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^^Which among the statement in the options below is not true about Assembly Language
@@Assembly language consists of statements written with short mnemonics
@@Assembly language has a one-to-one relationship with machine language
@@Each assembly language instruction corresponds to a single machine-language

instruction
@@Assembly language is a numeric language specifically understood by a computer’s

processor~
@@Assembly language is designed for specific processor family
^^The utility program that converts source code programs from assembly language into
machine language is called
@@Assembler~
@@Linker
@@Interpreter
@@Translator
@@Debugger
^^The utility program that combines individual files created by an assembler into a single
executable program is called
@@Assembler
@@Linker~
@@Interpreter
@@Translator
@@Debugger
^^The utility program that lets you to step through a program while it’s running and examine
registers and memory is called
@@Assembler
@@Linker
@@Interpreter
@@Translator
@@Debugger~
^^Binary numbers are base 2 numbers and each binary digit is called a
@@Digit
@@Bit~
@@Byte
@@Decimal
@@Hexadecimal
^Â signed integer is
@@Positive only
@@Negative only
@@Both positive and negative
@@Positive or negative~
@@None of these
^^The translation of 10001001B to decimal is
@@147D
@@157D
@@137D~
@@127D
@@117D
^^The translation of 47D to binary is
@@101111B
@@110111B~
@@111011B
@@111101B
@@111110B
^^What is the result of adding 00000101B and 00001111B
@@00110100
@@00010100~
@@01110100
@@11110100
@@00010110
^Â byte contains
@@2 bits
@@4 bits
@@8 bits~
@@16 bits
@@32 bit
^În hexadecimal, each digit position represents a power of
@@2
@@4
@@8
@@16~
@@3
^^The conversion of 2BA4H to Decimal is
@@11172D~
@@11187D
@@11101D
@@12711D
@@12317D
^^The conversion of 16565D to hexadecimal is
@@3BA5H
@@40B5H~
@@04B5H
@@B405H
@@540BH
^^The conversion of the signed binary 11111000B to decimal is
@@-16
@@-12
@@-8~
@@-4
@@-2
^^What is the result of subtracting 00000101B from 00001001B
@@10111100B
@@11011100B
@@11101100B
@@11111100B~
@@None of these
^^ Which of the operator in the options below is used for reversing a Boolean value
@@ NOT~
@@AND
@@OR
@@None of these
@@All of these
^Â ______________ is used to show all the inputs and outputs of a Boolean function
@@ False Table
@@Truth Table~
@@ Map File
@@ Object File
@@All of the above
^Âssembly language has a ____________ relationship with machine language
@@ N-M
@@1-N
@@1-1~
@@1-M
@@M-1
^Â ______________ synchronizes CPU operations
@@ Motherboard
@@Assembler
@@Variable
@@clock~
@@None of these
^^______________ coordinates sequence of execution steps
@@Control Unit~
@@Arithmetic and Logical Unit
@@System Bus
@@Monitor
@@All of these
^^ _____________is a group of parallel wires that transfer data from one part of the
computer to another
@@ System
@@Bus~
@@Keyboard
@@All of these
@@None of these
^^_______________is used for event triggering in machines
@@ Motherboard
@@Assembler
@@clock~
@@Variable
@@None of these
^^The execution of a single machine instruction can be divided into a sequence of individual
operations called the_____________
@@Processing execution cycle
@@Running execution Cycle
@@Building execution Cycle
@@ Fetch execution cycle~
@@All of these
^^The_______________ contains the address of the next instruction to be executed.
@@Instruction Pointer~
@@ Index Register
@@Memory Register
@@All of these
@@None of these
^^ _____________ is a high-speed memory used by computers to hold the most recently used
instructions and data
@@ROM
@@Cache~
@@EROM
@@Cache
Hit
@@Cache Miss
^^_____ is used for storing information about a program’s size and location during execution
@@Index Table
@@Cache Table
@@Descriptor Table~
@@Hash Table
@@None of these
^^The ability of a computer to run multiple tasks at the same time is called_______________
@@Over Tasking
@@Super Computing
@@Overloading
@@Multitasking~
@@All of these
^Â Cache miss occurs when data to be read is already in cache memory
@@True
@@False~
^Â Cache hit occurs when data to be read is not in cache memory
@@True
@@False~
^^Level-1 cache is inside the CPU
@@True~
@@False
^^Level-2 cache is outside the CPU
@@True~
@@False
^^____________________ utility assigns a given amount of CPU time to each running

