To overcome the difference in speeds of operation of the processor and memory Answer What is the reason for implementing the cache?
A fast memory that is used to store recently accessed data Answer Which of the following statement is true about the cache?
Memory address Answer If the cache is...
CEA 201 questions with correct answers
The ______ format is usually used to store data.
a) BCD
b) Decimal
c) Hexadecimald
d) Octal Answer ✓✓ a) BCD
The 8-bit encoding format used to store data in a computer is _____
_a) ASCII
b) EBCDIC
c) ANCI
d) USCII Answer ✓✓ b) EBCDIC
A source program is usually in Answer ✓✓ c) High-level language
4. Which memory device is generally made of semiconductors?
a) RAM
b) Hard-disk
c) Floppy disk
d) Cd disk Answer ✓✓ a) RAM
5. The small extremely fast, RAM's are called as _______
a) Cache
b) Heaps
c) Accumulators d) Stacks Answer ✓✓ a) Cache
The ALU makes use of _______ to store the intermediate results.
a) Accumulators
b) Registers
c) Heap
d) Stack Answer ✓✓ a) Accumulators
7. The control unit controls other units by generating ___________
a) Control signals
b) Timing signals
c) Transfer signals
d) Command Signals Answer ✓✓ b) Timing signals
8. ______ are numbers and encoded characters, generally used as operands.
a) Input
b) Data
c) Information
d) Stored Values Answer ✓✓ b) Data
The Input devices can send information to the processor.
a) When the SIN status flag is set
b) When the data arrives regardless of the SIN flag
c) Neither of the cases
d) Either of the cases Answer ✓✓ a) When the SIN status flag is set __ bus structure is usually used to connect I/O devices.
a) Single bus
b) Multiple bus
c) Star bus
d) Rambus Answer ✓✓ a) Single bus
The I/O interface required to connect the I/O device to the bus consists of ______
a) Address decoder and registers
b) Control circuits
c) Address decoder, registers and Control circuits
d) Only Control circuits Answer ✓✓ c) Address decoder, registers and Control circuits
12. To reduce the memory access time we generally make use of ______
a) Heaps
b) Higher capacity RAM's
c) SDRAM's
d) Cache's Answer ✓✓ d) Cache's
13. ______ is generally used to increase the apparent size of physical memory.
a) Secondary memory
b) Virtual memory
c) Hard-disk
d) Disks Answer ✓✓ b) Virtual memory 14. MFC stands for ___________
a) Memory Format Caches
b) Memory Function Complete
c) Memory Find Command
d) Mass Format Command Answer ✓✓ b) Memory Function Complete
The time delay between two successive initiations of memory operation _______
a) Memory access time
b) Memory search time
c) Memory cycle time
d) Instruction delay Answer ✓✓ c) Memory cycle time
The decoded instruction is stored in ______
a) IR
b) PC
c) Registers
d) MDR Answer ✓✓ a) IR
The instruction -> Add LOCA, R0 does _______
a) Adds the value of LOCA to R0 and stores in the temp register
b) Adds the value of R0 to the address of LOCA
c) Adds the values of both LOCA and R0 and stores it in R0
d) Adds the value of LOCA with a value in accumulator and stores it in R0 Answer✓✓ c) Adds the values of both LOCA and R0 and stores it in R0
Which registers can interact with the secondary storage?
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