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2. The 8-bit encoding format used to store data in a computer is ______ .
ASCII
EBCDIC
ANCI
USCII
3. A source program is usually in _______ .
Assembly language
Machine level language
High-level language
Natural language
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4. Which memory device is generally made of semi-conductors ?
RAM
Hard-disk
Floppy disk
Cd disk
5. The small extremely fast, RAM’s are called as _______ .
Cache
Heaps
Accumulators
Stacks
6. The ALU makes use of _______ to store the intermediate results .
Accumulators
Registers
Heap
Stack
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7. The control unit controls other units by generating ____ .
Control signals
Timing signals
Transfer signals
Command Signals
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8. ______ are numbers and encoded characters, generally used as operands .
Input
Data
Information
Stored Values
9. The Input devices can send information to the processor,
When the SIN status flag is set
When the data arrives regardless of the SIN flag
Neither of the cases
Either of the cases
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10. ______ bus structure is usually used to connect I/O devices .
Single
Multiple
Star
Ra
11. The I/O interface required to connect the I/O device to the bus consists of ______
Address decoder and registers
Control circuits
Both a and b
Only b
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12. To reduce the memory access time we generally make use of ______ .
Heaps
Higher capacity RAM’s
SDRAM’s
Cache’s
13. ______ is generally used to increase the apparent size of physical memory .
Secondary memory
Virtual memory
Hard-disk
Disks
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14. MFC stands for
Memory Format Caches.
Memory Function Complete.
Memory Find Command.
Mass Format Command.
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15. The time delay between two successive initiation of memory operation _______ .
Memory access time
Memory search time
Memory cycle time
Instruction delay
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