program
@@Scheduler~
@@Assembler
@@Masm32
@@ALU
@@None of these
^^The general-purpose registers inside the CPU are prohibited from arithmetic and data
movement
@@True
@@False~
^Âll the options below are examples of scheduling used by an operating system except
@@Round Robin
@@First Come First Serve
@@ Event~
@@Shortest Job First
@@Priority
^Ôctal number system is_____________
@@A positional system with weights 0 to 9
@@A positional system with weights 0 to 8
@@A positional system with weights 0 to 7~
@@A non positional system with weights 0 to 7
@@None of these
^^The sum of two hexadecimal numbers 23D and 9AA gives the hexadecimal number
@@AF7
@@BF6
@@BE7~
@@BE5
@@None of these
^^The small extremely fast, RAM’s are called as _______

@@Cache~
@@ Heaps
@@Accumulators
@@Stacks
@@All of these
^^What is the only language that a computer understands directly?
@@English, as spoken in Boston, Mass

@@BASIC, the Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
@@Machine language, different for every type of CPU~
@@Java
@@All of these
^^What are the three main types of computer programming languages?
@@Machine language, assembly language, high level language~
@@Imperative language, functional language, declarative language
@@COBOL, Fortran-77, C++
@@Java, PHP, C++
@@None of these
^^The address space of the IA-32 is ____

@@2^16
@@2^32~
@@2^64
@@ 2^8
@@None of these
^Âssembly language program is called______________
@@ Object program
@@Source program~
@@Oriented program
@@All of these
@@None of these
^Â System Bus Contains________________
@@ Address Bus
@@Data Bus
@@Control Bus
@@All of these~
@@None of these
^^Which of the following programming languages has an instruction set closest to the
machine language of a computer?
@@BASIC
@@Fortran
@@Assembly Language~
@@C++
@@All of these
^Â byte is a group of 16 bits
@@True
@@False~
^^The AX register full name is:
@@Accumulator register~
@@Counter register
@@Base register
@@Extended Accumulator register
@@None of these
^^The result of logical operation: 1 OR 0 is
@@0
@@1~
^^How many bits in one double word?
@@8 bits
@@16 bits
@@32 bits~
@@64 bits
@@None of these
^^The maximum addressable RAM in real address mode is
@@1KB
@@1GB
@@1MB~
@@1 byte
@@None of these
^^ In segmented memory addressing, a linear address is made up of which of the following
@@2 byte segment value, and 16-bit offset value~
@@32-bit segment value, 32-bit offset value
@@4 byte segment value, 16-bit offset value
@@16-bit segment value, 1 byte offset value
@@None of these
^^Convert 08A4:0203 to a linear address
@@ 0AA7
@@ 8C43 ~
@@ 06A1
@@ 883D
^^ The maximum addressable memory in protected mode is
@@ 4KB
@@ 32 bits
@@ 64KB
@@ 4GB ~
@@ 8 bits
^^ Running in protected mode allows which of the following
@@ Accessing any area of memory

