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• Which memory device is generally made of semiconductors?(a) RAM(b) Hard-disk(c) Floppy disk(d) Cd diskThis question was addressed to me in unit test.The question is from Functional Units of a Computer topic in portion Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• The average number of steps taken to execute the set of instructions can be made to be less than one by following _______(a) ISA(b) Pipe-lining(c) Super-scaling(d) SequentialThe question was posed to me during an interview.This intriguing question comes from Performance of a System in division Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 3 steps and B can execute with an average of 5 steps. For the execution of the same instruction which processor is faster?(a) A(b) B(c) Both take the same time(d) Insufficient informationThe question was posed to me during an internship interview.My doubt is from Performance of a System in section Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• The internal components of the processor are connected by _______(a) Processor intra-connectivity circuitry(b) Processor bus(c) Memory bus(d) RambusThe question was asked during an online exam.My enquiry is from Basic Operational Concept topic in division Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• During the execution of a program which gets initialized first?(a) MDR(b) IR(c) PC(d) MARI had been asked this question during an interview for a job.Asked question is from Basic Operational Concept in portion Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• The instruction -> Add LOCA, R0 does _______(a) Adds the value of LOCA to R0 and stores in the temp register(b) Adds the value of R0 to the address of LOCA(c) Adds the values of both LOCA and R0 and stores it in R0(d) Adds the value of LOCA with a value in accumulator and stores it in R0I got this question in homework.This key question is from Basic Operational Concept in chapter Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• The small extremely fast, RAM’s are called as _______(a) Cache(b) Heaps(c) Accumulators(d) StacksI had been asked this question in a national level competition.This intriguing question originated from Functional Units of a Computer topic in division Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• The 8-bit encoding format used to store data in a computer is ______(a) ASCII(b) EBCDIC(c) ANCI(d) USCIIThis question was posed to me in homework.Question is taken from Functional Units of a Computer in section Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• If a processor clock is rated as 1250 million cycles per second, then its clock period is ________(a) 1.9 * 10^-10 sec(b) 1.6 * 10^-9 sec(c) 1.25 * 10^-10 sec(d) 8 * 10^-10 secThe question was posed to me during a job interview.The question is from Performance of a System in chapter Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture
• The ultimate goal of a compiler is to ________(a) Reduce the clock cycles for a programming task(b) Reduce the size of the object code(c) Be versatile(d) Be able to detect even the smallest of errorsThis question was posed to me in an international level competition.My question is from Performance of a System in portion Basic Structures of Computers of Computer Architecture