Computer Architecture Quiz

Which of the following statements is part of the von newmann principle?

• The computer uses a program counter to indicate the location of the next statement

• computer can control all operations with a single program

• computer memory is not addressable

• each instruction must have a memory area containing the address of the next instruction

What is the distinction between computer architecture and computer organization?

• computer architecture is the way the system is structured while computer organization is those attributes of a system that are visible to the user

• Computer architecture is those attributes of a system that are visible to the user, while computer organization is the way the system is structured

• computer architecture and computer organization are the same

• computer architecture is slower than computer organization

which of the following are the four basic functions that a computer performs?

• data processing data storage data movement control

• data processing data storage data movement interrupt

• data processing data storage, interrupt control

• data processing interrupt, data movement control

which one of four basic functions of computer describes the following statement? “the paths among components are used to move data from memory to memory and from memory through Gates to memory”.

• Data storage

• data processing

• Data movement

• control

during the development process of the computer, which of the following statements is false?

• the second generation uses transistors

• the first generation uses vacuum tubes

• the fourth generation uses integrated circuit

• the third generation uses transistor

what electronic component is used to govern operations such as fetching decoding and performing arithmetic operations executed by a processor?

• using a system clock

• Using a quartz crystal

• using a analog to digital converter

• Using a counter

the pulse rate in the ck system is known as the________

• ck cycle

• ck speed

• ck time

• ck tick

which register is the memory address register?

• mar

• mbr

• ir

• pc

which representation is most efficient to perform arithmetic operations on the signed integer numbers?

• sign-magnitude

• 2’s complement

• 1’s & 2’s compliment

• 1’s complement

what is true about ias memory formats?

• the memory of the las consists of 1000 storage locations (called words) of 32 bits each

• only data is stored in the memory

• both data and instructions are stored in the memory

• only instructions are stored in the memory