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   Que. 1      Comparing the time T1 taken for a single instruction on a pipelined CPU 
with time T2 taken on a non pipelined but identical CPU, we can say that
A         T1
B         T1>=T2
C         T1< T2
D         T1 is T2 plus the time taken for one instruction fetch cycle
Que. 2     Consider the values A = Ques0 x 10 30, B =-Ques0 x 10 30 , C= 1.0, and 
the sequence   X: =A+B Y: =A+C   X: = X + C Y: =Y+B  executed on a computer 
where floating-point numbers are represented with 32 bits. The values 
for X and Y will be
A         X = 1.0, Y =1.0
B         X = 1.0, Y = 0.0
C         X = 0.0, Y = 1.0
D         X = 0.0, Y = 0.0
Que. 3     What is the scope of m declared in the main program?
A         PARAM,P,Q
B         PARAM,P
C         PARAM,Q
D         P,Q
         (E)none of htese
Que. 4     Where does the swap space reside ?
A         RAM
B         Disk
C         ROM
D         On-chip cache
Que. 5     Trap is which type of interrupt
A         synchronous
B         Asynchronous
C         Hardware
D         software
Que. 6     Assume that each charecter code consist of 8-bits.The number of charecters 
that can be     transmitted per sec. through an asynchronous serial line 
at 2400 band rate,and with two     stop bits,is
A         109
B         216
C         218
D         219
         (E)240
Que. 7     The value of n,output by the program PARAM is:
A         0,because n is a actual perameter that corresponds to x in procedure 
Q.
B         0,because n is a actual perameter to y in procedure Q.
C         1,because n is a actual perameter corresponding to x in procedure Q.
D         1,because n is a actual perameter corresponding to y in procedure 
Q.        (E)none of these
Que. 8     A CPU has two modes - privileged and non-privileged. In order to change 
the mode from privileged to non-privileged
A         a hardware interrupt is needed
B         a software interrupt is needed
C         a privileged instruction (which does not generate an interrupt) is needed
D         a non-privileged instruction (which does not generate an interrupt) is 
needed
Que. 9     The main advantage of interrupt concept is elimination of
A         spooling
B         pooling
C         job scheduling
D         blocking the currently running process
Que. 10     Which is non vector interrupt?
A         INTR
B         TRAP
C         RST 6.5
D         RST 7.5
Que. 11     Which is the most appropriate match for the items in the first column 
with the items in the second column ?  X Indirect Addressing I. Array 
implementation  Y Indexed Addressing II. Writing relocatable code  Z. 
Base Register Addressing III. Passing array as parameter
A         (X. III), (Y, I), (Z, II)
B         (X, II), (Y, III), (Z, I)
C         (X, III), (Y, II), (Z, I)
D         (x, I), (Y, III), (Z, II)
Que. 12     The performance of a pipelined processor suffers if
A         the pipeline stages have different delays
B         consecutive instructions are dependent on each other
C         the pipeline stages share hardware resources
D         all of the above
Que. 13     The minimum number of page frames that must be allocated to a running 
process in a virtual memory environment is determined by
A         the instruction set architecture
B         page size
C         physical memory size
D         number of processes in memory
Que. 14     A certain processor supports only the immediate and the direct addressing 
mods.Which of the following programming language features cannot be implemented 
on this processor?
A         pointers
B         array
C         records
D         all of these
Que. 15     Ques Let m [0]….m [4] be mutexes (binary semaphores) and P [0] ... P [4] 
be processes. Suppose each process P executes the following :  wait 
(m ); wait (m [(i + 1) mode 4]);  ……..  release (m ) ; release (m[(i 
+ 1) mod 4 ] );  This could cause
A         Thrashing
B         Deadlock
C         Starvation, but not deadlock
D         None of the above
Que. 16     A single instruction of a clear the lower four bits of the      accumulator 
in 8085 assembly language is?
A         XIR OFH
B         ANI FOH
C         XIR FOH
D         ANI OFH
Que. 17     Which of the following statment is true?
A         ROM is read/write memory.
B         PC points to the last instruction that was executed.
