppy disk
All of these
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4. Which of the following memories needs refresh?
SRAM
DRAM
ROM
All of above
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5. The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured
PROM
RAM
PROM
EPROM
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6. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?
Magnetic core
Semiconductor
Magnetic tape
Both a and b
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7. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as
PC
Memory address registers
General purpose register
Flags
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8. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro‐computers is
Words are usually larger in microprocessors
Words are shorter in microprocessors
Microprocessor does not contain I/O devices
Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
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9. The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corporation was called
8008
8080
4004
8800
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10. An integrated circuit is
A complicated circuit
An integrating device
Much costlier than a single transistor
Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
1. Most important advantage of an IC is its
Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
Extremely high reliability
Reduced cost
Low powers consumption
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2. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
Floppy / hard disks
CD‐ROMs
Tape devices
All of the above
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3. The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common
data paths?
8 bits
12 bits
16 bits
32 bits
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4. Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
RAM
ROM
ERAM
RW / RAM
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5. What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special softw3are
called EMS (expanded memory specification)?
Extended
Expanded
Base
Conventional
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6. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be…….

Formatted
Reformatted
Addressed
None of the above
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7. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
Motorola
IBM
Intel
AMD
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8. A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have… of RAM.
4 KB
16 K
64 K
256 K
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9. The word length of a computer is measured in
Bytes
Millimeters
Meters
Bits
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10. What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?
Grater than
Less than
Equal to
All of the above
1. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
Data
Bytes
Graphics
Pictures
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2. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?
To produce result
To compare numbers
To control flow of information
To do math’s works
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3. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform
Arithmetic Operation
Logic operation
Fetch operations
Either of the above
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4. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
ROM
RAM
EPROM
None of above
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5. Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
Cache memory
Magnetic bubble memory
Magnetic core memory
RAM
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6. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to

2 byte
32 byte
4 byte
8 byte
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7. An error in computer data is called
Chip
Bug
CPU
Storage device
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8. The silicon chips used for data processing are called
RAM chips
ROM chips
Micro processors
PROM chips
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9. The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers
are called
Hard disks
Floppy disk
Winchester disk
Flexible disk
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10. A computer consists of
A central processing unit
A memory
Input and output unit
All of the above
1. The instructions for starting the computer are house on
Random access memory
CD‐Rom
Read only memory chip
All of above
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2. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called
Semiconductor memory
Registers
Hard disks
Magnetic disk
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3. The first digital computer built with IC chips was known as
IBM 7090
Apple – 1
IBM System / 360
VAX‐10
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4. Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?
Non volatile
Permanent
Control unit
Temporary
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5. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?
Control bus
Control unit
Parity unit
Semiconductor
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6. To locate a data item for storage is

Field
Feed
Database
Fetch
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7. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a … resident package
CPU
Memory
Buffer
ALU
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8. The term gigabyte refers to
1024 bytes
1024 kilobytes
1024 megabytes
1024 gigabyte
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9. A/n …. Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU
Input
Output
CPU
Memory
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10. Current SIMMs have either … or … connectors (pins)
9 or 32
30 or 70
28 or 72
30 or 72
1. Which is the brain of computer:
ALU
CPU
MU
None of these
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2. Which technology using the microprocessor is fabricated on a single chip:
POS
MOS
ALU
ABM
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3. MOS stands for:
Metal oxide semiconductor
Memory oxide semiconductor
Metal oxide select
None of these
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4. In which form CPU provide output:
Computer signals
Digital signals
Metal signals
None of these
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5. The register section is related to______ of the computer:
Processing
ALU
Main memory
None of these
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6. In Microprocessor one of the operands holds a special register called:

