Computer System Architecture Questions Answers

• 1. Which among following can be considered as most advanced ROM ?

  1. DRAM
  2. EEPROM
  3. RAM
  4. PROM

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option B

  Explanation:

  EEPROM means Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.

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• 2. One byte equals to how many bits ?

  1. 4 bits
  2. 8 bits
  3. 12 bits
  4. 16 bits

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option B

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• 3. Which among following is Volatile ?

  1. ROM
  2. EPROM
  3. DROM
  4. RAM

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option D

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• 4. Where the result of an arithmetic and logical operation are stored ?

  1. In Accumulator
  2. In Cache Memory
  3. In ROM
  4. In Instruction Registry

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option A

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• 5. Why we need to have secondary storage ?

  1. Store large volume of data that exceed the capacity of main memory
  2. Perform arithmatic and logical operations
  3. To give power to the system too
  4. To help processor in processing

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option A

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• 6. Which determines the address of I/O interface ?

  1. Register select
  2. Chip select
  3. Both of above
  4. None of above

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

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• 7. An exception condition in a computer system caused by an event external to the CPU is known as ?
  

  1. Halt
  2. Process
  3. Interrupt
  4. None of above

  Answer And Explanation

  Answer: Option C

  Explanation:

  In my own experience I found very few questions with answer "None of above", if you do not know the answer then its always better to guess among other (If there is no negative marking) ;)

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