C         stack works on the principle of LIFO
D         All instructions affect the flags
Que. 18     In a page segemented scheme of memory management,the segment table    
  itself must have a page table because
A         the segment table is often too large to fit in one page
B         Each segment table is spread over a number of pages
C         segment table points to page table and not to the physical        
location of the segment
D         none of these
Que. 19     I/O redirection
A         implies changing the name of a file
B         can be employed to use an existing file as input file for a program
C         implies connection 2 programs through a pipe
D         noneof the above
Que. 20     The sequence of two instructions that multiply the contents of the DE 
resister pair by 2 and store the result in HL resister pair(in 8085 assembly 
language) is
A         XCHG and DAD B
B         XTHL and DAD H
C         PCHL and DAD D
D         XCHG and DAD H
Que. 21     The address sequence generated by tracing a particular program      executing 
in a pure demand paging system with 100 records per page      with 1 free 
main memory fram is recorded as follows.What is the      number of page 
faults?      0100,0200,0430,0499,0510,0530,0560,0120,0220,0240,0260,0320,0370
A         13
B         7
C         8
D         10
Que. 22     A N-bit carry lookhaed adder,where N is a multiple of 4,employs IC's 74181 
(4 bit ALU) and       74182(4 bit carry look ahead grnerator) the minimum 
addition time using the best architecture      for this adder is
A         proportional to N
B         proportional to log N
C         constant
D         none of the above
Que. 23     Dirty bit for a page in a page table
A         helps avoid unnecessary writes on a paging device
B         helps maintain LRU information
C         allows only read on a page
D         none of the above
Que. 24     Contents of A resister after the execution of the following 8085 microprocessor 
program is      MIV A,55H      MIV C,25H      ADDC      DAA
A         7AH
B         80H
C         50H
D         22H
Que. 25     Each process Pi,i=1.......9 is coaded as follows
                 repeat
         P(mutex)
           {critical selection}
       v(mutex) 
              forever
          The code of P(10) is identical except that it uses v(mutex) in place of P(mutex).What is the largest 
          number of processes that can be inside the critical section at any moment
A         1
B         2
C         3
D         none of the above
Que. 26      Let R = (a, b, c, d, e, f) be a relation scheme with the following dependencies c-->f, e-->a, ec-->d, a-->b. Which of the        following is a key for R ? 
A         CD
B         EC
C         AE
D         AC
Que. 27     A single instruction to clear the lower four bit of the accumulator in 
8085 assembly language is
A         XRI OF H
B         A NI OH
C         X RI FOH
D         ANI OF H
Que. 28     Which of the following statment is true?
A         ROM is read/write memory
B         PC points to the last instruction that was executed
C         Stack works on the principle of LIFO
D         All instructions affect the flags.
Que. 29     Four 256*8 PROm chips are used to produce a total capacity of 1024*8 the 
address bus lines are required are
A         4
B         8
C         10
D         16
Que. 30     Assume that each charecter code consist of8 bits.the number of characters 
that can be transmitted per second thriugh an asynchronous serial line 
at 2400 band rate and with two stop bit is
A         109
B         216
C         218
D         219
Que. 31     Virtual memory is
A         simple to implement
B         used on all majour commercial operating system
C         useful when fast I/O devices are not available
D         less efficient in utilization of memory
Que. 32     The primary quantity of a good working program in the earlier days of 
software development in the 1950's and 1960's were
A         maintainable
B         Readable
C         Fast
D         On budget and within time
Que. 33     A multi-user, multi-processing operating system cannot be implemented 
on hardware that does not support
A         address translation
B         DMA for the disk transfer
C         At least two modes CPU execution
D         all of these
Que. 34     Advantage of synchronous sequential circuits memory over asynchronous 
once is
A         faster operation
B         ease to avoiding prblems due to hazards
C         lower hardware requirment
D         better noise immunity
Que. 35     The total size of address space in a virtual memory system is limited 
by
A         the length of MAR
B         the available secindary storage
C         the available main memory
D         all of the above
Que. 36     A device employing INTR line for device interrupt puts the CALL instruction 
on the data bus while
A         INTA  is active
B         hold is active
C         ready is active
D         none of these
Que. 37     Which scheduling is not suffer to balady anomoly
A         FCFC
B         optimal page replacement
C         LRU
D         Round Robin
Que. 38     I/O vide rection
A         implies changing the name of a file
B         can be employed to use an existing files as input file for a program.