Calculator
Dedicated
Accumulator
None of these
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7. Which register is a temporary storage location:
general purpose register
dedicated register
A and B
none of these
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8. PC stands for:
Program counter
Points counter
Paragraph counter
Paint counter
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9. IR stands for:
Intel register
In counter register
Index register
Instruction register
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10. SP stands for:
Status pointer
Stack pointer
a and b
None of these
1. The act of acquiring an instruction is referred as the____ the instruction:
Fetching
Fetch cycle
Both a and b
None of these
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2. How many bit of instruction on our simple computer consist of one____:
2‐bit
6‐bit
12‐bit
None of these
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3. How many parts of single address computer instruction :
1
2
3
4
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4. Single address computer instruction has two parts:
The operation code
The operand
A and B
None of these
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5. LA stands for:
Load accumulator
Least accumulator
Last accumulator
None of these
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6. Which are the flags of status register:

Over flow flag
Carry flag
Half carry flag
Zero flag
All of these
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7. The carry is operand by:
C
D
S
O
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8. The sign is operand by:
S
D
C
O
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9. The zero is operand by:
Z
D
S
O
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10. The overflow is operand by:
O
D
S
C
1. _________ Stores the instruction currently being executed:
Instruction register
Current register
Both a and b
None of these
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2. In which register instruction is decoded prepared and ultimately executed:
Instruction register
Current register
Both a and b
None of these
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3. The status register is also called the____:
Condition code register
Flag register
A and B
None of these
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4. The area of memory with addresses near zero are called:
High memory
Mid memory
Memory
Low memory
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5. The processor uses the stack to keep track of where the items are stored on it this by using
the:
Stack pointer register
Queue pointer register
Both a & b
None of these
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6. Stack words on:

LILO
LIFO
FIFO
None of these
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7. Which is the basic stack operation:
PUSH
POP
BOTH A and B
None of these
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8. SP stand for:
Stack pointer
Stack pop
Stack push
None of these
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9. How many bit stored by status register:
1 bit
4 bit
6 bit
8 bit
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10. The 16 bit register is separated into groups of 4 bit where each groups is called:
BCD
Nibble
Half byte
None of these
1. A nibble can be represented in the from of:
Octal digit
Decimal
Hexadecimal
None of these
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2. The left side of any binary number is called:
Least significant digit
Most significant digit
Medium significant digit
low significant digit
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3. MSD stands for:
Least significant digit
Most significant digit
Medium significant digit
low significant digit
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4. _____ a subsystem that transfer data between computer components inside a computer or
between computer:
Chip
Register
Processor
Bus
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5. The external system bus architecture is created using from ______ architecture:
Pascal
Dennis Ritchie
Charles Babbage
Von Neumann
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6. Which bus carry addresses:

System bus
Address bus
Control bus
Data bus
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7. A 16 bit address bus can generate___ addresses:
32767
25652
65536
none of these
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8. CPU can read & write data by using :
Control bus
Data bus
Address bus
None of these
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9. Which bus transfer singles from the CPU to external device and others that carry singles from
external device to the CPU:
Control bus
Data bus
Address bus
None of these
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10. When memory read or I/O read are active data is to the processor :
Input
Output
Processor
None of these
1. When memory write or I/O read are active data is from the processor:
Input
Output
Processor
None of these
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2. CS stands for:
Cable select
Chip select
Control select
Cable system
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3. WE stands for
Write enable
Wrote enable
Write envy
None of these
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4. MAR stands for
Memory address register
Memory address recode
Micro address register
None of these
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5. MDR stands for
Memory data register
Memory data recode
Micro data register
None of these
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6. Which are the READ operation can in simple steps

