Kings College of Engineering

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

III ECE
Microprocessors and Microcontrollers- Quiz for PCE

1.The 8259-A is a _________

A. piority Interrupt Controller
B. priority Resolver
C. interrupt Request Registry
D. control Logic
ANSWER: A

2. The 8259A is used to manage _______ hardware in the system

A. Single
B. Multiple
C. Double
D. none
ANSWER: B

3.8255A contains_________ ports each of 8 bit lines.

A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 3
ANSWER: D

4. In 8255A the ____ is controlled by control registers.

A. port A
B. port B
C. port C
D. port D
ANSWER: C

5.In 8255A __________ is used for input operation

A. mode 0.
B. mode2
C. mode 3
D. mode1
ANSWER: A

6. In 8255A _________ is used for handshaking operation

A. mode 0
B. mode1
C. mode 2
D. mode3
ANSWER: B
7. In 8255 A ___________ is used to perform bidirectional operation
A. mode 0
B. mode1
C. mode 2
D. mode3
ANSWER: C

8.Data transfer between the microprocessor for peripheral takes place through
__________
A. i/o port
B. input port
C. output port
D. multi port
ANSWER: A

9.In 8255A, there are _________ I/o lines

A. 24
B. 12
C. 20
D. 10
ANSWER: A

10. __________ is useful for the generation of accurate time delay

A. 8254
B. 8255A
C. 8237A
D. 8279
ANSWER: A