Memory is sometimes accessed, I/O devices are used to display the result of the instruction execution.

Reset

Fetch

Decode

Execute

The parity flag was used in early Intel microprocessors for error detection of transmitted data. PF is logic
___ for odd parity and a logic ___ for even parity

"1,0"

"0,1"

"00,11"

"11,00"

This is a group of lines that has a related function within a microprocessor system.

address bus

system bus

control bus

data bus

The invention of Integrated Circuit (IC) was credited to

(Note: this is a right minus wrong question)

Jack Kilby

Ted Hoff

Robert Noyce

William Shockley

"A doubleword number, 12345678H, is to be stored into memory using little endian format starting at
memory location 00100H. What would be the content of memory location 00103H?"

12

34

56

78
The project that produced the first microprocessor originated in 1969 and was conceptualized by the
company

BUSICOM

Intel

Texas Instruments

Garrett AiResearch

Which among the flags selects either the increment or decrement mode for the DI and/or SI registers
during string operations?

Direction Flag

Parity Flag

Trap Flag

Interrupt Flag

The world's first 8-bit microprocessor.

8008

6800

Z80

8080

It is a temporary storage of information inside the CPU.

NVM

RAM

cache

Register
Given the initial statuses of FLAGS -- OF=0; IF=1; ZF=0; AF=0; PF=? and CF=0 and that AL=FF and BL=01.
Simulate the following instructions to determine the final statuses of the FLAGS:

ADD AL, BL

CLC

CLI

OF=0; IF=0; ZF=0; AF=1; PF=0; CF=0

OF=1; IF=0; ZF=0; AF=1; PF=0; CF=0

OF=1; IF=1; ZF=0; AF=1; PF=1; CF=1

OF=1; IF=0; ZF=0; AF=1; PF=1; CF=0

Complete the table and determine the decimal equivalent of the given 32-bit single precision floating-
point hexadecimal number (449D6400h)

10001001

1.0011101011001x2^10

10011101011.001

+1259.125

The first microprocessors emerged in the early ______ and were used for electronic calculators

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

What is the world's first single-chip fully 32-bit microprocessor, with 32-bit data paths, 32-
bit buses, and 32-bit addresses?

National Semiconductor IMP-16

AT&T Bell Labs BELLMAC-32A

Motorola MC68000

MOS 6502
It is the machine code that determines the operation and tells what the computer should do at a certain
period of time.

Syntax

Op-Code

Assembly Language

Binary-Coded Decimal

The 7-bit ASCII code contains how many non-printable characters?

32

95

33

96

This Intel microprocessor is similar to the Intel 8086, except for its 8-bit external data bus.

Intel 80186

Intel 80188

Intel 80286

Intel 8088

If the current privilege level is 11, which IOPL value could cause the I/O to execute?

11??

01

10

all of the choices

In an unpacked BCD, each digit is represented by its own byte

True

False

_______ occurs when signed numbers are added or subtracted. It also indicates that the result has
exceeded the capacity of the machine. Overflow

Flags are used to indicate the status of the microprocessor but can't control some its features.

True??

False
Primarily, the Intel family of microprocessors uses little endian format and Motorola family of
microprocessor use big endian format.

True

Both use big endian

False

Both use little endian

EBP points to a memory location in all versions of the microproÂ-cessor for memory data transfers.

True

False

There were already commercial computers developed and sold even before the IC chip was invented.

True

False

Complete the table to convert the following signed decimal number to its single precision floating-point
number. (-45.75)

101101.11

1.0110111x2^5

10000100

01101110000000000000000

Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore were the co-founders of ______?

(Note: This is a right minus wrong question)

Fairchild Semiconductor

Intel

Texas Instruments

Western Digital
The most basic but complete microprocessor-based computer would consist of

"CPU, memory, I/O, system bus"

"CPU, memory, I/O, interrupt circuitry"

"CPU, memory, I/O, timing circuitry"

none of the choices

"Intel CPUs are also called __________ computers, while Motorola processors are called __________
computers."

big indian; little indian

big endian; little endian

little indian; big indian

little endian; big endian

First chip developed by Intel

Intel 3101

Intel 4004

Intel 8080

Intel 8086

This element serves as a medium of communication between the processor and the outside world

i/o port

DMA

data segment

System bus

"Given the initial statuses of FLAGS -- OF = 0; ZF=1; AF=0; PF=1 and CF=0 and that AL=1F and BL=F1.
Determine the statuses of the FLAGS after executing the instruction: ADD AL,BL"

OF=1; ZF=0; AF=1; PF=0; CF=1

OF=1; ZF=0; AF=1; PF=1; CF=1

OF=1; ZF=1; AF=1; PF=1; CF=1

OF=0; ZF=0; AF=1; PF=1; CF=1

0.00011

1.1x2^-4

01111011

10000000000000000000000

Complete the table to convert the following signed decimal number to its single precision floating-point
number. (+8.125)

1000.001

1.000001x2^3

10000010

00000100000000000000000

"A Trap Flag enables trapping through an on-chip debugging feature. If T = ___, it will debug. If T = ___, it
will not debug."

"00,11"

"11,00"

"0,1"

"1,0"

"A doubleword number, 12345678H, is to be stored into memory using little endian format starting at
memory location 00100H. What would be the content of memory location 00101H?"

12

34

56

78
Complete the table to convert the following signed decimal number to its single precision floating-point
number. (+40.625)

101000.101

1.01000101x2^5

10000100

01000101000000000000000

Complete the table and determine the decimal equivalent of the given 32-bit single precision floating-
point hexadecimal number. (C19AC000)

10000011

1.001101011x2^4

10011.01011

-19.34375

Complete the table to determine the decimal equivalent of the given 32-bit single precision floating-
point number. (C0600000H)

10000000

1.11x2^1

11.1

-3.5

Complete the table and determine the decimal equivalent of the given 32-bit single precision floating-
point number. (3F800000H)

01111111

1x2^0

+1
"Its function is for floating point, graphics, signal or string processing, and even encryption"

DMA

memory

coprocessor

NVM

This register works very closely with the instruction decoder of the control unit and stores all
instructions coming from the data bus

instruction register

segment register

index register

accumulator

These are signals that indicate need of attention, perform special task and resume the pre-empted
operation.

DMA

Watchdog monitor

interrupt

instruction decode

This element is the one responsible in monitoring the bus operation

instruction decoder

control logic

DMA

watchdog monitor

Which is not a word-sized register?

ES

FLAGS

EIP

R15W