Address
Data
Control
All of these
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7. DMA stands for
Direct memory access
Direct memory allocation
Data memory access
Data memory allocation
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8. The ____ place the data from a register onto the data bus
CPU
ALU
Both A and B
None of these
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9. The microcomputer system by using the ____device interface
Input
Output
Both A and B
None of these
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10. The standard I/O is also called
Isolated I/O
Parallel I/O
both a and b
none of these
1. The external device is connected to a pin called the ______ pin on the processor chip
Interrupt
Transfer
Both
None of these
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2. Which interrupt has the highest priority?
INTR
TRAP
RST6.5
none of these
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3. In 8085 name the 16 bit registers?
Stack pointer
Program counter
a&b
none of these
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4. What are level Triggering interrupts?
INTR&TRAP
RST6.5&RST5.5
RST7.5&RST6.5
none of these
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5. Which stack is used in 8085?
FIFO
LIFO
FILO
none of these
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6. What is SIM?
Select Interrupt Mask
Sorting Interrupt Mask
Set Interrupt Mask.
none of these
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7. RIM is used to check whether, ______
The write operation is done or not
The interrupt is Masked or not
a&b
none of these
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8. In 8086, Example for Non maskable interrupts are
Trap
RST6.5
INTR
none of these
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9. In 8086 microprocessor the following has the highest priority among all type interrupts.
NMI
DIV 0
TYPE 255
OVER FLOW
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10. BIU STAND FOR:
Bus interface unit
Bess interface unit
A and B
None of these
1. EU STAND FOR
Execution unit
Execute unit
Exchange unit
None of these
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2. Which are the part of architecture of 8086
The bus interface unit
The execution unit
Both A and B
None of these
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3. Which are the four categories of registers:
General‐ purpose register
Pointer or index registers
Segment registers
Other register
All of these
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4. IP Stand for
Instruction pointer
Instruction purpose
Instruction paints
None of these
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5. CS Stand for
Code segment
Coot segment
Cost segment
Counter segment
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6. DS Stand for
Data segment
Direct segment
Declare segment
Divide segment
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7. Which are the segment
CS: Code segment
DS: data segment
SS: Stack segment
ES:extra segment
All of these
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8. The acculatator is 16 bit wide and is called
AX
AH
AL
DL
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9. The upper 8 bit are called______
BH
BL
AH
CH
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10. The lower 8 bit are called_______
AL
CL
BL
DL
1. IP stand for
Industry pointer
Instruction pointer
Index pointer
None of these
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2. Which has great important in modular programming
Stack segment
Queue segment
Array segment
All of these
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3. Which register containing the 8086/8088 flag
Status register
Stack register
Flag register
Stand register
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4. How many bits the instruction pointer is wide
16 bit
32 bit
64 bit
128 bit
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5. How many type of addressing in memory
Logical address
Physical address
Both A and B
None of these
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6. The size of each segment in 8086 is

