Co-1 - Quiz, Flashcards & Trivia

1. Processors of all computers, whether micro, mini or mainframe must have

ALU

Primary Storage

Control unit

All of above

2. Where does a computer add and compare data?

Hard disk

Floppy disk

CPU chip

Memory chip

3. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located?

Memory Address Register

Memory Data Register

Instruction Register

Program Register

4. A stack is

An 8-bit register in the microprocessor

A 16-bit register in the microprocessor

A set of memory locations in R/WM reserved for storing information temporarily during the execution of computer

A 16-bit memory address stored in the program counter

5. The branch logic that provides decision making capabilities in the control unit is known as

Controlled transfer

Conditional transfer

Unconditional transfer

None of above

6. A time sharing system imply

More than one processor in the system

More than one program in memory

More than one memory in the system

None of above

7. CPU does not perform the operation

Data transfer

Logic operation

Arithmetic operation

All of above

8. Interrupts which are initiated by an instruction are

Internal

External

Hardware

Software

9. Pipelining strategy is called implement

Instruction execution

Instruction prefetch

Instruction decoding

Instruction manipulation

10. A complete microcomputer system consists of

Microprocessor

Memory

Peripheral equipment

All of above