Processors and Computer Memory Organisation

This quiz contains multiple-choice problems on CPU and the control unit, registers, cache memory, main memory organisation, processors and its types.

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The __ is often termed “the brain of the computer”.

Control unit

Arithmetic and logic unit

Central processing unit

Memory

The control unit acts as the central nervous system of the computer. True or false?

True

False

What does MBR stand for?

Main buffer register

Memory buffer routine

Main buffer routine

Memory buffer register

In the instruction ADD A, B, the answer gets stored in

B

A

Buffer

C

What does PC stand for?

Program changer

Program counter

Performance counter

Performance changer

Which of the following holds the last fetched instruction?

PC

MAR

MBR

IR

The portion of the processor which contains the hardware required to fetch the operations is

Datapath

Processor

Control

Output unit

Causing the CPU to step through a series of micro-operations is called

Execution

Runtime

Sequencing

Pipelining

The functions of execution and sequencing are performed by using

Input signals

Output signals

Control signals

CPU

What does the D in D-flip flop stand for?

Digital

Direct

Delay

Durable

Which of the following is a data transfer instruction?

STA 16-bit address ADD A, B MUL C, D RET

Opcode indicates the operations to be performed. True or false?

True

False

The length of a register is called

Word limit

Word size

Register limit

Register size

The __ holds the contents of the accessed memory word.

MAR

MBR

PC

IR

Which of the following is not a visible register?

General purpose registers

Address register

Status register

MAR

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Processors and Computer Memory Organisation
Questions: 15
Contributed by:
Ivan