Computer Organization MCQ set 1

1. In order to read multiple bytes of a row at the same time, we make use of ______

  • a : Memory extension
  • b : Cache
  • c : Latch
  • d : Shift register

2. The difference in the address and data connection between DRAM’s and SDRAM’s is _______

  • a : The requirement of more address lines in SDRAM’s
  • b : The usage of a buffer in SDRAM’s
  • c : The usage of more number of pins in SDRAM’s
  • d : None of the mentioned

3. The data is transferred over the RAMBUS as _______

  • a : Blocks
  • b : Swing voltages
  • c : Bits
  • d : Packets

4. The memory devices which are similar to EEPROM but differ in the cost effectiveness is ______

  • a : CMOS
  • b : Memory sticks
  • c : Blue-ray devices
  • d : Flash memory

5. The drawback of building a large memory with DRAM is ______________

  • a : The Slow speed of operation
  • b : The large cost factor
  • c : The inefficient memory organisation
  • d : All of the mentioned

6. In a 4K-bit chip organisation has a total of 19 external connections, then it has _______ address if 8 data lines are there.

  • a : 10
  • b : 12
  • c : 9
  • d : 8

7. The bit used to signify that the cache location is updated is ________

  • a : Flag bit
  • b : Reference Bit
  • c : Update Bit
  • d : Dirty Bit

8. The bit used to indicate whether the block was recently used or not is _______

  • a : Reference bit
  • b : Dirty bit
  • c : Control bit
  • d : Idol bit

9. he number successful accesses to memory stated as a fraction is called as _____

  • a : Access rate
  • b : Success rate
  • c : Hit rate
  • d : Miss rate

10. During a write operation if the required block is not present in the cache then ______ occurs.

  • a : Write miss
  • b : Write latency
  • c : Write hit
  • d : Write delay

11. While using the direct mapping technique, in a 16 bit system the higher order 5 bits are used for ________

  • a : Id
  • b : Word
  • c : Tag
  • d : Block

12. The chip can be disabled or cut off from an external connection using ______

  • a : ACPT
  • b : RESET
  • c : LOCK
  • d : Chip Select

13. The reason for the cells to lose their state over time is ________

  • a : Use of Shift registers
  • b : The lower voltage levels
  • c : Usage of capacitors to store the charge
  • d : None of the mentioned

14. The small extremely fast, RAM’s all called as ________

  • a : Heaps
  • b : Stacks
  • c : Cache
  • d : Accumulators

15. What does VLIW stands for?

  • a : Very Long Instruction Width
  • b : Very Large Instruction Word
  • c : Very Long Instruction Width
  • d : Very Long Instruction Word

16. The VLIW architecture follows _____ approach to achieve parallelism.

  • a : SISD
  • b : MIMD
  • c : MISD
  • d : SIMD

17. In IA-32 architecture along with the general flags, which of the following conditional flags are provided?

  • a : TF
  • b : IOPL
  • c : IF
  • d : All of the mentioned

18. In CISC architecture most of the complex instructions are stored in _____

  • a : CMOS
  • b : Register
  • c : Transistors
  • d : Diodes

19. Both the CISC and RISC architectures have been developed to reduce the ______

  • a : Time delay
  • b : Semantic gap
  • c : Cost
  • d : All of the mentioned

20. The flash memory modules designed to replace the functioning of a hard disk is ______

  • a : RIMM
  • b : FIMM
  • c : Flash Drives
  • d : DIMM

21. In associative mapping during LRU, the counter of the new block is set to ‘0’ and all the others are incremented by one, when _____ occurs.

  • a : Delay
  • b : Miss
  • c : Hit
  • d : Delayed Hit

22. In LRU, the referenced blocks counter is set to’0′ and that of the previous blocks are incremented by one and others remain same, in the case of ______

  • a : Hit
  • b : Miss
  • c : Delay
  • d : None

23. The extra time needed to bring the data into memory in case of a miss is called as __________

  • a : Delay
  • b : Propagation time
  • c : Miss Penalty
  • d : None

24. The main memory is structured into modules each with its own address register called ______

  • a : ABR
  • b : TLB
  • c : PC
  • d : IR

25. In memory interleaving, the lower order bits of the address is used to _____________

  • a : Get the data
  • b : Get the address of the module
  • c : Get the address of the data within the module
  • d : None of the mentioned

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