64 kb
24 kb
50 kb
16kb
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7. The physical address of memory is
20 bit
16 bit
32 bit
64 bit
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8. The _______ address of a memory is a 20 bit address for the 8086 microprocessor
Physical
Logical
Both
None of these
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9. The pin configuration of 8086 is available in the________
40 pin
50 pin
30 pin
20 pin
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10. DIP stand for
Deal inline package
Dual inline package
Direct inline package
Digital inline package
1. PA stand for
Project address
Physical address
Pin address
Pointer address
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2. SBA stand for
Segment bus address
Segment bit address
Segment base address
Segment byte address
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3. EA stand for
Effective address
Electrical address
Effect address
None of these
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4. BP stand for
Bit pointer
Base pointer
Bus pointer
Byte pointer
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5. DI stand for
Destination index
Defect index
Definition index
Delete index
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6. SI stand for
Stand index
Source index
Segment index
Simple index
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7. DS stand for
Default segment
Defect segment
Delete segment
Definition segment
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8. ALE stand for
Address latch enable
Address light enable
Address lower enable
Address last enable
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9. AD stand for
Address data
Address delete
Address date
Address deal
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10. NMI stand for
Non mask able interrupt
Non mistake interrupt
Both
None of these
1. PC stand for
program counter
project counter
protect counter
planning counter
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2. AH stand for
Accumulator high
Address high
Appropriate high
Application high
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3. AL stand for
Accumulator low
Address low
Appropriate low
Application low
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4. The offset of a particular segment varies from _________
000H to FFFH
0000H to FFFFH
00H to FFH
00000H to FFFFFH
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5. ________ is usually the first level of memory access by the microprocessor
Cache memory
Data memory
Main memory
All of these
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6. which is the small amount of high‐ speed memory used to work directly with the
microprocessor
Cache
Case
Cost
Coos
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7. The cache usually gets its data from the_________ whenever the instruction or data is
required by the CPU
Main memory
Case memory
Cache memory
All of these
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8. How many type of cache memory
1
2
3
4
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9. Which is the type of cache memory
Fully associative cache
Direct‐mapped cache
Set‐associative cache
All of these
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10. Which memory is used to holds the address of the data stored in the cache
Associative memory
Case memory
Ordinary memory
None of 1. If the crystal oscillator is operating at 15 MHz, the PCLK output of 8284 is
2.5 MHz.
5 MHz.
7.5 MHz.
10 MHz.
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2. In which T‐state does the CPU sends the address to memory or I/O and the ALE signal for
demultiplexing
T1.
T2.
T3.
T4.
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3. If a 1M ×1 DRAM requires 4 ms for a refresh and has 256 rows to be refreshed, no more than
__________ of time must pass before another row is refreshed.
64 ms.
4 ns.
0.5 ns.
15.625 µs .
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4. In a DMA write operation the data is transferred
from I/O to memory.
from memory to I/O.
from memory to memory.
from I/O to I/O.
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5. Which type of JMP instruction assembles if the distance is 0020 h bytes
near.
far
short
none of the above.
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6. A certain SRAM has CS = 0 , WE = 0 and OE = 1. In which of the following modes this SRAM is
operating
Read
Write
Stand by
None of the above
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7. Which of the following is true with respect to EEPROM?
contents can be erased byte wise only.
contents of full memory can be erased together
contents can be erased using ultra violet rays
contents can not be erased
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8. Pseudo instructions are basically
false instructions.
instructions that are ignored by the microprocessor
assembler directives
instructions that are treated like comments
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9. Number of the times the instruction sequence below will loop before coming out of loop is
MOV AL, 00h A1: INC AL JNZ A1
0
1
255
256
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10. What will be the contents of register AL after the following has been executed MOV BL, 8C
MOV AL, 7E ADD AL, BL
0A and carry flag is set
0A and carry flag is reset
6A and carry flag is set
6A and carry flag is reset

