Computer Architecture MCQs from latest Books edition

1. Which registers of the processor are connected to Memory Bus?

A. PC
B. MAR
C. IR
D. Both PC and MAR
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B
2. What is a collection of 8 bits called?
A. Byte
B. Word
C. Record
D. None of these
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A
3. What does ISP stand for?
A. Interchange Standard Protocol
B. Interrupt Service Procedure
C. Instruction Set Processor
D. Information Standard Processing
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C
4. What is the ascending order of a data Hierarchy?
A. Bytes -bit – record – field – file – database
B. Bytes – bit- field – record – file – database
C. Bit – bytes – record – field – file – database
D. Bit – bytes – fields – record – file – database
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D
5. Internal components of the processor are connected by:
A. Rambus
B. Processor bus
C. Processor intra-connectivity circuitry
D. Memory bus
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B
6. How much address lines are required to address each memory location in a 2048 x 4
memory chip?
A. 11
B. 12
C. 6
D. 14
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A
7. What is used to choose between incrementing the PC or performing ALU operations?
A. Control unit
B. Conditional codes
C. Multiplexer
D. None of these
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8. What is a computer program called that converts an entire program into machine
language at one time?
A. Simulator
B. Interpreter
C. Commander
D. Compiler
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D
9. The interconnection between ALU & Registers is collectively known as:
A. Information path
B. Data path
C. Process route
D. Information trail
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B
10. Where does the operand is placed in immediate addressing?
A. After OP code in the instruction
B. In the CPU register
C. In stack
D. In memory
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A
11. What is used to store data in registers?
A. JK flip-flop
B. RS flip-flop
C. D flip-flop
D. None of these
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C
12. What are the interrupts which are initiated by an I/O drive?
A. Software
B. External
C. Internal
D. All of these
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B
1. What does the control unit generate to control other units?
A. Transfer signals
B. Command Signals
C. Control signals
D. Timing signals
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D
2. _________ is the branch logic that provides decision-making
capabilities in the control unit:
A. Unconditional transfer
B. Controlled transfer
C. Conditional transfer
D. None of these
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A
3. What are encoded characters & numbers used as operands?
A. Stored Values
B. Information
C. Data
D. Input
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C
4. Any instruction initiates interrupt which are:
A. hardware
B. software
C. internal
D. external
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B
5. When does the input devices send information to the processor?
A. When the data arrives regardless of the SIN flag
B. When the SIN status flag is set
C. Either of the cases
D. Neither of the cases
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B
6. What do processors of all computers must have?
A. Control unit
B. ALU
C. Primary Storage
D. All of these
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D
7. Which of the following bus structure is used to connect I/O
devices?
A. Star bus
B. Rambus
C. Single bus
D. Multiple bus
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8. In the CPU, what is the functionality of the control unit?

A. To decode program instruction
B. To perform logic operations
C. To store program instruction
D. To transfer data to primary storage
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A
9. With the help of _______ we reduce the memory access time:
A. SDRAM
B. Cache
C. Heaps
D. Higher capacity RAMs
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B
10. What is a dedicated computer?
A. Which does one kind of software
B. Which is meant for application software only
C. Which is used by one person only
D. Which is assigned to one and only one task
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D
11. What is used to increase the apparent size of physical memory?
A. Disks
B. Hard-disk
C. Virtual memory
D. Secondary memory
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C
12. The most common addressing techniques employed by a CPU is:
A. Direct
B. Indirect
C. Immediate
D. All of these
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D
1. What does MFC stand for?
A. Memory Find Command
B. Mass Format Command
C. Memory Format Caches
D. Memory Function Complete
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D
2. Pipeline implements _________:
A. Decode instruction
B. Fetch operand
C. Fetch instruction
D. All of these
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D
3. What is the time delay between two successive initiations of memory operation called?
A. Memory cycle time
B. Instruction delay
C. Memory access time
D. Memory search time
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A
4. _________ is used in present-day computing was developed by IBM Corporation:
A. Baudot code
B. EBCDIC code
C. ASCII code
D. Hollerith code
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B
5. Where does the decoded instruction is stored in?
A. Registers
B. MDR
C. IR
D. PC
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C
6. The address of the instruction following the CALL instructions stored in/on the:
A. Program counter
B. Stack
C. Stack Pointer
D. Accumulator
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B
7. What does the instruction -> Add LOCA, R0 does?
A. Adds the values of both LOCA and R0 and stores it in R0
B. Adds the value of LOCA with a value in accumulator and stores it in R0
C. Adds the value of LOCA to R0 and stores in the temp register
D. Adds the value of R0 to the address of LOCA
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A
8. What is a microprogram called that is written as the string of 0’s and 1’s?
A. Symbolic microprogram
B. Symbolic microinstruction
C. Binary microinstruction
D. Binary microprogram
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D
9. _______ registers can interact with the secondary storage:
A. IR
B. R0
C. MAR
D. PC
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C
10. Which interrupts can be initiated by an instruction?
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Internal
D. External
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D
11. Which gets initialized first during the execution of a program?
A. PC
B. MAR
C. MDR
D. IR
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A
12. In RISC architecture, memory access is limited to instructions:
A. MOV and JMP
B. STA and LDA
C. PUSH and POP
D. CALL and RET
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B