MCQ – Computer Architecture – Set II

1. Intel Pentium CPU is a

  • RISC based   **
  • CISC based
  • Both of the above
  • None of the above

2. A modem is used to link up two computers via

  • telephone line
  • dedicated line
  • Both of the above  **
  • None of the above

3. The maximum integer which can be stored on  a 8 bit accumulator is

  • 112
  • 200
  • 255  **
  • 224

4. In a system with a 16 bit address bus, what is the maximum number of 1K byte memory devices it could contain

  • 16
  • 64
  • 256  **
  • 65536

5. Which of the following memories in a computer is volatile?

  • RAM  **
  • ROM
  • EPROM
  • ALL

6.  A peripheral is

  • any drives installed in the computer
  • tapedrive connected to a computer
  • any physical device connected  to the computer  **
  • None of above

7.  How many bits do you think will be adequate to encode individual character in Devnagari script

  • 12
  • 16
  • 64
  • 10  **

8. Which of the following bus is used to transfer data from main memory to peripheral device?

  • DMA bus
  • Output bus
  • Data bus  **
  • All of the above

9. To provide increased memory capacity for operating system, the

  • virtual memory is created  **
  • cache memory is increased
  • memory for OS is reserved
  • Additional memory is installed

10. CD -RAW is

  • Input device only
  • output device only  **
  • Both of the above
  • None of the above

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