1. Direction flag is used with

String instructions.
Stack instructions
Arithmetic instructions
Branch instructions
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2. Ready pin of a microprocessor is used
to indicate that the microprocessor is ready to receive inputs
to indicate that the microprocessor is ready to receive outputs
to introduce wait states
to provide direct memory access
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3. These are two ways in which a microprocessor can come out of Halt state.
When hold line is a logical 1
When interrupt occurs and the interrupt system has been enabled
When both (A) and (B) are true
When either (A) or (B) are true
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4. In the instruction FADD, F stands for
Far
Floppy
Floating
File
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5. SD RAM refers to
Synchronous DRAM
Static DRAM
Semi DRAM
Second DRAM
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6. In case of DVD, the speed is referred in terms of n X (for example 32 X). Here, X refers to
150 KB/s
300 KB/s
1.38 MB/s
2.4 MB/s
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7. Itanium processor of Intel is a
32 bit microprocessor.
64 bit microprocessor.
128 bit microprocessor.
256 bit microprocessor
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8. LOCK prefix is used most often
during normal execution.
during DMA accesses
during interrupt servicing
during memory accesses
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9. The Pentium microprocessor has______execution units.
1
2
3
4
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10. EPROM is generally erased by using
Ultraviolet rays
infrared rays
12 V electrical pulse
24 V electrical pulse
1. Signal voltage ranges for a logic high and for a logic low in RS‐232C standard are
Low = 0 volt to 1.8 volt, high = 2.0 volt to 5 volt
Low =‐15 volt to –3 vol, high = +3 volt to +15 volt
Low = +3 volt to +15 volt, high = ‐3 volt to ‐15 volt
Low = 2 volt to 5.0 volt, high = 0 volt to 1.8 volt
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2. The PCI bus is the important bus found in all the new Pentium systems because
It has plug and play characteristics
It has ability to function with a 64 bit data bus
Any Microprocessor can be interfaced to it with PCI controller or bridge
All of the above
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3. Which of the following statement is true?
The group of machine cycle is called a state.
A machine cycle consists of one or more instruction cycle.
An instruction cycle is made up of machine cycles and a machine cycle is made up of number of
states.
None of the above
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4. 8251 is a
UART
USART
Programmable Interrupt controller
Programmable interval timer/counter
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5. 8088 microprocessor has
16 bit data bus
4 byte pre‐fetch queue
6 byte pre‐fetch queue
16 bit address bus
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6. By what factor does the 8284A clock generator divide the crystal oscillator’s output
frequency?
One
Two
Three
Four
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7. The memory data bus width in Pentium is
16 bit
32 bit
64 bit
None of these
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8. When the 82C55 is reset, its I/O ports are all initializes as
output port using mode 0
Input port using mode 1
output port using mode 1
Input port using mode 0
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9. Which microprocessor pins are used to request and acknowledge a DMA transfer?
reset and ready
ready and wait
HOLD and HLDA
None o these
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10. Which of the following statement is false?
RTOS performs tasks in predictable amount of time
Windows 98 is RTOS
Interrupts are used to develop RTOS
Kernel is the one of component of any OS
1. The VESA local bus operates at
8 MHz
33 MHz
16 MHz
None of these
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2. The first modern computer was called_____________
FLOW‐MATIC
UNIVAC‐I
ENIAC
INTEL
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3. Software command CLEAR MASK REGISTER in DMA
Disables all channels.
Enables all channels.
None
Clears first/last flip‐flop within 8237.
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4. The first task of DOS operating system after loading into the memory is to use the file
called___________
HIMEM.SYS
CONFIG.SYS
AUTOEXEC.BAT
SYSTEM.INI
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5. If the programmable counter timer 8254 is set in mode 1 and is to be used to count six events,
the output will remain at logic 0 for _____ number of counts
5
6
All of the above
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6. The flash memory is programmed in the system by 12 V programming pulse

TRUE
FALSE
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7. A plug and play (PnP) interface is one that contains a memory that holds configuration
information of the system
1
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8. The accelerated graphics port (AGP) allows virtually any microprocessor to be interfaced with
PCI bus via the use of bridge interface
1
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9. A Bus cycle is equal to how many clocking periods
Two
Three
Four
Six
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10. The time required to refresh a typical DRAM is
2 – 4 us
2 – 4 ns
2 – 4 ms
2 – 4 ps
1. The no. of address lines required to address a memory of size 32 K is
15 lines
16 lines
18 lines
14 lines
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2. The no. of wait states required to interface 8279 to 8086 with 8MHz clock are
Two
Three
One
None
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3. NMI input is
Edge sensitive
Level sensitive
Both edge and level triggered
edge triggered and level sensitive
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4. Data rate available for use on USB is
12 Mbits per second
1.5 Mbits per second
Both (A) and (B)
No restriction
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5. In 80186, the timer which connects to the system clock is
timer 0
timer 1
timer 2
Any one can be connected
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6. Conversion of the +1000 decimal number into signed binary word results
0000 0011 1110 1000
1111 1100 0001 1000
1000 0011 1110 1000
0111 1100 0001 1000
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7. What do the symbols [ ] indicate?
Direct addressing
Register Addressing
Indirect addressing
None of the above
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8. SDRAM refers to
static DRAM
synchronous DRAM
sequential DRAM
semi DRAM
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9. Which pins are general purpose I/O pins during mode‐2 operation of the 82C55?
PA0 – PA7
PB0‐PB7
PC3‐PC7
PC0‐PC2