Microprogrammed Control Unit and Computer Architecture Quiz

What is a Microprogrammed Control Unit primarily used for?

• Managing network connections

• Storing data permanently

• Performing graphics rendering

• Executing instructions in a program

What does control memory in a Microprogrammed Control Unit store?

• Operating system files

• Microinstructions

• User programs

• Data for processing

What is the purpose of address sequencing in a control unit?

• To store data temporarily

• To decode user inputs

• To select the next microinstruction to execute

• To manage memory allocation

Which of the following is NOT a feature of general register organization?

• Fixed number of general-purpose registers

• Registers can have different sizes

• Registers are used for permanent data storage

• Special-purpose registers for specific tasks

What does the stack structure operate on?

• FIFO (First In, First Out)

• Random access

• LIFO (Last In, First Out)

• Sequential access

What is a stack frame used for?

• Storing global variables

• Managing function calls and local variables

• Handling memory allocation

• Executing parallel tasks

Which type of parallelism involves distributing different data across multiple processors?

• Instruction-Level Parallelism

• Data Parallelism

• Bit-Level Parallelism

• Task Parallelism

What is the main advantage of pipelining in RISC architecture?

• Increases the clock speed

• Allows multiple instructions to be processed simultaneously

• Simplifies the instruction set

• Reduces the number of registers needed

What is the primary function of the stack pointer (SP)?

• To store the return address

• To manage memory allocation

• To keep track of the top of the stack

• To point to the next instruction

Which of the following describes vector processing?

• Processing multiple data components at once

• Storing data in a linear fashion

• Processing data sequentially

• Using a single processing unit for all tasks