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What characteristic ofRAM memory makes it not suitable for permanent storage?
In a program using subroutine call instruction, it is necessary
Which of the following is lowest in memory hierarchy?
In computers, subtraction is generally carried out by
Floating point representation is used to store
Suppose that a bus has 16 data lines and requires 4 cycles of 250 nsecs each to transfer data. The bandwidth of this bus would be 2 Megabytes/sec. Ifthe cycle time of the bus was reduced to 125 nsecs and the number of cycles required for transfer stayed the same what would the bandwidth of the bus?
Which register holds the address of the next instruction to be fetched from memory?a. Program counterb. Memory address register (MAR)c. Current instruction register (CIR)
Which of these statements about Von Neumann architecture is true?a. Only data is stored in primary memoryb. Only instructions are stored in primary memoryc. Data and instructions are both stored in primary memory
What is a register?a. A small amount of high-speed random access memory contained within the processorb. A small amount of high-speed read only memory contained within the processorc. A small computer that forms part of a larger system
Which of the following are components of the central processing unit (CPU)?a. Registers, read only memory (ROM) and cacheb. Registers, read only memory (ROM) and arithmetic logic unit (ALU)c. Registers, cache and arithmetic logic unit (ALU)
What is a general purpose computer?a. A computer found in a digital watchb. A computer designed to perform more than one taskc. A small computer that forms part of a larger system
What is a core?a. A second processing unit within a control unit (CU)b. A system that has many processorsc. A processing unit within a CPU
What is an embedded system?a. A system that has many processorsb. A computer designed to perform more than one taskc. A small computer that forms part of a larger system
What is cache memory used for?a. Temporarily holding frequently used data and instructionsb. Extending the available RAMc. Extending the available ROM