Computer Hardware and Software Questions

• How many bits are used in the data bus?
• How many bits are used in the address bus?
• A microprocessor unit, a memory unit, and an input/output unit form a:
• A port can be:
• Which of the following is not a basic element within the microprocessor?
• Which of the following is not a computer bus?
• Exceptions to the 8085 microprocessor normal operation are called:
• What is the difference between mnemonic codes and machine codes?
• The technique of assigning a memory address to each I/O device in the SAM system is called:
• How many buses are connected as part of the 8085 microprocessor?
• When referring to instruction words, a mnemonic is:
• Which bus is bidirectional?
• The software used to drive microprocessor-based systems is called:
• A coprocessor is a microprocessor designed with a limited instruction set optimized to perform arithmetic operations very quickly.
• The language understood by the microprocessor is called assembly language.
• Machine language is independent of the type of microprocessor in a computer system.
• A mnemonic is an English-like instruction that is converted by an assembler into a machine code for use by a processor.
• A machine cycle is the time it takes a microprocessor to fetch and execute a complete instruction.
• An address bus is also called a unidirectional bus.
• A compiler is a translation program that converts high-level instructions into a set of binary instructions (machine code) for execution.