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CEAb 201 b–bFullbEXAM bQUESTIONSbWITH
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Therebisbabtremendousbvarietybofbproducts,bfrombsingle- chipbmicrocomputersbcostingbabfewbdollarsbtobsupercomputersbcostingbtensbofbmillionsbofbdollarsbthatbcanbribghtlybclaim bthebnameb"computer". (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T Thebvarietybofbcomputerbproductsbisbexhibitedbonlybinbcost. b(T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-F Computerborganizationbrefersbtobattributesbofbabsystembvisiblebtobthebprogrammer. b(T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-F Changesbinbcomputerbtechnologybarebfinallybslowingbdown. b(T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-F Thebtextbookbforbthisbcoursebisbaboutbthebstructurebandbfunctionbofbcomputers.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Thebnumberbofbbitsbusedbtobrepresentbvariousbdatabtypesbisbanbexamplebofbanbarchitecturalbattribute.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Interfacesbbetweenbthebcomputerbandbperipheralsbisbanbexamplebofbanborganizationalbattribute.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T HistoricallybthebdistinctionbbetweenbarchitecturebandborganizationbhasbnotFbeenbanbimportantbone.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F
AFparticularbarchitecturebmaybspanbmanybyearsbandbencompassbabnumberbofbdifferentbcomputerbmodels,bitbs borganizationbchangingbwithbchangingbtechnology. (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T AFmicrocomputerbarchitecturebandborganizationbrelationshipbisbnotbverybclose.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F Changesbinbtechnologybnotbonlybinfluenceborganizationbbutbalsobresultbinbthebintroductionbofbmorebpowerfbulband bmorebcomplexbarchitectures. (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T Thebhierarchicalbnaturebofbcomplexbsystemsbisbessentialbtobbothbtheirbdesignbandbtheirbdescription.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Bothbthebstructurebandbfunctioningbofbabcomputerbare,binbessence,bsimple.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Abcomputerbmustbbebablebtobprocess,bstore,bmove,bandbcontrolbdata.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Whenbdatabarebmovedboverblongerbdistances,btoborbfrombabremotebdevice,bthebprocessbisbknownbasbdatabtrabnsport. (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-F Computerbtechnologybisbchangingbatbab pace. A. Slow B. Slowbtobmedium C. Rapid D. Non-existentb-bcorrectbanswer-C
C. Mechanical D. Organizationalb-bcorrectbanswer-D Ab systembisbabsetbofbinterrelatedbsubsystems. A. Secondary B. Hierarchical C. Complex D. Functionalb-bcorrectbanswer-B AnbI/Obdevicebisbreferredbtobasbab. A. CPU B. Controlbdevice C. Peripheral D. Registerb-bcorrectbanswer-C Whenbdatabarebmovedboverblongerbdistances,btoborbfrombabremotebdevice,bthebprocessbisbknownbasb . A. Databcommunications B. Registering C. Structuring D. Databtransportb-bcorrectbanswer-A Theb storesbdata. A. Systembbus B. I/O C. Mainbmemory D. Controlbunitb-Fcorrectbanswer-C Theb movesbdatabbetweenbthebcomputerbandbitsbexternalbenvironment.
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AFwaferbisbmadebofbsiliconbandbisbbrokenbupbintobchipsbwhichbconsistsbofbmanybgatesband/orbmemorybcellsbpblusba bnumberbofbinputbandboutputbattachmentbpoints. (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T IBM'sbSystem/360bwasbthebindustry'sbfirstbplannedbfamilybofbcomputers.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Intel'sb 4004 FwasbthebfirstbchipbtobcontainballbofbthebcomponentsbofbabCPUbonbabsinglebchip.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T DesignersbwrestlebwithbthebchallengebofbbalancingFprocessorbperformancebwithbthatbofbmainbmemorybandbother bcomputerbcomponents. (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T ThebIntelbx86bevolvedbfrombRISCbdesignbprinciplesbandbisbusedbinbembeddedbsystems.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F Abcommonbmeasurebofbperformancebforbabprocessorbisbthebratebatbwhichbinstructionsbarebexecuted,bexpresbsedbas bbillionsbofbinstructionsbperbsecondsF(BIPS). (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-F Theb wasbthebworld'sbfirstbgeneral-purposebelectronicbdigitalbcomputer. A. UNIVAC B. MARKbIV C. ENIAC D. Hollerith'sbCountingbMachine b - bcorrectbanswer-C ThebElectronicbNumericalbIntegratorbandbComputerbprojectbwasbabresponsebtobU.S.bneedsbduringb _. A. ThebCivilbWar
B. The b French-American b War C. WorldbWarbI D. WorldbWarbIIb-bcorrectbanswer-D ThebENIACFusedb. A. Vacuumbtubes B. Integratedbcircuits C. IAS D. Transistorsb-bcorrectbanswer-A ThebENIACFisbanbexamplebofbab generationbcomputer. A. First B. Second C. Third D. Fourthb-bcorrectbanswer-A Theb interpretsbthebinstructionsbinbmemorybandbcausesbthembtobbebexecuted. A. Mainbmemory B. Controlbunit C. I/O D. Arithmeticbandblogicbunitb-bcorrectbanswer-B ThebmemorybofbthebIASbconsistsbofb 1000 Fstorageblocationsbcalledb. A. Opcodes B. Wafers C. VLSIs D. Wordsb-bcorrectbanswer-D Theb containsbtheb 8 - bitbopcodebinstructionbbeingbexecuted.
