1.

The different modes of operation of a computer is

a) User and System mode
b) User and Supervisor mode
c) Supervisor and Trace mode
d) Supervisor,User and Trace mode
2. The number successful accesses to memory stated as a fraction is called as _____.
a) Hit rate
b) Miss rate
c) Success rate
d) Access rate
3. The method which offers higher speeds of I/O transfers is
a) Interrupts
b) Memory mapping
c) Program-controlled I/O
d) DMA
4. The method of synchronising the processor with the I/O device in which the device
sends a signal when it is ready is
a) Exceptions
b) Signal handling
c) Interrupts
d) DMA
5. While using the direct mapping technique, in a 16 bit system the higher order 5 bits is
used for ________.
a) Tag
b) Block
c) Word
d) Id
6. The fastest data access is provided using _______.
a) Caches
b) DRAM’s
c) SRAM’s
d) Registers
7. The contention for the usage of a hardware device is called as ______.
a) Structural hazard
b) Stalk
c) Deadlock
d) None of the mentioned
8. The most Flexible way of logging the return addresses of the sub routines is by using
_______ .
 a) Registers
b) Stacks
c) Memory locations
d) FlipFlop
9. The controller is connected to the ____
a) Processor BUS
b) System BUS
c) External BUS
d) memory
10. The fetch and execution cycles are interleaved with the help of ________.
a) Modification in processor architecture
b) Clock
c) Special unit
d) Control unit