Computer Architecture Exam 1 Review
Question and answers 100% correct
Compiler - correct answer ✔A program that translates statements in high-
level language to assembly language
Assembler - correct answer ✔Program that translates symbolic instructions
to binary instructions
Instruction - correct answer ✔Commands that the processors understand
Assembly language - correct answer ✔Symbolic representation of machine
instructions
10^12 - correct answer ✔Tera
What does Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) do? - correct answer ✔-The
one "true" language of a machine
-Boundary between hardware and software
-The hardware's specification
-Defines "what" a machine does
4 GHz clock rate is what PICO clock cycle time? Here, clock cycle time = 1 /
clock rate. - correct answer ✔clock cycle=1/clock rate=
1/(4x10^9)=0.25x10^9=250x10^12
=250 psec
Question and answers 100% correct
Compiler - correct answer ✔A program that translates statements in high-
level language to assembly language
Assembler - correct answer ✔Program that translates symbolic instructions
to binary instructions
Instruction - correct answer ✔Commands that the processors understand
Assembly language - correct answer ✔Symbolic representation of machine
instructions
10^12 - correct answer ✔Tera
What does Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) do? - correct answer ✔-The
one "true" language of a machine
-Boundary between hardware and software
-The hardware's specification
-Defines "what" a machine does
4 GHz clock rate is what PICO clock cycle time? Here, clock cycle time = 1 /
clock rate. - correct answer ✔clock cycle=1/clock rate=
1/(4x10^9)=0.25x10^9=250x10^12
=250 psec
