CS501-Midterm
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An “assembler” that runs on one processor and translates an assembly language program written for another processor into the machine language of the other processor is called a ----------------
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_____________all memory systems are dumb, in that they respond to only two commands: read or write
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Which one of the following register(s) that is/are programmer invisible and is/are required to hold an operand or result value while the bus is busy transmitting some other value?
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_________control signals enable the input to the PC for receiving a value that is currently on the internal processor bus.
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Which one of the following register holds the instruction that is being executed?
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Which one of the following is the code size and the Number of memory bytes respectively for a 2-address instruction?
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For the __________ type instructions, we require a register to hold the data that is to be loaded from the memory, or stored back to the memory
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Identify the opcode, destination register (DR), source registers (SA and SB i/e source register A and source register B) from the following example. ADD R1, R2, R3
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The CPU includes three types of instructions, which have different operands and will need different representations. Which one of the instructions requires two source registers?
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What functionality is performed by the instruction “str R8, 34” of SRC?
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Which one of the following is a bi-stable device, capable of storing one bit of information?
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In which one of the following addressing modes, the value to be stored in memory is obtained by directly retrieving it from another memory location?
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Execution time of a program with respect to the processor is calculated as:
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There are _________ types of reset operations in SRC
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The external interface of FALCON-A consists of a ______address bus and ______a data bus.
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Computer system performance is usually measured by the ---------------
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Almost every commercial computer has its own particular ---------- language
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Which one of the following is the memory organization of FALCON-E processor?
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Which one of the following register(s) contain(s) the address of the place the CPU wants to work with in the main memory and is/are directly connected to the RAM chips on the motherboard?
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What is the working of Processor Status Word (PSW)?
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_____________all memory systems are dumb, in that they respond to only two commands: read or write.
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which type of instructions help in changing the flow of the program as and when required?
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What is the instruction length of the SRC processor?
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___________ or Branch instructions affect the order in which instructions are performed, or control the flow of the program
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Which instruction is used to store register to memory using relative address?
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What does the word „D‟ in the „D-flip-Flop‟ stands for?
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Which one of the following registers holds the instruction that is being executed?
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Type A of SRC has which of the following instructions?
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-------------- performs the data operations as commanded by the program instructions.
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For any of the instructions that are a part of the instruction set of the SRC, there are cerain_________required; which may be used to select the appropriate function for the ALU to be performed, to select the appropriate registers, or the appropriate memory location.
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Which field of the machine language instruction is the “type of operation” that is to be performed?
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Motorola MC68000 is an example of ---------microprocessor.
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Which one of the following registers stores a previously calculated value or a value loaded from the main memory?
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________ operation is required to change the processor‟s state to a known, defined value.
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_______ operation is required to change the processor‟s state to a known, defined value.
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Which one of the following is the highest level of abstraction in digital design in which the computer architect views the system for the description of system components and their interconnections?
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Which operator is used to „name‟ registers, or part of registers, in the Register Transfer Language?
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To access an operand in memory, the CPU must first generate an address, which it then issues to the __________
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Which one of the following portions of an instruction represents the operation to be performed?
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-----------is the ability of application software to operate on models of equipment newer than the model for which it was originally developed. Select correct option:
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The external interface of FALCON-A consists of a ________ data bus.
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What functionality is performed by the instruction “lar R3, 36” of SRC?
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How can we refer to an instruction register (IR), of 16 bits (numbered 0 to 15) using RTL?
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In which one of the following techniques, the time a processor spends waiting for instructions to be fetched from memory is minimized? Select correct option:
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Which of the instruction is used to load register from memory using a relative address?
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What is the size of the memory space that is available to FALCON-A processor?
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What is the instruction length of the FALCON-A processor?
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Flip-flop is a ____________device, capable of storing one bit of Information
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