D. MPCb-bcorrectbanswer-A Withbtheb ,bIntelbintroducedbthebusebofbsuperscalarbtechniquesbthatballowbmultiplebinstructionsbto bexecutebinbparallel. A. Core B. 8080 C. 80486 D. Pentiumb-Fcorrectbanswer-D Theb measuresbthebabilitybofbabcomputerbtobcompletebabsinglebtask. A. Clockbspeed B. Speedbmetric C. Executebcycle D. Cyclebtimeb-bcorrectbanswer-B ARMbprocessorsbarebdesignedbtobmeetbthebneedsbof. A. Embeddedbreal-time b systems B. Applicationbplatforms C. Securebapplications D. Allbofbthebaboveb-bcorrectbanswer-D Onebincrement,borbpulse,bofbthebsystembclockbisbreferredbtobasFa. A. Clockbtick B. Cyclebtime C. Clockbrate D. Cyclebspeedb-bcorrectbanswer-A Atbabtopblevel,babcomputerbconsistsbofbCPU,bmemory,bandbI/Obcomponents.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T
Thebbasicbfunctionbofbabcomputerbisbtobexecutebprograms.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Programbexecutionbconsistsbofbrepeatingbthebprocessbofbinstructionbfetchbandbinstructionbexecution.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Interruptsbdobnotbimprovebprocessingbefficiency.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F AnbI/Obmodulebcannotbexchangebdatabdirectlybwithbthebprocessor.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F Abkeybcharacteristicbofbabbusbisbthatbitbisbnotbabsharedbtransmissionbmedium.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F Computerbsystemsbcontainbabnumberbofbdifferentbbusesbthatbprovidebpathwaysbbetweenbcomponentsbatbvabrious blevelsbofbthebcomputerbsystem bhierarchy. (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T Inbgeneral,bthebmorebdevicesbattachedbtobthebbus,bthebgreaterbthebbusblengthbandbhencebthebgreaterbthebprbopagation bdelay. (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T ItFisbnotbpossiblebtobconnectbI/Obcontrollersbdirectlybontobthebsystembbus.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F Thebmethodbofbusingbthebsameblinesbforbmultiplebpurposesbisbknownbasbtimebmultiplexing.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T
Absequencebofbcodesborbinstructionsbisbcalledb. A. Software B. Memory C. Anbinterconnect D. Abregisterb-bcorrectbanswer-A ThebprocessingFrequiredbforbabsinglebinstructionbisbcalledba(n)b cycle. A. Execute B. Fetch C. Instruction D. Packetb-Fcorrectbanswer-C A(n)b isbgeneratedbbybabfailurebsuchbasbpowerbfailureborbmemorybparityberror. A. I/Obinterrupt B. Hardwarebfailurebinterrupt C. Timerbinterrupt D. Programbinterruptb-bcorrectbanswer-B A(n)b isbgeneratedbbybsomebconditionbthatboccursbasbabresultbofbanbinstructionbexecution. A. Timerbinterrupt B. I/Obinterrupt C. Programbinterrupt D. Hardwarebfailurebinterruptb-bcorrectbanswer-C Thebinterconnectionbstructurebmustbsupportbwhichbtransfer? A. Memorybtobprocessor B. Processorbtobmemory C. I/Obtoborbfrombmemory
D. Allbofbthebaboveb-bcorrectbanswer-D AFbusbthatbconnectsbmajorbcomputerbcomponentsb(processor,bmemory,bI/O)bisbcalledbab. A. Systembbus B. Addressbbus C. Databbus D. Controlbbusb-bcorrectFanswer-A Theb arebusedbtobdesignatebthebsourceborbdestinationbofbthebdatabonbthebdatabbus. A. Systemblines B. Datablines C. Controlblines D. Addressblinesb-bcorrectbanswer-D ThebdatablinesbprovidebabpathbforbmovingFdatabamongbsystembmodulesbandbarebcollectivelybcalledbtheb . A. Controlbbus B. Addressbbus C. Databbus D. Systembbusb-bcorrectbanswer-C Ab isbthebhigh-levelbsetbofbrulesbforbexchangingbpacketsbofbdatabbetweenbdevices. A. Bus B. Protocol C. Packet D. QPIb-bcorrectbanswer-B Eachbdatabpathbconsistsbofbabpairbofbwiresb(referredbtobasbab )bthatbtransmitsbdatabonebbitbatbabtibme.