C         implies connection 2 programs though a pipe.
D         none of the above
Que. 39     Which of the following device should get higher priority in assigning 
interrupts?
A         hard disk
B         printer
C         keyboard
D         floopy disk
Que. 40     The main difference between a CISC and RISC processor is/are that a RISC 
prcessor typically
A         has few  ever instructions
B         has fewever addressing modes
C         has more registers
D         all of these

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aparna Groupie Joined: 30Apr2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Topic: GATE–Sample Questions-Computer Hardware Posted: 27Nov2007 at 2:33am
	Que. 1 Comparing the time T1 taken for a single instruction on a pipelined CPU with time T2 taken on a non pipelined but identical CPU, we can say that A T1 B T1>=T2 C T1< T2 D T1 is T2 plus the time taken for one instruction fetch cycle Que. 2 Consider the values A = Ques0 x 10 30, B =-Ques0 x 10 30 , C= 1.0, and the sequence X: =A+B Y: =A+C X: = X + C Y: =Y+B executed on a computer where floating-point numbers are represented with 32 bits. The values for X and Y will be A X = 1.0, Y =1.0 B X = 1.0, Y = 0.0 C X = 0.0, Y = 1.0 D X = 0.0, Y = 0.0 Que. 3 What is the scope of m declared in the main program? A PARAM,P,Q B PARAM,P C PARAM,Q D P,Q (E)none of htese Que. 4 Where does the swap space reside ? A RAM B Disk C ROM D On-chip cache Que. 5 Trap is which type of interrupt A synchronous B Asynchronous C Hardware D software Que. 6 Assume that each charecter code consist of 8-bits.The number of charecters that can be transmitted per sec. through an asynchronous serial line at 2400 band rate,and with two stop bits,is A 109 B 216 C 218 D 219 (E)240 Que. 7 The value of n,output by the program PARAM is: A 0,because n is a actual perameter that corresponds to x in procedure Q. B 0,because n is a actual perameter to y in procedure Q. C 1,because n is a actual perameter corresponding to x in procedure Q. D 1,because n is a actual perameter corresponding to y in procedure Q. (E)none of these Que. 8 A CPU has two modes - privileged and non-privileged. In order to change the mode from privileged to non-privileged A a hardware interrupt is needed B a software interrupt is needed C a privileged instruction (which does not generate an interrupt) is needed D a non-privileged instruction (which does not generate an interrupt) is needed Que. 9 The main advantage of interrupt concept is elimination of A spooling B pooling C job scheduling D blocking the currently running process Que. 10 Which is non vector interrupt? A INTR B TRAP C RST 6.5 D RST 7.5 Que. 11 Which is the most appropriate match for the items in the first column with the items in the second column ? X Indirect Addressing I. Array implementation Y Indexed Addressing II. Writing relocatable code Z. Base Register Addressing III. Passing array as parameter A (X. III), (Y, I), (Z, II) B (X, II), (Y, III), (Z, I) C (X, III), (Y, II), (Z, I) D (x, I), (Y, III), (Z, II) Que. 12 The performance of a pipelined processor suffers if A the pipeline stages have different delays B consecutive instructions are dependent on each other C the pipeline stages share hardware resources D all of the above Que. 13 The minimum number of page frames that must be allocated to a running process in a virtual memory environment is determined by A the instruction set architecture B page size C physical memory size D number of processes in memory Que. 14 A certain processor supports only the immediate and the direct addressing mods.Which of the following programming language features cannot be implemented on this processor? A pointers B array C records D all of these Que. 15 Ques Let m [0]….m [4] be mutexes (binary semaphores) and P [0] ... P [4] be processes. Suppose each process P executes the following : wait (m ); wait (m [(i + 1) mode 4]); …….. release (m ) ; release (m[(i + 1) mod 4 ] ); This could cause A Thrashing B Deadlock C Starvation, but not deadlock D None of the above Que. 16 A single instruction of a clear the lower four bits of the accumulator in 8085 assembly language is? A XIR OFH B ANI FOH C XIR FOH D ANI OFH Que. 17 Which of the following statment is true? A ROM is read/write memory. B PC points to the last instruction that was executed. C stack works on the principle of LIFO D All instructions affect the flags Que. 18 In a page segemented scheme of memory management,the segment table itself must have a page table because A the segment table is often too large to fit in one page B Each segment