Computer Organization

Covers fundamentals of computer organization including logic gates, sequential circuits (flip-flops, counters), memory organization (RAM, cache, DRAM), CPU components (ALU, registers, instruction design), I/O organization (DMA, buses), and number systems (binary, hexadecimal).

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are Universal Logic Gates?

  1. NAND
  2. NOT
  3. NOR
  4. Both (1) and (3)
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many flips flops are used to design the module-20 counter?

  1. 4-flips flop
  2. 5 flip-flop
  3. 20 flip- flop
  4. None of the above
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many minimum number of bits are used in representing range - 23 to + 31?

  1. 7
  2. 9
  3. 6
  4. 0
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the basic circuit support by ECL?

  1. NAND logic
  2. NOR logic
  3. OR - NOR logic
  4. Both (2) and (3)
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What will be the sum of two hexadecimal numbers; 9AA and 23D?

  1. BC7
  2. BE7
  3. BF7
  4. BA7
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which gate is used in CARRY operation of Half adder?

  1. OR gate
  2. NAND gate
  3. AND gate
  4. None of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where is/are the fourth generation computers mainly used?

  1. VLSI
  2. LSI
  3. SSI
  4. Both (1) and (2)
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many 256 X 4 RAM chips are required to construct a 2 KB cache?

  1. 16
  2. 32
  3. 64
  4. None of the above
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the Hamming Distance between 101101 and 110010?

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. None of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which memory is a semiconductor memory?

  1. SRAM
  2. ROM
  3. DRAM
  4. All of the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the indicator of flags in status register in ALU?

  1. Carry
  2. Zero
  3. Sign
  4. All of the above
  5. Parity
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What should be the instruction length to avoid wastage of memory?

  1. Word size
  2. Depends on multiple of character size
  3. Word size which is a multiple of character size
  4. All of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How can we implement DRAM cells?

  1. By using capacitors
  2. By using flags
  3. By using flip flops
  4. None of the above
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How does DMA module communicate with CPU?

  1. By intrerrupts
  2. By priority set
  3. By cycle stealing
  4. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is called a one bit asynchronous counter sequential circuit?

  1. Mapple counter
  2. Binary counter
  3. Ripple counter
  4. None of the above
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following memories is installed between CPU and Main Memory?

  1. Ramdom Access Memory
  2. Virtual Memory
  3. Cache Memory
  4. Both (2) and (3)
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which program is used to place machine language program in a main memory in executable form?

  1. Loader
  2. Translator
  3. Interpreter
  4. None of the above
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A sequence of micro instruction is also called as

  1. hardware
  2. freeware
  3. firmware
  4. None of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following memories is the most expensive memory?

  1. DRAM
  2. SRAM
  3. ROM
  4. Both (1) and (2)
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

______________ are expanded during program execution.

  1. Signals
  2. Macros
  3. Micros
  4. None of the above
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What do we call a combinational circuit connecting multiple inputs to a single output?

  1. Full adder
  2. Decoder
  3. Mutiplexer
  4. None of the above
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A _______ is a shared communication which consists of one or a collection of lines.

  1. BUS
  2. Star
  3. Mesh
  4. None of the above
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of flip - flop racing problem does not exist?

  1. D flip fop
  2. Master slave J K flip flop
  3. S R fip flop
  4. None of the above
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How much memory can be addressed with a 16 bit program counter?

  1. 256 K
  2. 64 K
  3. 32 K
  4. 128 K
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What term is used for 'data lines that provide path for moving data between modules'?

  1. Address Bus
  2. System Bus
  3. Data Bus
  4. All of the above