Cs 2810 Computer Architecture

CS 2810 ARCHITECTURE

1. To what power of 10 prefix does “giga” refer?

a. 1 Billion

2. To what power of 10 does prefix “micro” refer?

a. 1 Millionth

3. What is an ISA?

a. Instruction Set Architecture

4. The Von Neumann architecture allows multiple paths from main memory to the control unit of the CPU.

a. False

5. Moore’s Law states that “The density of transistors in an integrated circuit will double every two years.”

a. False – one year, or more recent, every 18 months

6. Anything that can be done with software can also be done with hardware.

a. True

7. Which of the following is not part of the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?

a. System Bus 

b. ALU -

c. Registers -

d. CU –

8. Which digit determines whether the signed integer number is positive or negative?

a. The most significant digit

9. The maximum number we can store in an UNSIGNED integer is 65535.

a. True

10. Which Error Detection and Correction Scheme is able to compensate for Burst Errors?

a. Reed Solomon 

b. CRC -

c. Parity -

d. Hamming Code –

11. ASCII utilizes syndromes to detect errors.

a. False

12. Hamming Codes are able to detect and correct errors.

a. True

13. Parity is able to compensate for multiple bit errors in the same data block.

a. False

14. The purpose of the Control Unit is to:

a. Monitor and direct the flow of instructions and data

15. Synchronous busses must use a handshaking protocol.

a. False –

16. Each bit in the computer typically has its own address

a. True – machines are typically byte or word addressable.

17. If an architecture is byte addressable, and the instruction set architecture word size is larger than 1 byte, we must address the issue of byte ____.

a. Sequence

b. Size

c. Alignment 

d. Calibration

18. In the memory hierarchy, which of the following is fastest.

a. L1 cache

b. L2 Cache

c. USB Drive

d. Registers 

19. For caching to be effective, we are dependent upon the idea of

a. Locality 

b. Fragmentation

c....