table is spread over a number of pages C segment table points to page table and not to the physical location of the segment D none of these Que. 19 I/O redirection A implies changing the name of a file B can be employed to use an existing file as input file for a program C implies connection 2 programs through a pipe D noneof the above Que. 20 The sequence of two instructions that multiply the contents of the DE resister pair by 2 and store the result in HL resister pair(in 8085 assembly language) is A XCHG and DAD B B XTHL and DAD H C PCHL and DAD D D XCHG and DAD H Que. 21 The address sequence generated by tracing a particular program executing in a pure demand paging system with 100 records per page with 1 free main memory fram is recorded as follows.What is the number of page faults? 0100,0200,0430,0499,0510,0530,0560,0120,0220,0240,0260,0320,0370 A 13 B 7 C 8 D 10 Que. 22 A N-bit carry lookhaed adder,where N is a multiple of 4,employs IC's 74181 (4 bit ALU) and 74182(4 bit carry look ahead grnerator) the minimum addition time using the best architecture for this adder is A proportional to N B proportional to log N C constant D none of the above Que. 23 Dirty bit for a page in a page table A helps avoid unnecessary writes on a paging device B helps maintain LRU information C allows only read on a page D none of the above Que. 24 Contents of A resister after the execution of the following 8085 microprocessor program is MIV A,55H MIV C,25H ADDC DAA A 7AH B 80H C 50H D 22H Que. 25 Each process Pi,i=1.......9 is coaded as follows repeat P(mutex) {critical selection} v(mutex) forever The code of P(10) is identical except that it uses v(mutex) in place of P(mutex).What is the largest number of processes that can be inside the critical section at any moment A 1 B 2 C 3 D none of the above Que. 26 Let R = (a, b, c, d, e, f) be a relation scheme with the following dependencies c-->f, e-->a, ec-->d, a-->b. Which of the following is a key for R ? A CD B EC C AE D AC Que. 27 A single instruction to clear the lower four bit of the accumulator in 8085 assembly language is A XRI OF H B A NI OH C X RI FOH D ANI OF H Que. 28 Which of the following statment is true? A ROM is read/write memory B PC points to the last instruction that was executed C Stack works on the principle of LIFO D All instructions affect the flags. Que. 29 Four 2568 PROm chips are used to produce a total capacity of 10248 the address bus lines are required are A 4 B 8 C 10 D 16 Que. 30 Assume that each charecter code consist of8 bits.the number of characters that can be transmitted per second thriugh an asynchronous serial line at 2400 band rate and with two stop bit is A 109 B 216 C 218 D 219 Que. 31 Virtual memory is A simple to implement B used on all majour commercial operating system C useful when fast I/O devices are not available D less efficient in utilization of memory Que. 32 The primary quantity of a good working program in the earlier days of software development in the 1950's and 1960's were A maintainable B Readable C Fast D On budget and within time Que. 33 A multi-user, multi-processing operating system cannot be implemented on hardware that does not support A address translation B DMA for the disk transfer C At least two modes CPU execution D all of these Que. 34 Advantage of synchronous sequential circuits memory over asynchronous once is A faster operation B ease to avoiding prblems due to hazards C lower hardware requirment D better noise immunity Que. 35 The total size of address space in a virtual memory system is limited by A the length of MAR B the available secindary storage C the available main memory D all of the above Que. 36 A device employing INTR line for device interrupt puts the CALL instruction on the data bus while A INTA is active B hold is active C ready is active D none of these Que. 37 Which scheduling is not suffer to balady anomoly A FCFC B optimal page replacement C LRU D Round Robin Que. 38 I/O vide rection A implies changing the name of a file B can be employed to use an existing files as input file for a program. C implies connection 2 programs though a pipe. D none of the above Que. 39 Which of the following device should get higher priority in assigning interrupts? A hard disk B printer C keyboard D floopy disk Que. 40 The main difference between a CISC and RISC processor is/are that a RISC prcessor typically A has few ever instructions B has fewever addressing modes C has more registers D all of these Post Resume: Click here to Upload your Resume & Apply for Jobs

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