CEA 9 (321 - 360)

_______ instructions are needed to transfer programs and data into memory and the results of computations back out to the user.

• I/O

• Transfer

• Control

• Branch

The x86 data type that is a signed binary value contained in a byte, word, or doubleword, using twos complement representation is _________.

• general

• ordinal

• integer

• packed BCD

The most fundamental type of machine instruction is the _________ instruction.

• conversion

• data transfer

• arithmetic

• logical

The _________ instruction includes an implied address.

• skip

• rotate

• stack

• push

Which of the following is a true statement?

• a procedure can be called from more than one location

• a procedure call can appear in a procedure

• each procedure call is matched by a return in the called program

• all of the above

The entire set of parameters, including return address, which is stored for a procedure invocation is referred to as a _________.

• branch

• stack frame

• pop

• push

Which ARM operation category includes logical instructions (AND, OR, XOR), add and subtract instructions, and test and compare instructions?

• data-processing instructions

• branch instructions

• load and store instructions

• extend instructions

In the ARM architecture only _________ instructions access memory locations.

• data processing

• status register access

• load and store

• branch

Which data type is defined in MMX?

• packed byte

• packed word

• packed doubleword

• all of the above

A branch instruction in which the branch is always taken is _________.

• conditional branch

• unconditional branch

• jump

• bi-endian