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Computer Hardware and Software problems


  • 1. It takes two memory locations (16 bits each) to store an address in the 8085 system.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 2. To keep the number of IC pins to a minimum, the 8085 uses a multiplexed bus.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 3. The control bus and memories share a bidirectional bus in a typical microprocessor system.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 4. The register in the 8085 microprocessor that is used to keep track of the memory address of the next opcode to be run in the program is the ________.

  • Options
  • A. stack pointer
  • B. program counter
  • C. instruction pointer
  • D. accumulator
  • Discuss
  • 5. A register in the microprocessor that keeps track of the answer or results of any arithmetic or logic operation is the _________.

  • Options
  • A. stack pointer
  • B. program counter
  • C. instruction pointer
  • D. accumulator
  • Discuss
  • 6. Since microprocessor CPUs do not understand mnemonics as they are, they have to be converted into __________.

  • Options
  • A. hexadecimal machine code
  • B. high-level language
  • C. assembly language
  • D. hexadecimal machine code and assembly language
  • Discuss
  • 7. The first part of a machine language instruction that specifies the operation to be performed is called a(n) __________.

  • Options
  • A. mnemonic
  • B. opcode
  • C. interrupt
  • D. instruction cycle
  • Discuss
  • 8. The __________ program is used to convert mnemonic code to machine code.

  • Options
  • A. debug
  • B. C++
  • C. fortran
  • D. assembler
  • Discuss
  • 9. The circuits in the 8085 that provide the arithmetic and logic functions are called the __________.

  • Options
  • A. CPU
  • B. ALU
  • C. I/O
  • D. bus decoder
  • Discuss
  • 10. A(n) ________________ is the time it takes a microprocessor to fetch and execute a complete instruction.

  • Options
  • A. instruction cycle
  • B. machine cycle
  • C. timing cycle
  • D. write cycle
  • Discuss

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