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Q. The processor keeps track of the results of its operations using flags called

  • (A) conditional code flags
  • (B) test output flags
  • (C) type flags
  • (D) none of the mentioned

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Q. The register used to store the flags is called as

  • (A) flag register
  • (B) status register
  • (C) test register
  • (D) log register

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Q. In some pipelined systems, a different instruction is used to add to numbers which can affect the flags upon

  • (A) and gate
  • (B) nand gate
  • (C) nor gate
  • (D) xor gate

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Q. The most efficient method followed by computers to multiply two unsigned numbers is

  • (A) booth algorithm
  • (B) bit pair recording of multipliers
  • (C) restoring algorithm
  • (D) non restoring algorithm

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Q. For the addition of large integers, most of the systems make use of

  • (A) fast adders
  • (B) full adders
  • (C) carry look-ahead adders
  • (D) none of the mentioned

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Q. In a normal n-bit adder, to find out if an overflow as occurred we make use of

  • (A) counter
  • (B) flip flop
  • (C) shift register
  • (D) push down stack

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Q. The smallest entity of memory is called

  • (A) cell
  • (B) block
  • (C) instance
  • (D) unit

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Q. The collection of the above mentioned entities where data is stored is called

  • (A) block
  • (B) set
  • (C) word
  • (D) byte

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Q. If a system is 64 bit machine, then the length of each word will be

  • (A) 4 bytes
  • (B) 8 bytes
  • (C) 16 bytes
  • (D) 12 bytes

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Q. The type of memory assignment used in Intel processors is

  • (A) little endian
  • (B) big endian
  • (C) medium endian
  • (D) none of the mentioned