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Computers problems


  • 1. Which bus is bidirectional?

  • Options
  • A. Address bus
  • B. Control bus
  • C. Data bus
  • D. None of the above
  • Discuss
  • 2. 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)
  • Discuss
  • 3. Which of the following is not a computer bus?

  • Options
  • A. Data bus
  • B. Control bus
  • C. Timer bus
  • D. Address bus
  • Discuss
  • 4. 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
  • 5. 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
  • 6. 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
  • 7. 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
  • 8. The first Intel microprocessor to contain on-board cache memory was the ________.

  • Options
  • A. 80386
  • B. 80486
  • C. Pentium
  • D. Pentium Pro
  • Discuss
  • 9. Which is not part of the execution unit (EU)?

  • Options
  • A. Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
  • B. Clock
  • C. General registers
  • D. Flags
  • Discuss
  • 10. Which of the following is not a basic element within the microprocessor?

  • Options
  • A. Microcontroller
  • B. Arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
  • C. Register array
  • D. Control unit
  • Discuss

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