Microprocessor Quiz PDF

Angela Francisco BSECE 3B QUIZ #1: Introduction to Microprocessor 9. The procedure of determining the processing speed of any computing unit, is called? 1. Which of the following is not a component of the Ans. Be...

Angela Francisco BSECE 3B QUIZ #1: Introduction to Microprocessor 9. The procedure of determining the processing speed of any computing unit, is called? 1. Which of the following is not a component of the Ans. Benchmarking computer system bus? a. Control Bus 10. True or False: b. Address Bus “The higher the clock frequency, the better the c. Serial Bus processor performance, provided that the architectures d. Data Bus are dissimilar” Ans. Serial Bus Ans. False 2. What element in a computer system is used as an 11. Shown below is a modern desktop CPU. In what interface or means to communicate with the users? computing segment does it belong? Ans. Ports Ans. Enthusiast 3. What processor model is the world’s first 12. Which if the following types of processing units is microprocessor in a single semiconductor chip? mainly used to efficiently process images or 3D Ans. Intel 4004 animation? Ans. GPU 4. The Intel 4004 was built using various logic gates and other logic circuits. All of these logic circuits are 13. Which of the following device is not, in essence, a primarily constructed using transistors. How many computer? transistors does the Intel 4004 contain? a. Smartphone Ans. 2,300 b. Sony Playstation c. Scientific Calculator 5. Which processor brand is used by AMD to market d. Wi-Fi Router their Entry-Level microprocessor? e. Tablet PC Ans. Ryzen 3 Ans. Wi-Fi Router 6. In general, which of the following is not an essential 14. What specific type of computing unit is generally part of a computer system? designed to process and manipulate data in binary a. System Bus form? b. Input-Output Ports Ans. CPU c. GPU d. RAM/ROM 15. As of today, which Intel desktop processor is geared e. CPU towards the mainstream desktop market? Ans. GPU Ans. Core i5 7. With relation to microprocessors, in the acronym IPC, 16. Which of the following computer accessories is what does “C” stand for? strictly not an input device or input peripheral? Ans. Cycle a. keypad b. headphone 8. Which of the following computer programs is used c. camera for synthetic benchmarking of a computer system? d. mouse a. Whetstone e. microphone b. Microsoft Excel Ans. Headphone c. 7-zip d. Blender Ans. Whetstone 17. Which among the following processor specifications 27. In the acronym TDP, what does “P” stand for? has the least effect on its computing performance? Ans. Power a. Application Program b. Packaging 28. Which of the following is a classification of a c. Clock Speed microprocessors based on its instruction set? d. Microarchitecture a. HEDT Ans. Packaging b. DSP c. RISC 18. In the acronym EISC, what does “E” stand for? d. SPARC Ans. Extendable Ans. RISC 19. In the acronym SOC, which is a type of computing 29. What manufacturing technology was used in the unit, what does “C” stand for? manufacturing of the Intel 4004 microprocessor? Ans. Chip Ans. 10-µm Technology 20. Which of the operating systems below does the 30. Which type of processor listed below, is the most majority of modern mobile phones typically used? suitable for use in voice recognition or voice synthesis? a. Android Ans. DSP b. Unix c. Windows d. Linux Ans. Android 21. Today’s desktop and laptop computers use either INTEL or AMD microprocessors. What does the company acronym AMD, stand for? Ans. Advanced Micro Devices 22. In the acronym ARM, what does “M” stand for? Ans. Machine 23. What processor microarchitecture is natively compatible with the Microsoft Windows Operating System? Ans. x86 24. What processor microarchitecture does the majority of mobile devices and smartphone use? Ans. ARM 25. The set of sequential of instructions that a microprocessor will execute is called a “________” Ans. Program 26. In the microprocessor architecture acronym SPARC, what does “S” stand for? Ans. Scalable