Computer Organization Mid - II, November - 2014
1.Devices that provide backup storage are called
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auxiliary memory
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cache memory
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Virtual Memory
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None
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Answer: A
2.A ___________ is issued to activate the peripheral and to inform it what to do.
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Control command
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control statement
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control string
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none
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Answer: A
3.________ is the amount of processing that can be accomplished during a given interval of time.
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Processing speed
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baud rate
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throughput
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none of these
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Answer: C
4.Multiprocessing improves the ______________ of the system so that a failure or error in one part has a limited effect on the rest of the system.
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Efficiency
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flexibility
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consistency
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reliability
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Answer: D
5.A binary variable called a ________ is used to indicate whether or not a processor is executing in a critical section.
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Critical section
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semaphore
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monitor
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message passing
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Answer: B
6.Memories that consists of circuits capable of retaining their state as long as power is applied are known as
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main
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auxiliary
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cache
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virtual
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Answer: B
7.The command that is used to activate the peripheral and to inform it what to do is
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status
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control
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data
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address
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Answer: B
8.The technique allows DMA controller to transfer one data word at a time, after which it must return control o f the buses to CPU.
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burst stealing
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burst transfer
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cycle transfer
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cycle stealing
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Answer: D
9.In __________ technique, ALU result is feed back as ALU input instead of transferring it into destination register.
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delayed load
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delayed branch
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operand forwarding
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operand backwarding
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Answer: C
10.A bus that connect major components in a multi processor system is called ________ bus.
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address
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control
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data
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system
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Answer: D
11.The performance of cache memory is measured in terms of a quantity called __________.
Answer: Hit Ratio
12.In a ______________ interrupt, the branch address is assigned to a fixed location in memory.
Answer: Non-vectored
13.Artificial Intelligence and expert systems is an application area where __________________ is of the almost importance.
Answer: Vector Processing
14.CISC stands for __________________
Answer: Complex Instruction set Computer
15.A multiprocessor system with common shared memory is classified as a ________________
Answer: Shared Memory or Tightly Coupled
16.The part of the computer system that supervises the flow of information between auxiliary memory and main memory is called the ______________.
Answer: The memory Management system
17.The amount of time taken to transfer a word of data to or from the memory is _____________.
Answer: Memory Latency
18.In _____________ transmission, two units share a common clock frequency.
Answer: Syncronus
19.MIMD stands for ________________________.
Answer: Multiple Instruction stream, Multiple Data Stream
20.The __________ algorithm gives highest priority to the requesting device that has not Used the bus for longest interval.
Answer: Least Recently used