@@ Calling BIOS Functions
@@ Multitasking ~
@@ MS-DOS Support
@@ None of these
^^What memory model do MASM programs use
@@ stdcall
@@ irvine32
@@ flat ~
@@ .386
@@ None of these
^În protected mode, what does CS point to
@@ Descriptor table ~
@@ Code segment
@@ Code Label
@@ Code sample
@@ None of these
^^ Paging is supported directly by
@@ RAM
@@ Hard disk
@@ ROM
@@ MASM
@@ None of these ~
^^ The OS Utility that handles loading and unloading of pages
@@ Virtual Memory Manager ~
@@ Scheduler
@@ Control Unit
@@ Control bus
@@ None of these
^Â page fault is issued when a page needs to be
@@ Copied from register
@@ Copied from cache
@@ Copied from disk~
@@ Copied from data segment
@@ None of these
^Âll of the following can be found on a motherboard except
@@ BIOS Chips
@@ Speaker
@@ Main memory slots
@@ Expansion Buses
@@ All are components of a motherboard~
^^Raster scanning is a technology for video output, which of the following makes use of it
@@ AGP
@@ LCD Monitors
@@ Video Controller
@@ CPU
@@ None of these~
^^Cache memory is implemented using which of the following
@@ DRAM
@@ SRAM ~
@@ VRAM
@@ Registers
@@ None of these
^Ênumeration is used by a _________ to ascertain device type
@@ PCI Controller
@@ IDE Controller
@@ AGP
@@ RAM
@@ None of these ~
^^Parallel ports are characterized by ____________ and ____________
@@ Long cable, high speed
@@ Single direction, low speed
@@ Both directions, high speed ~
@@ Short Cable, Low speed
@@ None of these
^^Serial ports transfer data ___________ at a time across _____________
@@ 1 byte, short cables
@@ 1 byte, long cables
@@ 1 bit, short cables
@@ 1 bit, long cables ~
@@ None of these
^ÂTA Host adapter provides an interface to which of the following
@@ Registers
@@ RAM
@@ Video device
@@ CPU
@@ None of these ~
^Âssembly language can perform I/O on which of the following levels
@@ Library
@@ OS Functions
@@ BIOS Functions
@@ Hardware
@@ All of these ~
^Îf the radix of an integer constant is omitted, which radix is used
@@hexadecimal
@@decimal~
@@octal
@@binary
@@real
^^This course uses the _______________ instruction set
@@ 64 bits
@@ Intel IA-64
@@ x86-64
@@ 32 bits
@@ None of these~
^^The first character of an identifier needs to be___________
@@ a letter
@@ _ (underscore)
@@ ?
@@ $ (dollar sign)
@@ None of these
@@ Any of these ~
^^________Commands that are recognized by the assembler, but not part of the Intel
instruction set
@@Directives~
@@Mnemonics
@@Operators
@@Type attributes
@@None of these
^^Which of the following is required in a valid instruction
@@Label
@@Comment
@@Mnemonic~
@@Registers
@@None of these
^^Labels mark the _________ address of code or data
@@Linear
@@Segment
@@Page
@@Disk
@@None of these~
^Â label identifier followed by a colon (:) indicates
@@Data Label
@@Segment Label
@@Stack Label
@@Code Label~
@@None of these
^^Which of the following are instruction mnemonics
@@ADD
@@MUL
@@DEC
@@All are mnemonics~
@@None of these are mnemonics
^^Which of the following can be used as instruction operands
@@Memory
@@Code Label
@@Immediate Values
@@All of these~
@@None of these
^^Comments are used to explain tricky coding techniques. Single line comments begin with
what character
@@&
@@:
@@;~
@@$
@@None of these
^âdd eax, 3*5 is an example of a ____________, _______________ instruction format
@@ Register, integer constant expression~
@@ Register, integer constant
@@ Memory, integer constant
@@ Memory, integer constant expression
@@ None of these
^^How many operands does the ‘stc’ instruction accept
@@0~
@@1
@@2
@@3
@@4
^^TITLE is an example of a ___________
@@ Masm instruction
@@ MASM Comment
@@ MASM Directive~
@@ MASM Label
@@ None of these
^ÊNDP marks the end of a___________
@@Procedure~
@@Main
@@Program
@@Code Segment
@@None of these
^Â call to DumpRegs displays the contents of __________ and ___________
@@Memory, Registers
@@Flags, Memory
@@Registers, Variable
@@Registers, Flags~
@@None of these
^^The MODEL is a(n) ________ that defines __________
@@Directive, Memory segmentation~
@@Instruction, memory segmentation
@@Directive, stdcall
@@ Instruction, stdcall
@@ None of these
^^The procedure for terminating a program is called __________ and it takes __________
parameter(s)
@@exist, zero
@@ExitProcess, zero
@@exit, one
@@ ExitProcess, one~
@@None of these
^^The instruction for subtraction in assembly is
@@ +
@@ -
@@ *
@@ /
@@ None of these~
^^The assembler assembles a source file into a(n)
@@Object file~
@@Map file
@@Listing file
@@Executable file
@@Link Library file
^^The contents of a(n)__________file are assembly instruction mnemonics translated to

machine code
@@Object file
@@Map file
@@Listing file~
@@Link Library file
@@None of these
^Înformation about segment addresses for assembly programs are found in what file
@@Object file
@@Map file~
@@Listing file
@@Link library file
@@None of these
^^SBYTE is a(n) _________ that defines a(n) ___________ integer
@@ instruction, 8 bit signed

