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Computer Organization and Architecture MCQ

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Machine Instructions and Addressing
Modes
ALU and Data-Path
CPU Control Design and Memory
Interface
I/O Interface (Interrupt and DMA
mode)
Instruction Pipelining and Cache
Main Memory and Secondary Storage

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The process of entering data into storage location

A.
B.
C.
D.

Causes variation in its address

Adds to the contents of the location
Is called readout operation
Is destructive of previous contents

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Answer D
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Register renaming is done in pipelined processors
A.
B.
C.
D.

as an alternative to register allocation at compile time

for efficient access to function parameters and local variables
to handle certain kinds of hazards
as part of address translation

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Answer C
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The control unit of computer
A.
B.
C.
D.

Performs ALU operations on the data

Controls the operation of the output devices
Is a device for manually operating the computer
Direct the other unit of computers

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Answer D
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What is the control unit function in the CPU?
A.
B.
C.
D.

To transfer data to primary storage

To store program instruction
To perform logic operations
To decode program instruction

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Answer D
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For a memory system ,the cycle time is
A.
B.
C.
D.

Same as the access time

Longer than the access time
Shorter than the access time
Submultiple of the access time

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Answer A
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As a secondary storage medium what is the most important advantage of a video disk?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Compactness
Potential capacity
Durability
Cost effectiveness

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Answer B
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What is meant by a dedicated computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Which is used by one person only

Which is assigned to one and only one task
Which does one kind of software
Which is meant for application software only

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Answer B
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A time sharing system imply
A.
B.
C.
D.

more than one processor in the system

more than one program in memory
more than one memory in the system
None of above

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Answer B
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Suppose that a given application is run on a 64-processor machine and that 70 percent of the
application can be parallelized. Then the expected performance improvement using Amdahls law is
A. 4.22
B. 3.22
C. 3.32
D. 3.52
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Answer B
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Intel 80386 was introduced in
A. 1985
B. 1986
C. 1987
D. 1988
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Answer A
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