Computer Awareness Online Test -2

1. The average time required to reach a storage location memory and obtain its contents is called
Latency time
Access time
Turnaround time
Response time

2. Memory unit accessed by content is called ______
Read only memory
Programmable memory
Virtual Memory
Associative memory

3. n bits in operation code imply that there are ______ possible distinct operators
n
2n
n/2
n2

4. A three input NOR gate gives logic high output only when____
one input is high
one input is low
two input are low
all input are high

5. The multiplicand register & multiplier register of a hardware circuit implementing booth’s algorithm have (11101) & (1100). The result shall be _____
(812)10
(-12)10
(12)10
(-812)10

6. PSW is saved in stack when there is a _____
interrupt recognized
execution of RST instruction
Execution of CALL instruction
All of these

7. In computers, subtraction is carried out generally by _____
1’s complement method
2’s complement method
signed magnitude method
BCD subtraction method

8. Cache memory works on the principle of ______
Locality of data
Locality of memory
Locality of reference
Locality of reference & memory

9. When CPU is executing a program that is part of the Operating system, it is said to be in _____
Interrupt mode
System mode
Half mode
Simplex mode

10. Register renaming is done in pipelined processors
as an alternative to register allocation at compile time
for efficient access to function parameters and local variables
to handle certain kinds of hazards
as part of address

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