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Computer Architecture - Part 1
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Q1. This type of computer architecture uses software. The program being run and the data it is using are both stored in temporary memory close to the CPU.
A. Von Neumann architecture
B. Computer architecture
C. System architecture
D. Building architecture
Q2. What is the name of the register that stores the address of the next instruction to be fetched?
A. Program Counter
B. Memory Address Register
C. Accumulator
D. Current Instruction Register
Q3. What does the word "SSD" stand for?
A. Solid State Drive
B. Soluble State Drive
C. Solid Static Drive
D. Static Solid Drive
Q4. Which of these is not a step in the Fetch Decode Execute cycle?
A. Instructions are fetched from main memory
B. Instructions are decoded in the control unit
C. The decoded instruction is executed
D. The ALU decodes the instructions
Q5. Theserbuses are bidirectional
A. MAR bus
B. Data Bus
C. Control Bus
D. B and C
Q6. Which of these busses is unidirectional?
A. Address bus
B. Control bus
C. Data bus
Q7. Which of the following statements about RAM and ROM is true?Volatile- loses contents when switched offNonvolatile- doesn’t lose contents when switched off
A. RAM is volatile, ROM is nonvolatile
B. RAM is non-volatile, ROM is volatile
C. Both RAM and ROM are volatile
D. Both RAM and ROM are nonvolatile
Q8. Resultsofcalculationsareheldinthis register: (7-9)
A. Memory Address Register
B. Memory Data Register
C. Accumulator
D. Program Counter
Q9. What are cores used for?
A. They receive instruction and perform them.
B. Compost
C. Illuminating the screen.
D. Storing data.
Q10. Program builders turn code into another language or machine code. Machine code is sometimes called .
A. native code.
B. level code.
C. native lamguage
D. native languge
Q11. The completion of the memory operation is indicated using ___ signal.
A. MFC
B. WMFC
C. CFC
D. None of the mentioned
Q12. Full form of CAR?
A. Control Accumulator register
B. control address register
C. central address register
D. conditional address register
Q13. Secondary storage devices can be grouped into three categories - what are they?
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A. Magnetic, Flash and Optical
B. Magnetic, Optical and Solid State
C. Solid State, Flash and Hard Drives
D. Hard Drives, CDs and USBs
Q14. The first stage in The Fetch-Execute cycle is Fetch Instructions
A. True
B. False
Q15. CPU stands for
A. Core Processing Unit
B. Central Processing Unit
C. Core Programming Unit
D. Core Processing Unit
Q16. What is the name given to the memory which works on time sharing principle in order to create an illusion of infinite memory space?
A. Register
B. Primary memory
C. Virtual memory
D. Cache memory
Q17. What is an advantage of a Hard drive?
A. Easily scratched, leading to the loss of data
B. Large storage capacity
C. Expensive to buy
D. Portable, easy to carry around
Q18. What happens if you increase the clock speed?
A. CPU can process instructions quicker
B. CPU can process more instructions at the same time
C. CPU will explode
D. CPU processes too fast for the cache to handle
Q19. Which of the following is an ADVANTAGE of Hard Disk Drives over Solid State Drives?
A. Faster Performance
B. Usually More Storage Space
C. More QuietMore Quiet
D. None of the Above
Q20. What register is connected directly to the data bus?
A. Memory Address Register
B. Memory Data Register
C. Program Counter
D. Current Instruction Register
Q21. Most modern supercomputers use
A. Grid computing
B. Harvard computing
C. Fibre optic computing
D. Cluster computing
Q22. What is clock speed?
A. How fast a cpu runs.
B. How quickly time goes by.
C. How fast the device charges.
D. The frames per minute.
Q23. What is clock speed?
A. fast access memory on the CPU
B. The time that the instruction was read
Q24. Is this device Input or Output?Projector
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A. Input
B. Output
Q25. What do you mean by RTL?
A. Register Transfer Language
B. Raegister Transmitter
C. RAM transfer Language
D. Remote Transfer Language
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