@@ directive, 8 bit signed ~
@@ instruction, 7 bit signed
@@ directive, 7 bit signed
@@ None of these
^^Which of the following is required in a data definition statement
@@ Label
@@ Offset
@@ Data type
@@ Size
@@ None of these~
^^Choose the appropriate option to make the following valid: value1 SBYTE
______________
@@ -200
@@ 128
@@ ?~
@@ None of these
^^How many bits long is list3 in the following definition: list3 BYTE ?,32, 5
DUP(0),41h,00100010b
@@Code is invalid
@@64
@@40
@@72~
@@None of these
^Êach ASCII Character is stored using how many bits
@@4
@@6
@@8~
@@10
@@32
^^The smallest value that can be stored in a signed double word is
@@0
@@-4294967296
@@-2147483647
@@-2147483648~
@@-4294967295
^Ûsing little endian order, the ________ byte occupies the __________memory address
@@ most significant, last~
@@least significant, last
@@ most significant, first
@@ None of these
^^What is var1 called in the following: var1=10
@@Variable
@@Register
@@Integer
@@Symbolic constant~
@@None of these
^^What will be the value of var2 in the following:
Var1 word 1,5,3,6,7
Var2 = $ - var1
@@5
@@10~
@@0
@@Error in code
^^complete the following: var1 ______ <2.234>
@@Byte
@@Word
@@Dword
@@Real
@@None of these~
^^Complete the following: var1 _______ %(22/7)
@@textequ~
@@byteequ
@@textbyte
@@integerequ
@@Error in code
^Ône of the following is an operand type in assembly language
@immediate
@Register
@memory
@All of the above~
^Ône of the following is a destination for MOV instruction
@ Code Segment
@Instruction Pointer
@Extended instruction pointer
@ All of the above.
^^ Study the given program, will it run?

movzx ax,myBytes
mov bl,[myBytes+1]
add ax,bx
mov bl,[myBytes+2]
@ True
@ False~
^^ What is the value of the destination operand after each of the following instructions
executes:
.data
myByte BYTE 0FFh, 0
.code
mov al,myByte ; AL =
@FEFF
@00h
@ FFh~
@None

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^^Which among the statement in the options below is not true about Assembly Language

@@Assembly language consists of statements written with short mnemonics

@@Assembly language has a one-to-one relationship with machine language

@@Each assembly language instruction corresponds to a single machine-language

@@Assembly language is a numeric language specifically understood by a computer’s

@@Assembly language is designed for specific processor family

^^A signed integer is

@@Both positive and negative

^^The translation of 10001001B to decimal is

^^What is the result of adding 00000101B and 00001111B

^^A byte contains

^^In hexadecimal, each digit position represents a power of

^^The conversion of 16565D to hexadecimal is

^^The conversion of the signed binary 11111000B to decimal is

^^What is the result of subtracting 00000101B from 00001001B

@@All of the above

^^Assembly language has a ____________ relationship with machine language

^^A ______________ synchronizes CPU operations

@@Arithmetic and Logical Unit

^^_______________is used for event triggering in machines

@@Processing execution cycle

@@Running execution Cycle

@@Building execution Cycle

@@ Fetch execution cycle~

^^Level-1 cache is inside the CPU

^^Level-2 cache is outside the CPU

^^____________________ utility assigns a given amount of CPU time to each running

@@First Come First Serve

@@Shortest Job First

@@A positional system with weights 0 to 9

@@A positional system with weights 0 to 8

@@A positional system with weights 0 to 7~

@@A non positional system with weights 0 to 7

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

^^What is the only language that a computer understands directly?

@@English, as spoken in Boston, Mass

@@Machine language, different for every type of CPU~

^^What are the three main types of computer programming languages?

@@Machine language, assembly language, high level language~

@@Imperative language, functional language, declarative language

@@COBOL, Fortran-77, C++

@@Java, PHP, C++

^^The address space of the IA-32 is ____

^^Assembly language program is called______________

^^A System Bus Contains________________

^^A byte is a group of 16 bits

^^The AX register full name is:

@@Extended Accumulator register

^^The result of logical operation: 1 OR 0 is

^^How many bits in one double word?

^^ In segmented memory addressing, a linear address is made up of which of the following

@@2 byte segment value, and 16-bit offset value~

@@32-bit segment value, 32-bit offset value

@@4 byte segment value, 16-bit offset value

@@16-bit segment value, 1 byte offset value

^^Convert 08A4:0203 to a linear address

^^ The maximum addressable memory in protected mode is

^^ Running in protected mode allows which of the following

@@ Accessing any area of memory

^^What memory model do MASM programs use

^^In protected mode, what does CS point to

^^ Paging is supported directly by

^^ The OS Utility that handles loading and unloading of pages

^^Parallel ports are characterized by and

^^Serial ports transfer data _ at a time across ___

^^add eax, 3*5 is an example of a , ___ instruction format

^^A call to DumpRegs displays the contents of and _

^^The MODEL is a(n) that defines __

^^SBYTE is a(n) _ that defines a(n) ___ integer