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EC2308 Microprocessor and Microcontroller Lab VIVA QUESTIONS
EC2308 Microprocessor and Microcontroller Lab VIVA QUESTIONS
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What is debugger?
What is emulator?
What are the advantages of segment registers?
Define the trap flag.
What is effective address?
What is physical address?
What is operand?
What are the types of addressing modes?
Define register addressing mode.
What is the purpose of register addressing mode?
What is immediate addressing mode?
Define direct addressing mode.
Define register indirect addressing mode.
What is index addressing mode?
What is base index addressing mode?
What is the use of CMP instruction?
Mention the two operation modes of 8086 processor.
What is minimum mode?
What is maximum mode?
What is machine cycle?
What is instructions cycle?
What are the minimum mode signals?
What are the maximum mode signals?
What is the purpose of INTR pin?
What is the function of BHE/S7 pin?
How minimum mode or maximum mode is is selected?
What are the two modes of 8086 and how do you configure 8086 to work in these
modes?
How do you classify the programmed I/O data transfer scheme?
Give the function of the following pins-Ready, ALE.
What is a machine cycle initiated? How many T states does each machine cycle contain
in 8086?
What do you understand by handshaking?
Explain real mode and protected mode of operations?
Which signals are used by 8086 microprocessor to specify the current segment portion of
the address referred?
Can the 8086 microprocessor operate on more than one instruction at a time? If so,
explain how it is done.
Why word type of data has to be stored starting from an even address in 8086?
Mention the function of RQ/GT.
What are the display modes supported by the 8279 chip?
Name any two coprocessors and their use.
Give the format of program clock word of 8279 and mention its purpose.
Mention any two coprocessors and their use.
What is 2 key lockout and n key roolover?
Name the two types of CRT display systems.
What do you mean by leading edge and trailing edge problems in hexadecimal
keyboards?
State any two main functions of a CRT controller.