Chapter 2 Part 1

How many bits are in one byte?

• 7

• 8

• 16

• 4

Which is an example of CISC architecture?

• MIPS

• SPARC

• x86

• ARM

What will be the contents of x8 after executing the following instruction:

addi x8 x0 42

• 42

• 0

• 8

• 1

How many registers are there in a RISC-V CPU?

• 4

• 16

• 32

• 64

Which instructions could be used to copy the contents of a register into memory?

• lw

• sw

• ld

• sd

Which instructions could be used to copy the contents memory into a register?

• lw

• sw

• ld

• sd

What is the name for software that produces assembly code from higher level languages like C/C++?

What is the name of the software that produces machine code from assembly code?

Computers operate at the most fundamental level in?

• machine language

• binary code

• base ten code

• ASCII code

Registers are...

• Small temporary storage spaces inside drivers

• Permanent computer storage

• Small temporary storage spaces inside the CPU

• Peripheral devices connected to the computer to allow storage