CSI106_practiceFE1

In the Turing model, the

depends on the combination of two factors: the input data and the program.

• A. Output data

• B. Instructions

• C. Algorithm

• D. Data processing

Who is considered the 'father' of the minicomputer and one of the founder fathers of the modern computer industry world-wide?

• A. George Tate

• B. Kenneth H. Olsen

• C. Seymour Cray

• D. Basic Pascal

• E. None of the others

A path by which communication is achieved between a central processor and other devices is called

• A. Audit trail

• B. Network

• C. Bus

• D. Channel

• E. None of the others

If the memory address space is 16 MB and the word size is 8 bits, then word.bits are needed to access each

• A. 8

• B. 16

• C. 24

• D. 32

Which printer uses a combination of laser-beam & electro photographic techniques.

• A. Laser printers

• B. Dot-Matrix

• C. Line printer

• D. Daisy wheel

• E. None of the others

RISC (reduced instruction set computer). The strategy behind RISC architecture is to have a small set of instructions that do a minimum number of

• A. Complex instructions

• B. Complex operations

• C. Simple operations

• D. Simple instructions

Instructions and memory addresses are represented by

• A. Character codes

• B. Binary codes

• C. Binary word

• D. Parity bit

• E. None of the others

The base of the octal number system is

• A. 2

• B. 8

• C. 10

• D. 16

The maximum value of a binary integer with K digits. For example, if K = 5, then the maximum value is

• A. 30

• B. 31

• C. 32

• D. 33

The maximum value of an octal integer with K=2 digits is Nmax =

• A. 63

• B. 64

• C. 65

• D. 66