Parallel Processing MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice
31. SPEC stands for,
Correct Answer is: System Performance Evaluation Corporation.
32. Systems that do not have parallel processing capabilities are
Correct Answer is: SISD
33. Te devices connected to a microprocessor can use the data bus:
Correct Answer is: only when it’s sending or receiving data
34. The 16- bit registers in 8085 is
Correct Answer is: stack pointer and program counter
35. The access time of memory is ............... the time required for performing any single CPU operation.
Correct Answer is: Longer than
36. The advantage of RISC processor over CISC processor is that
Correct Answer is: An instruction can be executed in one cycle
37. The average number of steps taken to execute the set of instructions can be made to be less than one by following
Correct Answer is: Super-scaling
38. The CISC stands for
Correct Answer is: Complex Instruction set computer
39. The clock rate of the processor can be improved by,
Correct Answer is: All of the above
40. The computer architecture aimed at reducing the time of execution of instructions is
Correct Answer is: RISC
41. The concept of pipelining is most effective in improving performance if the tasks being performed in different stages :
Correct Answer is: require about the same amount of time
42. The cost of a parallel processing is primarily determined by :
Correct Answer is: Circuit Complexity
43. The expression delayed load is used in context of
Correct Answer is: pipelining
44. The iconic feature of the RISC machine among the following are
Correct Answer is: Having a branch delay slot
45. The maximum integer which can be stored on a 8 bit accumulator is
Correct Answer is: 255
46. The most common addressing techiniques employed by a CPU is
Correct Answer is: all of the above
47. The output of a gate is low when at least one of its input is low . It is true forA
Correct Answer is: AND gateB
48. The RISC processor has a more complicated design than CISC.
Correct Answer is: False Statement
49. The Sun micro systems processors usually follow..................architecture.
Correct Answer is: RISC
50. The ultimate goal of a compiler is to,
Correct Answer is: Reduce the clock cycles for a programming task.
51. The word size of the microprocessor refers to
Correct Answer is: the amount of a information that can be stored in a cycle
52. To provide increased memory capacity for operating system, the
Correct Answer is: virtual memory is created
53. To which class of systems does the von Neumann computer belong?
Correct Answer is: SISD (Single Instruction Single Data)
54. Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 3 steps and B an execute with an average of 5 steps. For the execution of the same instruction which processor is faster ?
Correct Answer is: A
55. What is characteristic for the organization of a computer architecture?
Correct Answer is: Dynamic behaviour
56. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
Correct Answer is: which is meant for application software only
57. What is stored in a Translation Lookaside Buffer?
Correct Answer is: Physical addresses
58. What is the control units function in the CPU?
Correct Answer is: to decode program instruction
59. What is the minimum number of flip-flops required in a counter to count 100 pulses?A
Correct Answer is: sevenC
60. What is usually regarded as the von Neumann Bottleneck?
