This section contains more frequently asked Computer Organization Fundamental Multiple Choice Questions and Answers in the various University Level and Competitive Examinations.
1. Pipelining strategy is called implement
- instruction execution
- instruction prefetch
- instruction decoding
- instruction manipulation
C. instruction decoding
2. A stack is
- an 8-bit register in the microprocessor
- a 16-bit register in the microprocessor
- a set of memory locations in R/WM reserved for storing information temporarily during the execution of computer
- a 16-bit memory address stored in the program counter
A. an 8-bit register in the microprocessor
3. A stack pointer is
- a 16-bit register in the microprocessor that indicate the beginning of the stack memory.
- a register that decodes and executes 16-bit arithmetic expression.
- The first memory location where a subroutine address is stored.
- a register in which flag bits are stored
A. a 16-bit register in the microprocessor that indicate the beginning of the stack
memory.
4. The branch logic that provides decision making capabilities in the control unit is known as
- controlled transfer
- conditional transfer
- unconditional transfer
- none of above
C. unconditional transfer
5. Interrupts which are initiated by an instruction are
- internal
- external
- hardware
- software
D. software
6. A time sharing system imply
- more than one processor in the system
- more than one program in memory
- more than one memory in the system
- None of above
B. more than one program in memory
7. Virtual memory is –
- an extremely large main memory
- an extremely large secondary memory
- an illusion of an extremely large memory
- a type of memory used in super computers
- None of these
C. an illusion of an extremely large memory
8. Fragmentation is –
- dividing the secondary memory into equal sized f ragments
- dividing the main memory into equal size f ragments
- fragments of memory words used in a page
- fragments of memory words unused in a page
- None of these
B. dividing the main memory into equal size f ragments
9. Which memory unit has lowest access time?
- Cache
- Registers
- Magnetic Disk
- Main Memory
- Pen drive
B. Registers
10. Cache memory-
- has greater capacity than RAM
- is faster to access than CPU Registers
- is permanent storage
- faster to access than RAM
- None of these
D. faster to access than RAM