Computer Architecture Test 02

Total Questions: 36

2 - Which of the following is not a machine instruction?

A ) MOV
B ) ORG
C ) END
D ) b and c ✅

4 - Han bus line consists of:

A ) Registers
B ) Accumulators
C ) Parallel line ✅
D ) Bits

5 - Data travels through bus in the form of:

A ) Packets
B ) Bits
C ) Pits ✅
D ) Word

6 - The bus used to connect the CPU to memory on the system board is called:

A ) System bus ✅
B ) Word bus
C ) Expansion bus
D ) Extension bus

7 - Hello the processor to communicate with peripheral devices.

A ) Expansion bus ✅
B ) System bus
C ) Memory bus
D ) Processor bus

8 - Which of the following is not a type of bus in computer?

A ) Control bus
B ) Address bus
C ) Timer bus ✅
D ) Data bus

9 - A 32-bit bus is ____than a 16 bit bus.

A ) Wider
B ) Faster
C ) Longer
D ) a and b ✅

12 - A bus that moves data between the control processor and memory is known as:

A ) I/O bus
B ) CPU bus
C ) Processor bus
D ) Data bus ✅

13 - Han bus with 64 lines can carry ____of data:

A ) 32 -bits
B ) 64- bits ✅
C ) 16-bits
D ) 64 -byts

14 - CPU provides in enabling signal through:

A ) Control bus ✅
B ) Data Bus
C ) Address bus
D ) Main bus

15 - Which tape of bus transmits control signal like ACKS?

A ) Data bus
B ) Control bus ✅
C ) Address bus
D ) Serial bus

16 - Which of the following is a signal?

A ) I/O
B ) DMA
C ) Intrrupt ✅
D ) Memory

17 - All of the following may be stored in registers EXCEPT:

A ) Program instruction
B ) Memory addresses
C ) Data
D ) CPU instruction set ✅

19 - Expansion slots connect interface cards to:

A ) Ports
B ) Peripheral devices ✅
C ) Motherboard
D ) System bus

20 - A port on the computer may be connected to:

A ) Expansion card
B ) CPU
C ) Motherboard
D ) A and C

21 - Expansion cards are inserted into:

A ) Slots ✅
B ) Plugs
C ) CPU
D ) Buses

22 - A group of bits that tells the computer to perform a specific a operation is called:

A ) Instruction code ✅
B ) Micro-operation
C ) Source code
D ) Logical code

23 - The external devices connected to a computer system are known as:

A ) Expansion cards
B ) Peripherals ✅
C ) Buses
D ) Slots

24 - Checking a computer program for errors is called:

A ) Correcting
B ) Running
C ) Debugging ✅
D ) Bugging

25 - The output of the compiler is called:

A ) The program
B ) Source cody
C ) Linked code
D ) Object code ✅

26 - A program's syntax errors are detected by:

A ) Compiler ✅
B ) Debugger
C ) Loader
D ) Linkker

27 - What is the main purpose of secondary storage devices?

A ) Calculating data
B ) Temporary storage
C ) Permanent storage ✅
D ) Output

28 - Which of the following is not considered to be a peripheral device?

A ) Disk drive
B ) Keyboard
C ) Monitor
D ) CPU ✅

29 - What happens first when CPU executes an instruction?

A ) Instruction fetch ✅
B ) Decode instruction
C ) Execute instructions
D ) All

30 - BIOS stand for:

A ) Binary input/ output system
B ) Basic Input/output system ✅
C ) Boolean input/output system
D ) Basic Inner/ outer system

32 - Types of translators are:

A ) Compilers
B ) Interpreters ✅
C ) Assemblers
D ) All

33 - A translator is best described as:

A ) Application software
B ) System software ✅
C ) Package software
D ) Hardware

35 - All of the following are functions of operating system except:

A ) Read data from input device
B ) Show result on the output devices
C ) Memory Management
D ) Conversion of source code into object code

36 - Computer cannot boot if does not have:

A ) Compiler
B ) Operating System ✅
C ) Interpreter
D ) Linker