Computer Architecture Quiz

The ________ specifies the operation to be performed.

• Source operand reference

• Opcode

• Next instruction reference

• Processor register

A(n) _________ expresses operations in a concise algebraic form using variables.

• Opcode

• High-level language

• Machine language

• Register

There must be ________ instructions for moving data between memory and the registers.

• Branch

• Logic

• Memory

• I/O

________ instructions operate on the bits of a word as bits rather than as numbers, providing capabilities for processing any other type of data the user may wish to employ.

• Logic

• Arithmetic

• Memory

• Test

_________ instructions provide computational capabilities for processing number data.

• Boolean

• Logic

• Memory

• Arithmetic

_______ instructions are needed to transfer programs and data into memory and the results of computations back out to the user.

• I/O

• Transfer

• Control

• Branch

The x86 data type that is a signed binary value contained in a byte, word, or doubleword, using twos complement representation is _________.

• General

• Ordinal

• Integer

• Packed BCD

The most fundamental type of machine instruction is the _________ instruction.

• Conversion

• Data transfer

• Arithmetic

• Logica

The _________ instruction includes an implied address.

• Skip

• Rotate

• Stack

• Push

Which of the following is a true statement?

• a procedure can be called from more than one location

• a procedure call can appear in a procedure

• each procedure call is matched by a return in the called program

• all of the above