Computer System Architecture Questions Answers

  • 1. Which among following can be considered as most advanced ROM ?

    1. DRAM
    2. EEPROM
    3. RAM
    4. PROM
    Answer And Explanation

    Answer: Option B

    Explanation:

    EEPROM means Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.

  • 2. One byte equals to how many bits ?

    1. 4 bits
    2. 8 bits
    3. 12 bits
    4. 16 bits
    Answer And Explanation

    Answer: Option B

  • 3. Which among following is Volatile ?

    1. ROM
    2. EPROM
    3. DROM
    4. RAM
    Answer And Explanation

    Answer: Option D

  • 4. Where the result of an arithmetic and logical operation are stored ?

    1. In Accumulator
    2. In Cache Memory
    3. In ROM
    4. In Instruction Registry
    Answer And Explanation

    Answer: Option A

  • 5. Why we need to have secondary storage ?

    1. Store large volume of data that exceed the capacity of main memory
    2. Perform arithmatic and logical operations
    3. To give power to the system too
    4. To help processor in processing
    Answer And Explanation

    Answer: Option A

  • 6. Which determines the address of I/O interface ?

    1. Register select
    2. Chip select
    3. Both of above
    4. None of above
    Answer And Explanation

    Answer: Option C

  • 7. An exception condition in a computer system caused by an event external to the CPU is known as ?

    1. Halt
    2. Process
    3. Interrupt
    4. None of above
    Answer And Explanation

    Answer: Option C

    Explanation:

    In my own experience I found very few questions with answer "None of above", if you do not know the answer then its always better to guess among other (If there is no negative marking) ;)