Computer Hardware and Interfacing

UNIT 1 CPU AND MEMORY

1. Any electronic holding place where data can be stored and retrieved later whenever required is
____________
a) memory
b) drive
c) disk
d) circuit

2. Cache memory is the onboard storage.

a) True
b) False

3. Which of the following is the fastest means of memory access for CPU?
a) Registers
b) Cache
c) Main memory
d) Virtual Memory

4. The memory implemented using the semiconductor chips is _________

a) Cache
b) Main
c) Secondary
d) Registers

5. Size of the ________ memory mainly depends on the size of the address bus.
a) Main
b) Virtual
c) Secondary
d) Cache

6. Which of the following is independent of the address bus?

a) Secondary memory
b) Main memory
c) Onboard memory
d) Cache memory
7. What is the location of the internal registers of CPU?
a) Internal
b) On-chip
c) External
d) Motherboard

8. If M denotes the number of memory locations and N denotes the word size, then an expression
that denotes the storage capacity is ______________
a) M*N
b) M+N
c) 2M+N
d) 2M-N

9. High-speed memory locations are:

a.used by the CPU while processing information.

b)available for permanent storage.

c)used by graphics programs to store images.

d) nonvolatile

10. The cache and registers are inside the:

a)CPU

b)Hard drive

c)ROM

d)RAM

11. What is a large, long-term storage area where data and programs can be stored?

a)Hard drive

b)Registers

c)Cache

d)RAM
12. Why don't the CPU registers make a good choice for working storage space?

They are too small

They are too large.

They are erased when the power goes off.

They are too slow.

13. When performing multiple things at once, you can avoid slowing down your computer by:

installing additional RAM.

installing additional registers.

adding an expansion card.

increasing the size of the hard disk drive.

14. To upgrade the CPU you:

must replace the CPU chip.

You cannot upgrade a CPU.

need to swap small RAM chips for larger chips.

need to add cache.

15. If you choose to replace the CPU, you must make sure the replacement is compatible with
the:

motherboard.
Hard drive

Registers

Cache
16. What is a high-speed, large area of working storage space that can be used while running
programs?

Hard drive

Registers

Cache

RAM

17.The ALU of a computer

a) can perform addition, subtraction operation

b) all arithmetic operation

c)only logical operations

18. Which of the following coordinates various operations using timing signals

A) control unit

b) memory unit

c) I/O unit

d) ALU

19. It takes one clock cycle to perform a basic operation.

a) True
b) False

20. The operation that does not involves clock cycles is ____________
a) Installation of a device
b) Execute
c) Fetch
d) Decode
21. The number of clock cycles per second is referred as ______

a) Clock speed
b) Clock frequency
c) Clock rate
d) Clock timing

22. CISC stands for ___________

a) Complex Information Sensed CPU

b) Complex Instruction Set Computer
c) Complex Intelligence Sensed CPU
d) Complex Instruction Set CPU

23. Which of the following processor has a fixed length of instructions?

a) CISC
b) RISC
c) EPIC
d) Multi-core

24. Processor which is complex and expensive to produce _________

a) RISC
b) EPIC
c) CISC
d) multi-core

25. Which of the following is not a type of optical disk?

a) DVD
b) CD
c) WORM
d) Winchester
Part C
1. Explain the different types of Processor Modes

2. Identify various modern CPU concepts with respect to it speed and power management.

3. Recognize different architectural performance features of CPU.

4. Restate a note on memory organization and it signals. What do you know about different types
of memory packages and its structures?

5. Discuss in detail about the types of memory modules.

6. Explain the logical memory organizations in detail.

7. Recognize the different manufactures PC with respect to its memory speed and its various
functions.

8. Restate different types of memory versions and modes.

9. Recognize the memory techniques with its popular architectures.

10. State Parity principle and alternative error correction code and write about selecting and
installing memory.