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 CS501 today quiz

Question # 1
Which one of the following register(s) that is/are programmer invisible and is/are
required to hold an operand or result value while the bus is busy transmitting some other
value?
Select correct option:
 Instruction Register
 Memory address register
 Memory Buffer Register
           Registers A and C  (P # 153)

Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 07:25:00 PM )  Total Marks: 1
For any of the instructions that are a part of the instruction set of the SRC, there are
certain ____________ required; which may be used to select the appropriate function for
the ALU to be performed, to select the appropriate registers, or the appropriate memory
location.
Select correct option:
 Registers
   Control signals  (P # 173)
 Memory
 None of the given
Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 07:26:05 PM )  Total Marks: 1
In which one of the following techniques, the time a processor spends waiting for
instructions to be fetched from memory is minimized?
Select correct option:
 Perfecting
 Pipelining   (not sure)
 Superscalar operation
 Speedup

 
Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 07:26:52 PM )  Total Marks: 1
FALCON-A processor bus has 16 lines or is 16-bits wide while that of SRC is
__________ wide.
Select correct option:
 8-bits
 16-bits
   32-bits   (159)
 64-bits 

Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 07:27:48 PM )  Total Marks: 1
-------------- performs the data operations as commanded by the program instructions.
Select correct option:
  Control
 Datapath
 Structural RTL
 Timing
 
Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 07:28:47 PM )  Total Marks: 1
The external interface of FALCON-A consists of a __________address bus and a
_________ data bus.
Select correct option:
 8-bit , 8-bit
   16-bit , 16-bit  (P # 169)
 16-bit , 24-bit
 16-bit , 32-bit
 
Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 07:30:02 PM )  Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following registers stores a previously calculated value or a value
loaded from the main memory?
Select correct option:
 Accumulator
 Address Mask
 Instruction Register
   Program Counter
 
Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 07:31:29 PM )  Total Marks: 1
Computer system performance is usually measured by the ---------------
Select correct option:
 Time to execute a program or program mix
 The speed with which it executes programs
   Processor’s utilization in solving the problems
 Instructions that can be carried out simultaneously
Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 07:31:54 PM )  Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following registers holds the address of the next instruction to be
executed?
Select correct option:
 Accumulator
 Address Mask
 Instruction Register
   Program Counter
Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time: 07:33:26 PM )  Total Marks: 1
_________ control signal allows the contents of the Program Counter register to be
written onto the internal processor bus.
Select correct option:
 INC4 

 LPC
   PCout  (P # 174)
 LC
Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 07:02:29 PM )  Total Marks: 1
The external interface of FALCON-A consists of a ____________ address bus.
Select correct option:
 8-bit
  16-bit
 24-bit
 32-bit
 
Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 07:03:47 PM )  Total Marks: 1
Computer system performance is usually measured by the ---------------
Select correct option:
 Time to execute a program or program mix
 The speed with which it executes programs
  Processor’s utilization in solving the problems       (not sure)
 Instructions that can be carried out simultaneously 
Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 07:05:03 PM )  Total Marks: 1
The external interface of FALCON-A consists of a ________ data bus.
Select correct option:
 8-bit
    16-bit
 24-bit
 32-bit




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Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 07:05:54 PM )  Total Marks: 1
In which one of the following techniques, the time a processor spends waiting for
instructions to be fetched from memory is minimized?
Select correct option:
 Perfecting
 Pipelining    (not sure )
 Superscalar operation
 Speedup
Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 07:07:23 PM )  Total Marks: 1
_________ control signal allows the contents of the Program Counter register to be
written onto the internal processor bus.
Select correct option:
 INC4
 LPC 

   PCout  (P # 174)
 LC
Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 07:08:09 PM )  Total Marks: 1
-----------is the ability of application software to operate on models of equipment newer
than the model for which it was originally developed.
Select correct option:
 Backward compatibility
 Data migration
 Reverse engineering
 Upward compatibility
Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 07:09:35 PM )  Total Marks: 1
-------------- performs the data operations as commanded by the program instructions.
Select correct option:
 Control
 Datapath
  Structural RTL  (not sure )
 Timing
Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 07:10:57 PM )  Total Marks: 1
The external interface of FALCON-A consists of a __________address bus and a
_________ data bus.
Select correct option:
 8-bit , 8-bit
   16-bit , 16-bit
 16-bit , 24-bit
 16-bit , 32-bit
Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 07:11:17 PM )  Total Marks: 1
Motorola MC68000 is an example of ---------microprocessor.
Select correct option:
   CISC  (P # 149)
 RISC
 SRC
 FALCON
Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time: 07:12:12 PM )  Total Marks: 1
__________ enable the input to the PC for receiving a value that is currently on the
internal processor bus.
Select correct option:
   LPC  (P # 174)
 INC4
 LC
 Cout