Computer Architecture Quiz (Part 01)

What is the hexadecimal equivalent of the binary number 11011010?

• 218

• DA

• 13A

• 332

Which Unicode encoding can represent the widest range of characters from different languages?

• ASCII

• Unicode (UTF-16)

• Unicode (UTF-8)

• EBCDIC

In older motherboard designs, which component handled communication between the CPU, memory, and graphics card?

• Southbridge

• Northbridge

• PCI bus

• SATA controller

Which IEEE 754 format is commonly used for double-precision floating-point numbers?

• 16-bit

• 32-bit

• 64-bit

• 128-bit

Which architecture uses a single memory space for both instructions and data?

• Harvard architecture

• Von Neumann architecture

• Pipelined architecture

• Parallel architecture

How is the exponent stored in IEEE 754 format?

• As a signed integer

• Using two’s complement

• In biased/excess notation

• As an unsigned integer

Which architecture typically uses a smaller set of simpler instructions?

• CISC

• RISC

• VLIW

• SMT

During which stage of the instruction cycle is the instruction's opcode determined?

• Fetch

• Decode

• Execute

• Store

What is the maximum number of bytes a UTF-8 character can use?

• 2 bytes

• 4 bytes

• 6 bytes

• 8 bytes

Which bus is responsible for carrying address of an instruction between components?

• Address bus

• Data bus

• Control bus

• Instruction bus