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COA

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Operating System is a special case of

a)

Hardware System

b)

Application system

c)

system software

d)

users

2.

Which is the fastest component in the memory hierarchy?

a)

main memory

b)

auxiliary memory

c)

cache memory

d)

none of the above

3.

The input or output devices attached to the computer are also called

a)

Electromechanical devices

b)

Electromagnetic devices

c)

Peripheral devices

d)

Electronic devices

4.

Which register is used to

Holds the memory address about to be used by the CPU

a)

MAR

b)

MDR

c)

ACCUMULATOR

d)

PROGRAM COUNTER

5.

Which register is being described?

Holds the data / instructions that have been fetched from memory

a)

MAR

b)

MDR

c)

ACCUMULATOR

d)

PROGRAM COUNTER

6.

Perform binary addition of 1101 + 0010 is ________

a)

1110

b)

1111

c)

0111

d)

1,1101

7.

The result of 0*1 in binary is ____________

a)

0

b)

1

c)

invalid

d)

10

8.

Express the decimal format of the signed binary number (101010)2

a)

10

b)

12

c)

-10

d)

-12

9.

>> operator is used to denote _________

a)

left shift

b)

right shift

c)

less than

d)

greater than

10.

The subtraction using 1’s complement of 110 – 100 will give the result ___________

a)

-011

b)

011

c)

010

d)

-010

11.

These devices provide a means of communication between a computer and outer world.

a)

I/O

b)

Storage

c)

Compact

d)

Drivers

12.

ALU is the place where the actual executions of instructions take place during the processing operation.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Number of bits in ALU is _________

a)

4

b)

8

c)

16

d)

2

14.

A __________ gate gives the output as 1 only if all the inputs signals are 1.

a)

AND

b)

OR

c)

EXOR

d)

NOR

15.

The boolean expression of an EXOR gate is _______

a)

A.B

b)

A’B+AB’

c)

A+B

d)

A’B’

16.

The main advantage of multiple bus organisation over a single bus is _____

a)

Reduction in the number of cycles for execution

b)

Increase in size of the registers

c)

Better Connectivity

d)

None of the mentioned

17.

Arithmetic shift left operations

a)

causes the sign bit to remain same

b)

produces same result as obtained with logical shift left operation

c)

is not applicable for signed 2's complement

d)

none of the above

18.

If a register containing data (11001100)2 is subjected to arithmetic shift left operation, then the content of the register after 'ashl' shall be

a)

(11001100)2

b)

(1101100)2

c)

(10011001)2

d)

(10011000)2

19.

Negative numbers cannot be represented in

a)

Signed magnitude form

b)

1's complement form

c)

2's complement form

d)

8-4-2-1 code

20.

Which of the following statements is true ?

a)

ROM is a Read only memory

b)

PC points to the last instruction that was executed

c)

Stack works on the principle of FIFO

d)

none of the above