Coa Objective Practice

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Answer ALL the Questions:

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Fast electronic machine accepts digital input information process and produce resulting output is
1 B
a) Analog Computer b) Digital Computer c) Workstation d) Super Computer
List of Instructions is
2 A
a) Computer Program b) Function c) Procedure d) Sub Routine
Internal Storage is called
3 A
a) Computer Memory b) Stack c) Queue d) Data structure
Computer used in home, office and schools is
4 C
a) Super Computer b) Mainframe Computerc) Personal Computer d) Client machine
Computer having High resolution graphics I/O capability
5 D
a) Desktop Computer b) Digital Computer c) Network Computerd) Workstation
Systems used for business data processing
6 C
a) Super computers b) Servers c) Mainframe d) Network PC
Computers used for large scale numerical calculations is
7 A
a) Super computers b) Servers c) Mainframe d) Network PC
Systems handling large volumes of requests to access data is
8 B
a) Super computers b) Servers c) Mainframe d) Network PC
Computer consists of _____functional independent main parts
9 C
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
________ unit accepts information from human operators
10 B
a) Output b) Input c) ALU d) Control Unit
A computer language that is written in binary codes only is _____
11 A
a) Machine language b) C c) C# d) Pascal
Expand ASCII
a) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
12 A
b) American Social code for Instruction Interchange
c) Asian standard for Interrupt Interchange d) Asian Stack for Invoice Interchange
Two classes of storage
13 B
a) Serial, parallel b) Primary, secondary c) Input, output d) ION,IOF
ASCII is a ____ bit code
14 D
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
Convert the binary equivalent 10101 to its decimal equivalent.
15 A
a) 21 b) 12 c) 22 d) 31
Number of bits in each word is referred to as ________
16 C
a) Bytelength b) Bitlength c) Wordlength d) Nibblelength
The time required to access one word is called the
17 a) Memory Read Timeb) Memory WriteTime D
c) Memory Buffer Timed) Memory Access Time
Basic arithmetic operations are performed in
18 B
a) CU b) ALU c) Memoryd) Input
_______________ sends the processor results to outside world
19 A
a) Output Unit b) Input Unit c) Memory Unit d) Control Unit
________ determines when a given action has to take place
20 C
a) Clock b) Interval c) Timing Signal d) Pulse
A group of lines that serve as connecting path for several devices is
21 B
a) Cable b) Bus c) Wire d) Line
All activities inside the machine are directed by _________
22 D
a) Output Unit b) Input Unitc) Memory Unit d) Control Unit
_______ is a collection of programs
23 B
a) Hardware b) System Software c) Circuitry d) Directory
Expand SCSI
24 A
a) Small Computer System Interface b) Semi Classic Software Interface
c) Semi Circuitry System Interface d) System Computer System Interface

