Department of Information Technology UNIT-V-CAO-MCQ B.

TECH 4th SEM

1. Which memory device is generally made of semiconductors?

a) RAM
b) Hard-disk
c) Floppy disk
d) CD disk
Answer: a
Explanation: Memory devices are usually made of semiconductors for faster manipulation of
the contents.

2. The small extremely fast, RAM’s are called as _______

a) Cache
b) Heaps
c) Accumulators
d) Stacks
Answer: a
Explanation: These small and fast memory devices are compared to RAM because they
optimize the performance of the system and they only keep files which are required by the
current process in them.

3. The ALU makes use of _______ to store the intermediate results.

a) Accumulators
b) Registers
c) Heap
d) Stack
Answer: a
Explanation: The ALU is the computational center of the CPU. It performs all mathematical
and logical operations. In order to perform better, it uses some internal memory spaces to
store immediate results.

4. The control unit controls other units by generating ___________

a) Control signals
b) Timing signals
c) Transfer signals
d) Command Signals
Answer: b
Explanation: This unit is used to control and coordinate between the various parts and
components of the CPU.

5. To reduce the memory access time we generally make use of ______

a) Heaps
b) Higher capacity RAM’s
c) SDRAM’s
d) Cache’s
Answer: d

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Explanation: The time required to access a part of the memory for data retrieval.

6. ______ is generally used to increase the apparent size of physical memory.

a) Secondary memory
b) Virtual memory
c) Hard-disk
d) Disks
Answer: b
Explanation: Virtual memory is like an extension to the existing memory.

7. The time delay between two successive initiations of memory operation _______
a) Memory access time
b) Memory search time
c) Memory cycle time
d) Instruction delay
Answer: c
Explanation: The time is taken to finish one task and to start another.

8. During the execution of the instructions, a copy of the instructions is placed in the ______
a) Register
b) RAM
c) System heap
d) Cache
Answer: d

9. The DMA differs from the interrupt mode by __________

a) The involvement of the processor for the operation
b) The method of accessing the I/O devices
c) The amount of data transfer possible
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: DMA is an approach of performing data transfers in bulk between memory and
the external device without the intervention of the processor.

10. The DMA transfers are performed by a control circuit called as __________
a) Device interface
b) DMA controller
c) Data controller
d) Overlooker
Answer: b
Explanation: The Controller performs the functions that would normally be carried out by the
processor.

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Department of Information Technology UNIT-V-CAO-MCQ B.TECH 4th SEM

11. The technique where the controller is given complete access to main memory
is__________
a) Cycle stealing
b) Memory stealing
c) Memory Con
d) Burst mode
Answer: d
Explanation: The controller is given full control of the memory access cycles and can transfer
blocks at a faster rate.

12. In memory-mapped I/O ____________

a) The I/O devices and the memory share the same address space
b) The I/O devices have a separate address space
c) The memory and I/O devices have an associated address space
d) A part of the memory is specifically set aside for the I/O operation
Answer: a
Explanation: It’s the different modes of accessing the i/o devices.

13. The advantage of I/O mapped devices to memory mapped is ___________

a) The former offers faster transfer of data
b) The devices connected using I/O mapping have a bigger buffer space
c) The devices have to deal with fewer address lines
d) No advantage as such
Answer: c
Explanation: Since the I/O mapped devices have a separate address space the address lines
are limited by the amount of the space allocated.

14. Information is stored in a dynamic memory cell in the form of a charge on a _______
a) Transistor
b) Capacitor
c) Memory
d) Flip-Flop
Answer : b

15. Whose operation is synchronized with a clock signal.

a) Virtual Memory
b) Cache Memory
c) synchronous SRAMs
d) synchronous DRAMs
Answer: d

16. A special hardware unit that keeps track of the virtual address space in the physical
memory is called as __________ .
a) Memory Management Unit

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b) Disk Storage
c) Processor
d) Main Memory
Answer: a

17. The data can be mapped anywhere in the cache memory because of _________ .
a) Direct mapping
b) Indirect mapping
c) Associative mapping
d) Set Associative mapping
Answer: c

18. A Set-Associative Mapping is the combination of ________ .

a) Direct mapping
b) Associative mapping
c) Main memory and Cache memory
d) Both A and B
Answer: d

19. Cache memory is the onboard storage.

a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Explanation: Cache Memory is the memory closest to the CPU. Registers, Cache and the
main memory are the means of onboard storage in the computer system.

20. Which of the following is the fastest means of memory access for CPU?
a) Registers
b) Cache
c) Main memory
d) Virtual Memory
Answer: a
Explanation: Registers are the fastest means of access for CPU. Registers are the small
memory locations which are present closest to the CPU.

DR. HEENA F. ANSARI