CS501 Quiz1 Advanced Computer Architecture

Question No: 1
Which one of the following is the memory organization of SRC processor?
• 28 * 8 bits
• 216 * 8 bits
• 232 * 8 bits
• 264 * 8 bits

Question No: 2
Type A format of SRC uses -----------instructions
• two
• three
• four
• five

Question No: 3
The instruction ---------------will load the register R3 with the contents of the memory
location M [PC+56]
• Add R3, 56
• lar R3, 56
• ldr R3, 56
• str R3, 56

Question No: 4
Which format of the instruction is called the accumulator?
• 3-address instructions
• 3-address instructions
• 2-address instructions
• 1-address instructions
• 0-address instructions


Question No: 5
Which one of the following are the code size and the Number of memory
bytes respectively for a 2-address instruction?
• 4 bytes, 7 bytes
• 7 bytes, 16 bytes
• 10 bytes, 19 bytes
• 13 bytes, 22 bytes

Question No: 6
Which operator is used to name registers, or part of registers, in the Register
Transfer Language?
• :=
• &
• %
• ©

Question No: 7
The transmission of data in which each character is self-contained units with its
own start and stop bits is -----------
• Asynchronous
• Synchronous
• Parallel
• All of the given options

Question No: 8
Circuitry that is used to move data is called -------------
• Bus
• Port
• Disk
• Memory

Question No: 9
Which one of the following is NOT a technique used when the CPU wants to exchange data with a peripheral device?
• Direct Memory Access (DMA).
• Interrupt driven I/O
• Programmed I/O
• Virtual Memory

Question No: 10
Every time you press a key, an interrupt is generated.
This is an example of
• Hardware interrupt
• Software interrupt
• Exception
• All of the given