CS501 - Advance Computer Architecture Solved Quiz No 2 Discussion Fall 2014

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CS501 - Advance Computer Architecture Quiz No 2 Solution and Discussion Fall 2014 16th December 2014



CS501 Advance Computer Architecture Solved Quiz

Question # 1
Where does the processor store the address of the first instruction of the ISR?
Select correct option:
=>Interrupt vector (p277)
Interrupt request
Interrupt handler
All of the given options


Question # 2
In ________, a separate address space of the CPU is reserved for I/O operations.
Select correct option:
=>Isolated I/O (p236)
Memory Mapped I/O
All of above
None of above


Question # 3
-------------- is the time needed by the CPU to recognize (not service) an interrupt request.
Select correct option:
=>Interrupt Latency (p279)
Response Deadline
Timer delay
Throughput


Question # 4
_________ is a technique in which some of the CPU’s address lines forming an input to the address decoder are ignored.
Select correct option:
Microprogramming
Instruction pre-fetching
Pipelining
=>Partial decoding (p255)


Question # 5
How can you define an interrupt?
Select correct option:
A process where an external device can speedup the working of the microprocessor
A process where memory can speed up programs execution speed
=>A process where an external device can get the attention of the microprocessor (p198, 223, 273)
A process where input devices can takeover the working of the microprocessor


Question # 6
An interface that can be used to connect the microcomputer bus to ________is called an I/O Port.
Select correct option:
Flip Flops
Memory
=>Peripheral devices (p234)
Multiplexers


Question # 7
Every time you press a key, an interrupt is generated. This is an example of
Select correct option:
=>Hardware interrupt
Software interrupt
All of the given
None of the given


Question # 8
Identify the following type of serial communication error condition: “The prior character that was received was not still read by the CPU and is over written by a new received character.”
Select correct option:
Framing error
Parity error
=>Overrun error (p240)
Under-run error


Question # 9
A software routine performed when an interrupt is received by the computer is called as ---------
Select correct option:
Interrupt
=>Interrupt handler
Exception
Trap


Question # 10
Which one of the following methods for resolving the priority makes use of individual bits of a priority encoder?
Select correct option:
Daisy-Chaining Priority
Asynchronous Priority
=>Parallel Priority (p281)
Semi-synchronous Priority