CS609-Midterm
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In counter register bit no. 3 changes its value between 0 and 1 with in ____clock cycles
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Software based flow control make use of -------- control characters
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______ is used to set time.
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Interrupt _____ is empty; we can use its vector as a flag.
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DMA stands for_________
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Timer interrupt is a _________.
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Maximum number of interrupts in a standard PC is
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The keyboard input character scan code is received at ___ port.
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At IRQ 7 Interrupt # ___ is used.
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Usually interrupt procedures are reentrant procedures especially those interrupt procedure compiled using C language compiler are reentrant.
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DCE is _____________
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Int 14H______ can be used to set the line parameter of the UART or COM port
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The interval timer can operate in _______ modes.
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__________is used to control the printer via the BIOS
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File system used in CD’s is_______ file system
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The microprocessor package has many signals for data. Below are some in Correct priority order (Higher to Lower).
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By cascading two DMAs ____ bits can be transferred.
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Timer interrupt occurs _______ times every second by means of hardware.
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PPI stands for _____________.
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In self test mode the output of the UART is routed to its input.
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_________ used to determine the amount of conventional memory interfaced with the processor in kilobytes.
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DSR stands for __________ .
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___________ is used to identify cause of interrupt.
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------------ whenever receive indicates the start of communication ……….. whenever receive indicates the end of communication
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The keyboard makes use of interrupt number _______ for its input operations.
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DTE is ___________
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Interrupt 9 usually reads the _________ from keyboard.
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Only ________ ports are important from programming point of view.
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Keyboard uses port ____ as status port.
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If keyboard buffer is empty the head and tail points at the same location.
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An I/O device cannot be directly connected to the busses so controller is placed between CPU and I/O.
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In ____________each byte is needed to be encapsulated in start and end.
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On the execution of IRET instruction, number of bytes popped from stack is
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Control information in files is maintained using
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The ____________ function simply enables the self test facility within the modem control register
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------------ is used to set time from RTC
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Register can be used to divide frequency is _________
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Standard PC operates in two modes in terms of memory which are
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------------ is used to read date from RTC
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Total No. of bytes that can be stored in Keyboard Buffer is____.
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Counter register can be used to divide clock signal.
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There are __________ kinds of serial communication.
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Display device (Monitor) performs _________ I/O.
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BIOS DO NOT support ______.
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To set the interrupt vector means is to change the double word sized interrupt vector within the IVT.
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In keyboard status byte bit no. 2 and 3 are used for ctrl and alt keys respectively. which of the following condition is used to check that Ctrl + Alt keys are pressed. Where: unsigned char far * scr = (unsigned char far *)(0x00400017);
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Int 14H __________ can be used to receive a byte.
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