Important measure of computer is


25 C
a) System Software b) System Hardware c) Performance d) Bus
Processor Circuits are controlled by a timing signal called a
26 A
a) Clock b) Pulse c) FlipFlop d) Registers
Clock defines regular time intervals called _____________
27 C
a) Instruction Cycle b) Interrupt Cyclec) Clock Cycle d) Fetch Cycle
Overlapping the execution of successive instructions called
28 B
a) Vector Processingb) Pipelining c) Array Processing d) Central Processing
3 bits full adder contains ________
29 a) 3 combinational inputs b) 4 combinational inputs D
c) 6 combinational inputsd) 8 combinational inputs
_____________ translates high level language to machine language
30 C
a) Assembler b) Router c) Compiler d) Interpreter
______ hold the address which is to be accessed
31 D
a) MDRb) PC c) IR d) MAR
Operations executed on data stored registers are
32 A
a) Micro operations b) Mini operaions c) Large scale operationsd) Small scale operations
__________ micro operations are performed on numeric data stored in registers
33 B
a) Register transfer b) Arithmetic c) Logic d) Shift
__________ micro operations perform bit manipulation operations on non numeric data stored
34 in registers C
a) Register transfer b) Arithmetic c) Logic d) Shift
Addition , Subtraction, Increment and Decrement are
35 a) Register transfer micro operations b) Arithmetic micro operations B
c) Logic micro operations d) Shift micro operations
A number of storage registers connected to a common operational unit
36 A
a) ALU b) CU c) Input d) Output
The code where all successive numbers differ from their preceding number by single bit is ____
37 D
a) Alphanumeric Code b) BCD c) Excess 3 d) Gray
________ operation sets to 1 the bits in register A where the corresponding 1's in register B
38 B
a) Selective Clearb) Selective Set c) Selective Complement d) Selective Reset
__________ operation complements bits in register A where there are corresponding 1's in
39 register B C
a) Selective Clearb) Selective Set c) Selective Complement d) Selective Reset
______ operation clears to zero the bits in A only where there are corresponding 1's in register B
40 A
a) Selective Clear b) Selective Set c) Selective Complement d) Selective Reset
Mask operation is a _______ micro operation
41 C
a) NAND b) NOR c) AND d) OR
Insert operation is a ________ micro operation
42 D
a) NAND b) NOR c) AND d) OR
Many to one combinational circuit is
43 C
a) Encoderb) Decoder c) Multiplexer d) Adder
Expand PC
44 A
a) Program Counterb) Process Counter c) Program Circuit d) Parity Counter
Expand IR
45 B
a) Interrupt Registerb) Instruction Register c) Isolated Rate d) Integrated Route
Expand MDR
46 a) Massive data rate b) Memory Decode Register D
c) Memory Dual Registerd) Memory Data Register
A bus system can be constructed with a __________
47 C
a) One stage gate b) Two stage gate c) Three stage gate d) Four stage gate
The output which is not being driven to any defined logic level
48 B
a) Low Impedence state b) High Impedence state c) 0 State d) 1 State
A group of bits that tell the computer to perform a specific operation is known as____.
49 A
a) Instruction code b) Micro-operation c) Accumulator d) Register
The time interval between adjacent bits is called the_____
50 B
a) Word-timeb) Bit-time c) Turnaround time d) Slice time
UNIT-II
In micro-programmed approach, the signals are generated by ______.
51 A
a) Machine instructions b) System programs c) Utility tools d) None of the above
A word whose individual bits represent a control signal is ______.
52 B
a) Command word b) Control word c) Co –ordination word d) Generation word
A sequence of control words corresponding to a control sequence is called _______.
53 A
a) Micro routine b) Micro function c) Micro procedure d) None of the above
Individual control words of the micro routine are called as ______.
54 C
a) Micro taskb) Micro operation c) Micro instruction d) Micro command
The special memory used to store the micro routines of a computer is ________.
55 B
a) Control table b) Control store c) Control mart d) Control shop
To read the control words sequentially _________ is used.
56 C
a) PC b) IR c) UPCd) None of the above
Every time a new instruction is loaded into IR the output of ________ is loaded into UPC.
57 A
a) Starting address generatorb) Loader c) Linker d) Clock
________ are the different type/s of generating control signals.
58 D
a) Micro-programmed b) Hardwired c) Micro-instructiond) Both a and b
The type of control signal are generated based on
59 a) Contents of the step counter b) Contents of IR D
c) Contents of condition flags d) All of the above
What does the hardwired control generator consist of?
60 D
a) Decoder/encoder b) Condition codes c) Control step counterd) All of the above
What does the end instruction do?
a) It ends the generation of a signal b) It ends the complete generation process
61 C
c) It starts a new instruction fetch cycle and resets the counter
d) It is used to shift the control to the processor
The disadvantage/s of the hardwired approach is
62 a) It is less flexible b) It cannot be used for complex instructions D
c) It is costly d) Both a and b
Processors of all computers must have
63 D
a) ALU b) Primary storage c) Control unit d) All the above
What is the control unit's function in the CPU
64 a) To transfer data to primary storage b) To store program instruction D
c) To perform logic operation d) To decode program instruction
What is meant by a dedicated computer?
65 a) Which is used by one person only b) Which is assigned to one and only one task B
c) Which does one kind of software d) Which is meant for application software only
A micro program written as string of 0’s and 1’s is a
66 a) Symbolic microinstruction b) Binary microinstruction D
c) Symbolic micro programd) Binary micro program
When sending an assembly language instruction over a bus, it is put on which lines of the bus
67 C
a) Control lines b) Cache lines c) Data lines d) Address lines
Which register is used to generate the different control signals?
68 D
a) PC b) MAR c) MBR d) IR
Which register is used to hold the address when either reading or writing?
69 B
a) PC b) MAR c) MBR d) IR
Control memory is
70 B
a) RAM b) ROM c) Virtual memory d) Cache memory
Micro programmed control unit is _______ than hardwired but _______
71 a) Cheaper, more error prone b) Faster, more error prone C
c) Less error prone, slower d) Faster, harder to change
The goals of both hardwired and micro program control unit is
72 a) Access memory b) Generate control signals B
c) Access the ALUb) Cost a lot of memory
A micro-programmed control unit
a) is faster than a hard wired control unit
73 b) facilitates easy implementation of new instructions B
c) is useful when very small programs are to be run
d) usually refers to the control unit of microprocessor
Control program memory can be reduced by
74 a) Horizontal format b) Vertical format micro program B
c) Hardwired control unit d) None of the above
Hardwired control is usually done in
75 A
a) RISC architectureb) CISC architecturec) Both a and b d) None of above

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