COE121_Q1_18193Q
Questions and answers
1. 80286 microprocessor is very similar to 8086 and 8088 except that it
can access __________ of memory.
a. 64 kB
b. 1 MB
c. 16 MB
d. None of the choices - answer c. 16 MB
2. This is a group of lines that has a related function within a
microprocessor system.
a. Address bus
b. System bus
c. Control bus
d. Data bus - answer b. System bus
3. This register works very closely with the instruction decoder of the
control unit and stores all instructions coming from the data bus.
a. Instruction register
b. Segment register
c. Index register
d. Accumulator - answer a. Instruction register
4. First chip developed by Intel
a. Intel 3101
b. Intel 4004
c. Intel 8080
d. Intel 8086 - answer b. Intel 4004
, 5. Memory is sometimes accessed, I/O devices are used to display the
result of the instruction execution.
a. Reset
b. Fetch
c. Decode
d. Execute - answer d. Execute
6. "Intel CPUs are also __________ called computers, while Motorola
processors are called __________ computers."
a. little endian; big endian
b. big endian; little endian
c. little indian; big indian
d. big indian; little indian - answer a. little endian; big endian
7. The project that produced the first microprocessor originated in 1969
and was conceptualized by the company
a. BUSICOM
b. Intel
c. Texas Instruments
d. Garrett AiResearch - answer a. BUSICOM
8. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore were the co-founders of __________
a. Western Digital
b. Fairchild Semiconductor
c. Intel
d. Texas Instruments - answer c. Intel
9. "A doubleword number, 12345678H, is to be stored into memory using
little endian format starting at memory location 00100H. What would be
the content of memory location 00103H?"
Questions and answers
1. 80286 microprocessor is very similar to 8086 and 8088 except that it
can access __________ of memory.
a. 64 kB
b. 1 MB
c. 16 MB
d. None of the choices - answer c. 16 MB
2. This is a group of lines that has a related function within a
microprocessor system.
a. Address bus
b. System bus
c. Control bus
d. Data bus - answer b. System bus
3. This register works very closely with the instruction decoder of the
control unit and stores all instructions coming from the data bus.
a. Instruction register
b. Segment register
c. Index register
d. Accumulator - answer a. Instruction register
4. First chip developed by Intel
a. Intel 3101
b. Intel 4004
c. Intel 8080
d. Intel 8086 - answer b. Intel 4004
, 5. Memory is sometimes accessed, I/O devices are used to display the
result of the instruction execution.
a. Reset
b. Fetch
c. Decode
d. Execute - answer d. Execute
6. "Intel CPUs are also __________ called computers, while Motorola
processors are called __________ computers."
a. little endian; big endian
b. big endian; little endian
c. little indian; big indian
d. big indian; little indian - answer a. little endian; big endian
7. The project that produced the first microprocessor originated in 1969
and was conceptualized by the company
a. BUSICOM
b. Intel
c. Texas Instruments
d. Garrett AiResearch - answer a. BUSICOM
8. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore were the co-founders of __________
a. Western Digital
b. Fairchild Semiconductor
c. Intel
d. Texas Instruments - answer c. Intel
9. "A doubleword number, 12345678H, is to be stored into memory using
little endian format starting at memory location 00100H. What would be
the content of memory location 00103H?"
