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  • Question
  • Which of the following was not a design improvement for the 8086/8088 over the 8085?


  • Options
  • A. Execution unit (EU)
  • B. 16-bit data bus
  • C. Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
  • D. Bus interface unit (BIU)

  • Correct Answer
  • Arithmetic logic unit (ALU) 


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    • 1. Which bus is bidirectional?

    • Options
    • A. Address bus
    • B. Control bus
    • C. Data bus
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. The control bus and memories share a bidirectional bus in a typical microprocessor system.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 3. How many bits are used in the data bus?

    • Options
    • A. 7
    • B. 8
    • C. 9
    • D. 16
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following buses is primarily used to carry signals that direct other ICs to find out what type of operation is being performed?

    • Options
    • A. data bus
    • B. control bus
    • C. address bus
    • D. address decoder bus
    • Discuss
    • 5. What is the difference between a mnemonic code and machine code?

    • Options
    • A. There is no difference.
    • B. Machine codes are in binary, mnemonic codes are in shorthand English.
    • C. Machine codes are in shorthand English, mnemonic codes are in binary.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is not a computer bus?

    • Options
    • A. Data bus
    • B. Control bus
    • C. Timer bus
    • D. Address bus
    • Discuss
    • 7. What is occurring when two or more sources of data attempt to use the same bus?

    • Options
    • A. Bus contention
    • B. Direct memory access
    • C. Bus interruption
    • D. PPI
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following is not a jump instruction?

    • Options
    • A. JB (jump back)
    • B. JA (jump above)
    • C. JO (jump if overflow)
    • D. JMP (unconditional jump)
    • Discuss
    • 9. DMA is particularly suited for data transfer between the ________.

    • Options
    • A. disk drive and CPU
    • B. disk drive and RAM
    • C. disk drive and ROM
    • D. disk drive and I/O
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following is not an 8086/8088 general-purpose register?

    • Options
    • A. Code segment (CS)
    • B. Data segment (DS)
    • C. Stack segment (SS)
    • D. Address segment (AS)
    • Discuss


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