This is an MCQ-based quiz on the topic of RISC Architecture.
This includes Reduced Instruction Set Architecture (RISC), Complex Instruction Set Architecture (CISC), Characteristic of RISC, Example, and many more.
Which of the following processor belongs to hybrid RISC-CISC architecture?
The additional functionality that can be placed on the same chip of RISC is
The number of clockcycles that take to wait until the length of the instruction is known in order to start decoding is
The advantage of RISC processors is
Can operate at high clock frequency
Shorter design cycle
Simple and fast
All of the mentioned
In order to implement complex instructions, CISC architectures use
Macroprogramming
Hardwire
Microprogramming
None
Which of the following is an application of RISC architecture by adding more instructions?
Multimedia applications
Telecommunication encoding
Image conversion
All of the mentioned
The feature of hybrid CISC-RISC architecture is
Consume a lot of power
Not applicable to mobile applications
Processed by RISC core
All of the mentioned
The feature of RISC that is not present in CISC is
Branch prediction
Pipelining
Branch prediction and pipelining
None
The RISC architecture is preferred to CISC because RISC architecture has
Simplicity
Efficiency
High speed
All of the mentioned
The disadvantage of CISC design processors is
Low burden on compiler developers
Wide availability of existing software
Complex in nature
None
The number of CPIs(Clock Per Instruction) for an instruction of RISC processors is
The RISC processors that support variable length instructions are from
Which of the following is true about register windowing?
Chips expose 32 registers to programmer
Puts demands on multiplexers
Puts enormous demands on register ports
All of the mentioned
Which of the following is not true about RISC processors?
Addressing modes are less
Pipelining is key for high speed
Microcoding is required
Single machine cycle instructions
The register window is used to point the number of physical registers is
Infinite
That are currently used
Finite
That are unused