44 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
44 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
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## A computer's main memory consists of numerous memory cells, each of which contains ........ bits. Each memory cell is identified by a numeric value called the cell's ........... .
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Eight.
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Address.
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## In which of the following locations is information most readily available for manipulation by the CPU?
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General-purpose registers
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## Which of the following instructions (as described in the language description table) places 00000000 in register A?
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2A00
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## Which of the following is not contained in a CPU?
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Memory cell
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## Which step of the machine cycle examines the op-code of the next instruction to be executed?
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Decode
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## Author's note: Q6 on this quiz involves [Caesar cipher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher), it is way too long to even try to memorize, but it's ez.
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Look it up
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## Turn the string "The Answer" into binary using the ASCII table. Apply "01101001 00101110 00001010 01010010 00110101 00010111 01011110 00000011 00010010 00011101" to it using XOR. Look up the result in the ascii table.
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forty-two.
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## The bus in a computer is an example of which form of communication?
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Parallel
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## Which of the following instructions does not fall in the category of arithmetic/logic instructions?
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JUMP
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## Which of the following parallel architectures allows fastest access to all memory cells from all processors
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Shared Memory
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## Which of the following is not a form of parallel processing?
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SISD
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## Which of the following instructions (as described in the language description table) changes the contents of a memory cell?
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40AB
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## Which of the following instructions (as described in the language description table) places 00000000 in register 5?
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9555
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## Which of the following instructions (as described in the language description table) will not change the contents of register 5?
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A508
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