Computer Hardware MCQs 58 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/58 Subscribe 1. CS abbreviation stands for: (A) Cost segment (B) Coot segment (C) Code segment (D) Counter segment 2. The accumulator is 16-bit wide and is called: (A) AH (B) AX (C) AL (D) DL 3. Select the number of bits the instruction pointer is wide: (A) 64 bit (B) 32 bit (C) 16 bit (D) 128 bit 4. Select the type of addressing in memory: (A) Physical address (B) Logical address (C) Both A and B (D) None of these 5. The address of a memory is a 20-bit address for the 8086 microprocessor: (A) Logical (B) Physical (C) Both (D) None of these 6. EA abbreviation of: (A) Electrical address (B) Effective address (C) Effect address (D) None of these 7. BP abbreviation of: (A) Base pointer (B) Bit pointer (C) Bus pointer (D) Byte pointer 8. DS abbreviation of: (A) Declare segment (B) Direct segment (C) Data segment (D) Divide segment 9. Select the following which is a segment:(E) All of these (A) SS: Stack segment (B) DS: Data segment (C) CS: Code segment (D) ES: Extra segment 10. DI abbreviation of: (A) Defect index (B) Destination index (C) Definition index (D) Delete index 11. The architecture used by the external system bus is: (A) Pascal (B) Von Neumann (C) Charles Babbage (D) Dennis Ritchie 12. Which is not a control bus signal: (A) RESET (B) WRITE (C) READ (D) None of these 13. PROM abbreviation: (A) Programmer read and write memory (B) Programmable read-write memory (C) Programmable read-only memory (D) None of these 14. EPROM abbreviation: (A) Electrically Programmable read-write memory (B) Erasable Programmable read-only memory (C) Electrically Programmable read-only memory (D) None of these 15. Select the type of microcomputer memory: (A) Contents (B) Address (C) Both A and B (D) None of these 16. Secondary memory is used to store: (A) Compiler (B) Program store code (C) Operating system (D) All of these 17. Second name of Secondary memory: (A) Backup store (B) Auxiliary (C) Both A and B (D) None of these 18. Customized ROMs are known as: (A) EPROM (B) Flash ROM (C) Mask ROM (D) None of these 19. The RAM designed through bipolar transistors is known as: (A) Static RAM (B) Dynamic RAM (C) Permanent RAM (D) DDR RAM 20. Each memory location contains: (A) Contents (B) Address (C) Both A and B (D) None of these 21. Select the type of RAM that needs regular refreshing: (A) Permanent RAM (B) Static RAM (C) Dynamic RAM (D) SD RAM 22. The RAM which is created using MOS transistors: (A) Static RAM (B) Dynamic RAM (C) Permanent RAM (D) SD RAM 23. A microprocessor repeats instructions from: (A) Main memory (B) Cache memory (C) Control memory (D) Virtual memory 24. The lower red curvy arrow shows that the CPU places the address extracted from the memory location on the: (A) System bus (B) Address bus (C) Control bus (D) Data bus 25. The CPU conveys out a ___ signal to specify that correct data is available on the data bus: (A) Write (B) Read (C) Both A and B (D) None of these 26. The CPU separates the ___ signal to complete the memory write operation: (A) Write (B) Read (C) Both A and B (D) None of these 27. BIU abbreviation stands for: (A) Bess interface unit (B) Bus interface unit (C) A and B (D) None of these 28. EU abbreviation of: (A) Execute unit (B) Execution unit (C) Exchange unit (D) None of these 29. Which is used to store an important part of data during subroutines and interrupts: (A) Accumulator (B) Queue (C) Stack (D) Data register 30. When the data in the stack is stored, it is called: (A) Pulling (B) Pushed (C) Pushing data (D) None of these 31. Select the main parts of the CPU: (A) Control Unit and Registers (B) Registers and Main Memory (C) Control Unit and ALU (D) ALU and Bus 32. Select the four categories of registers:(E) All of these (A) Segment registers (B) Pointer or index registers (C) General-purpose registers (D) Other registers 33. Eight of the registers are called: (A) Pointer or index registers (B) General-purpose registers (C) Segment registers (D) Other registers 34. The four index registers can be used for: (A) Multiplication operation (B) Arithmetic operation (C) Subtraction operation (D) All of these 35. IP abbreviation of: (A) Instruction paints (B) Instruction purpose (C) Instruction pointer (D) None of these 36. SI abbreviation of: (A) Source index (B) Stand index (C) Segment index (D) Simple index 37. ALE abbreviation of: (A) Address light enable (B) Address latch enable (C) Address lower enable (D) Address last enable 38. NMI abbreviation of: (A) Non mistake interrupt (B) Non-maskable interrupt (C) Both (D) None of these 39. Segment containing actual assembly language instructions executed by the microprocessor: (A) Data segment (B) Stack segment (C) Code segment (D) Extra segment 40. The balance of a particular segment ranges from: (A) 000H to FFFH (B) 00H to FFH (C) 0000H to FFFFH (D) 00000H to FFFFFH 41. The pin layout of 8086 is available in: (A) 50 pin (B) 40 pin (C) 30 pin (D) 20 pin 42. DIP abbreviation of: (A) Deal inline package (B) Direct inline package (C) Dual inline package (D) Digital inline package 43. Factors of cache memory: (A) Architecture of the microprocessor (B) Size/organization of the cache (C) Properties of programs being executed (D) All of these 44. First-level memory accessed by microprocessor: (A) Main memory (B) Data memory (C) Cache memory (D) All of these 45. Small amount of high-speed memory used directly by the microprocessor: (A) Cost (B) Case (C) Cache (D) Coos 46. Cache usually gets its data from: (A) Cache memory (B) Case memory (C) Main memory (D) All of these 47. Microprocessor backing that is available in the cache is called: (A) Cache line (B) Cache hits (C) Cache memory (D) All of these 48. Microprocessor reference not available in cache is called: (A) Cache misses (B) Cache line (C) Cache hits (D) Cache memory 49. Which reason makes the microprocessor instantly stop its current activity: (A) INTERRUPT signal (B) RESET signal (C) Both (D) None of these 50. Factor responsible for outside world communication by the microprocessor: (A) PIU (B) BIU (C) TIU (D) LIU 51. INTR infers the ______ signal: (A) INTERRUPT RIGHT (B) INTERRUPT REQUEST (C) INTERRUPT RONGH (D) INTERRUPT RESET 52. Which is contained in the microprocessor: (A) Register section (B) Control unit (C) One or more ALU (D) All of these 53. The register is used to store: (A) Memory (B) Operands (C) Data (D) None of these 54. Example of accumulator-based microprocessor: (A) Motorola 6809 (B) Intel 8085 (C) A and B (D) None of these 55. A set of registers accommodates: (A) Memory addresses (B) Data (C) Result (D) All of these 56. First two types of registers: (A) Dedicated register (B) General-purpose register (C) A and B (D) None of these 57. Typically dedicated registers: (A) IR (B) PC (C) SP (D) All of these 58. BCD abbreviation: (A) Binary coded decoded (B) Binary coded decimal (C) Both A and B (D) None of these Related Posts:Computer Hardware (Input, Output, and Storage Devices) MCQsMultimedia Hardware & Software – MCQs — Multimedia System MCQsCode and documentation of Online IT Hardware Products & Services Portal in PHPHardware and Software Verification Research Topics IdeasJob description for a hardware engineerPresentation topics on Hardware and Software Verification