Top 350+ Solved Computer Architecture MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In which cycle the memory is read and the contents of memory at the address containedin the PC register are loaded into in to IR.
a. Execution Cycle
b. Memory Cycle
c. Fetch Cycle
d. Decode Cycle
Q. The part of machine level instruction, which tells the central processor what has to be done, is
a. Operation code
b. Address
c. Locator
d. Flip-Flop
Q. A system program that combines the separately compiled modules of a program into a form suitable for execution
a. assembler
b. linking loader
c. cross compiler
d. load and go
Q. Which parameter of computer determines its power to do various operations on data items
a. Instruction set
b. Memory size
c. Assembly language
d. Application language
Q. Which methods of representation of numbers occupies large amount of memory than others?
a. sign-magnitude
b. 1’s compliment
c. 2’s compliment
d. Both a and b
Q. The register used to store the flags is called as
a. Flag register
b. Status register
c. Test register
d. log register
Q. __________is used to implement virtual memory organization.
a. Page table
b. Frame table
c. MMU
d. None of the mentioned
Q. _________ method is used to establish priority by serially connecting all devices that request an interrupt.
a. Vectored-interrupting
b. Daisy chain
c. Priority
d. Polling
Q. The addressing mode, where you directly specify the operand value is
a. immediate
b. direct
c. definite
d. relative
Q. addressing mode is most suitable to change the normal sequence of execution of instructions.
a. relative
b. indirect
c. index with offset
d. immediate
Q. Which method/s of representation of numbers occupies a large amount of memory than others?
a. sign-magnitude
b. 1’s complement
c. 2’s complement
d. 1’s & 2’s compliment
Q. Which method of representation has two representations for ‘0’?
a. sign-magnitude
b. 1’s complement
c. 2’s complement
d. none of the mentioned
Q. When we perform subtraction on -7 and 1 the answer in 2’s complement form is
a. 1010
b. 1110
c. 0110
d. 1000
Q. The processor keeps track of the results of its operations using flags called
a. conditional code flags
b. test output flags
c. type flags
d. none of the mentioned