Q13) Determine the address of the next instruction to be executed.
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60%
A) Instruction address calculation (iac)
8%
B) Operand address calculation (oac)
20%
C) Instruction fetch (if)
12%
D) Instruction operation decoding (iod)
Q14) An interrupt service routine (ISR) is:
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48%
A) A program that handles interrupts
20%
B) A part of the operating system
0%
C) A hardware component
32%
D) All statements are TRUE.
Q15) Acknowledges that the pending interrupt has been recognized.
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63%
A) Interrupt ACK
33%
B) Interrupt request
4%
C) Bus grant
0%
D) Bus request
Q16) Computer systems contain many different ___
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35%
A) Buses.
9%
B) Lines.
0%
C) Control signal.
57%
D) All statements are TRUE.
Q17) Primary memory is faster and more expensive than secondary memory.
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90%
TRUE.
10%
FALSE.
Q18) The physical characteristics of memory can be semiconductor, magnetic, optical, or magneto-optical.
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76%
TRUE.
24%
FALSE.
Q19) Associative access refers to:
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22%
A) Accessing data in a specific linear sequence
17%
B) Accessing data randomly
22%
C) Accessing data directly based on a unique address
39%
D) Accessing data based on a portion of its contents
Q20) The memory hierarchy is based on the principle that:
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13%
A) Faster memory is more expensive.
0%
B) Slower memory is a large.
31%
C) Memory speed and cost are related.
56%
D) All statements are TRUE.
Q21) If the requested data is not found in the cache, it is called a:
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14%
A) Hit
64%
B) Miss
5%
C) Cache line
18%
D) All statements are FALSE.
Q22 ) The hardware converts virtual addresses into physical addresses via
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44%
A) Operating system
6%
B) CPU
33%
C) Both CPU and operating system.
17%
D) All statements are FALSE.
Q23 ) The main disadvantage of the write-through policy is:
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83%
A) It generates large traffic
6%
B) It is complex to implement
11%
C) It reduces the cache hit rate
0%
D) All statements are FALSE.
Q24 ) Permits each main memory block to be loaded into any line of the cache.
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76%
A) Associative Mapping
0%
B) Direct Mapping
0%
C) Set Associative
24%
D) Both Direct and Associative
Q25) Dynamic RAM (DRAM) requires periodic charge refreshing to:
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50%
A) Maintain data storage
17%
B) Increase speed
22%
C) Reduce power consumption
11%
D) All statements are FALSE.
Q26) Static RAM (SRAM) uses the same logic elements as:
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86%
A) The processor
0%
B) The disk
7%
C) The I/O devices
7%
D) All statements are FALSE.
Q27) ____ written into at any time without erasing prior contents.
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94%
A) Electrically erasable programmable read-mostly memory (EEPROM)
6%
B) Erasable programmable read-mostly memory (EPROM)
0%
C) Flash Memory
0%
D) All statements are TRUE.
Q28) The error correction function has results:
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16%
A) No errors are detected.
47%
B) An error is detected, and it is possible to correct the error.
0%
C) An error is detected, but it is not possible to correct it.
37%
D) All statements are TRUE.
Q29) Each platter has:
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76%
A) Two surfaces
6%
B) Three surfaces
6%
C) Four surfaces
12%
D) All statements are FALSE.
Q30 ) Single-sided disks are more expensive than double-sided disks.
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35%
TRUE.
65%
FALSE.
Q31 ) The main difference between Solid State Drives (SSD) compared to Hard Disks Drives (HDD) is:
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31%
A) The data transfer rate
25%
B) The power consumption
6%
C) All statements are FALSE..
38%
D) All statements are TRUE..
Q32 ) Hard Disks Drives (HDD) use:
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12%
A) Flash memory
65%
B) Magnetic disks
6%
C) Optical discs
18%
D) The mixture of glass and ceramic