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Instruction Set Architecture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If a computer has a word length of 64 bits, how many ASCII-encoded characters can be stored in one word?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

8

d)

1

2.

Machine instructions always need multiple words to represent themselves.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Mark all true statements about memory out of the following

a)

Each cell stores 0 or 1

b)

Computer memory is like a collection of words

c)

Dealt with in groups of fixed size

d)

A single, basic operation is executed on a group of n bits

4.

When storing a signed integer in a single word, which one is the sign bit?

a)

The least significant bit

b)

The most significant bit

5.

In little-endian assignment, lower byte addresses are assigned to

a)

the less significant bytes (the rightmost bytes) of the word

b)

the more significant bytes (the leftmost bytes) of the word

6.

Mark all the correct statements about Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC)

a)

The instructions may use more than one word of memory

b)

The instructions may represent complicated operations

c)

The approach is more recent than RISC

d)

Sequence of instructions are hard to pipeline

7.

Which type of addressing mode is used in

Load R2, 1000(R5)

a)

Index mode

b)

Immediate mode

c)

Absolute mode

d)

Register mode

8.

Which type of addressing mode is used in

Add R4, R6, #100

a)

Index mode

b)

Immediate mode

c)

Absolute mode

d)

Base with index mode

9.

Which type of addressing mode is used in

Store R3, SUM

a)

Index mode

b)

Immediate mode

c)

Absolute mode

d)

Register indirect mode

10.

A computer must have instructions capable of performing the following operations, except

a)

I/O transfer

b)

Data transfers between the memory and the processor registers

c)

Program sequencing and control

d)

Arithmetic and logic operations on data

e)

No exception (all four are necessary)