(T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T Externalbmemorybisboftenbequatedbwithbmainbmemory.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F ThebprocessorbrequiresbitsFownblocalbmemory. b(T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-T Cachebisbnotbabformbofbinternalbmemory.b(T/F) b-bcorrectbanswer-F Thebunitbofbtransferbmustbequalbabwordborbanbaddressablebunit.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F Bothbsequentialbaccessbandbdirectbaccessbinvolvebabsharedbread-writebmechanism.b(T/F) b-bcorrectbanswer-T Inbabvolatilebmemory,binformationbdecaysbnaturallyborbisblostbwhenbelectricalbpowerbisbswitchedboff.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T Tobachievebgreatestbperformancebthebmemorybmustbbebablebtobkeepbupbwithbthebprocessor.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T SecondarybmemorybisbusedbtobstorebprogrambandbdatabfilesbandbisFusuallybvisiblebtobthebprogrammerbonlybibnbterms bofbindividualbbytesborbwords. (T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-F ThebL1bcachebisbslowerbthanbthebL3bcache. b(T/F)b-bcorrectbanswer-F
Withbwritebbackbupdatesbarebmadebonlybinbthebcache.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T ItFhasbbecomebpossiblebtobhavebabcachebonbthebsamebchipbasbthebprocessor.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T AllbofbthebPentiumbprocessorsbincludebtwobon-chipbL1bcaches,bonebforbdatabandbonebforbinstructions.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T CachebdesignbforbHPCbisbthebsamebasbthatbforbotherbhardwarebplatformsbandbapplications.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-F refersbtobwhetherbmemorybisbinternalborbexternalbtobthebcomputer. A. Location B. Access C. Hierarchy D. Tagb-bcorrectbanswer-A Internalbmemorybcapacitybisbtypicallybexpressedbinbtermsbofb. A. Hertz B. Nanos C. Bytes D. LORb-bcorrectbanswer-C Forbinternalbmemory,btheb isbequalbtobthebnumberbofbelectricalblinesbintobandboutbofbthebmemobry bmodule. A. Accessbtime B. Unitbofbtransfer
AbportionbofbmainbmemorybusedbasFabbufferbtobholdbdatabtemporarilybthatbisbtobbebreadboutbtobdiskbisbreferrbedbtobasbab . A. Diskbcache B. Latency C. Virtualbaddress D. Missb-bcorrectbanswer-A AFlinebincludesbab thatbidentifiesbwhichbparticularbblockbisbcurrentlybbeingFstored. A. Cache B. Hit C. Tag D. Localityb-bcorrectbanswer-C isbthebsimplestbmappingbtechniquebandbmapsbeachbblockFofbmainbmemorybintobonlybonebpossibble bcachebline. A. Directbmapping B. Associative bmapping C. Setbassociativebmapping D. Nonebofbthebaboveb-bcorrectbanswer-A Whenbusingbtheb techniqueballbwriteboperationsbmadebtobmainbmemorybarebmadebtobthebcachebas bwell. A. Writebback B. LRU C. Writebthrough D. Unifiedbcacheb-bcorrectbanswer-C Thebkeybadvantagebofbtheb designbisbthatFitbeliminatesbcontentionbforbthebcachebbetweenbthebin bstructionbfetch/decodebunitbandbthebexecutionbunit.
A. Logicalbcache B. Splitbcache C. Unifiedbcache D. Physicalbcacheb-bcorrectbanswer-B ThebPentiumb 4 b componentbexecutesbmicro- operations,bfetchingbthebrequiredbdatabfrombthebL1bdatabcachebandbtemporarilybstoringbresultsbinbregisters. A. Fetch/decode b unit B. Out-of-orderbexecutionblogic C. Executionbunit D. Memorybsubsystemb-bcorrectbanswer-C Inbreferencebtobaccessbtimebtobabtwo- levelbmemory,bab occursbifbanbaccessedbwordbisbnotbfoundbinbthebfasterbmemory. A. Miss B. Hit C. Line D. Tagb-bcorrectbanswer-A Ablogicalbcachebstoresbdatabusingb. A. Physicalbaddresses B. Virtualbaddresses C. Randombaddresses D. Nonebofbthebaboveb-bcorrectbanswer-B Thebbasicbelementbofbabsemiconductorbmemorybisbthebmemorybcell.b(T/F)b- bcorrectbanswer-T AFcharacteristicFofbROMbisbthatbitbisbvolatile.
