Q1. _________ perform resolution of externally defined symbols.
(a)Loader
(b)Compiler
(c)Linker
(d)Interpreter
(e)All of the above
Q2. In a two-pass assembler, the pseudo-code EQU is to be evaluated during?
(a)Pass 1
(b)Pass 2
(c)Pass 3
(d)Not evaluated by the assembler
(e)None of the above
Q3. The clock rate of the processor can be improved by:
(a)Improving the IC technology of the logic circuits
(b)Reducing the amount of processing done in one step
(c)By using overclocking method
(d)All of the above
(e)None of the above
Q4. The translator for low level programming language is called ________.
(a)Loader
(b)Assembler
(c)Compiler
(d)Linker
(e)None of the above
Q5. The unit which acts as an intermediate agent between memory and backing store to reduce process time is _____ .
(a)TLB’s
(b)Registers
(c)Page tables
(d)Cache
(e)None of the above
Q6. A high-speed transmission line that carries WAN traffic is called a:
(a)X.25 line
(b)P2PN.
(c)Backbone
(d)POP
(e)None of these
Q7.The BOOT sector files of the system are stored in _____ .
(a)Hard Disk
(b)ROM
(c)RAM
(d)Fast solid state chips in the motherboard
(e)None of the above
Q8.The Load instruction does the following operation/s,
(a)Loads the contents of a disc onto a memory location
(b)Loads the contents of a location onto the accumulators
(c)Load the contents of the PCB onto the register
(d)Both a and c
(e)All of the above
Q9.Which of the following technique/s used to effectively utilize main memory?
(a)Address binding
(b)Dynamic linking
(c)Dynamic loading
(d)Both b and c
(e)All of the above
Q10.The transfer of large chunks of data with the involvement of the processor is done by _______ .
(a)DMA controller
(b)Arbitrator
(c)User system programs
(d)Dispatcher
(e)None of the above
Q11.The technique used to store programs larger than the memory is ______ .
(a)Overlays
(b)Extension registers
(c)Buffers
(d)Both b and c
(e)all of the above.
Q12.When Performing a looping operation, the instruction gets stored in the ______ .
(a)Registers
(b)Cache
(c)System Heap
(d)System stack
(e)None of the above
Q13.For a given FINITE number of instructions to be executed, which architecture of the processor provides for a faster execution?
(a)ISA
(b)ANSA
(c)Super-scalar
(d)INSAT
(e)All of the above
Q14.The ultimate goal of a compiler is to,
(a)Reduce the clock cycles for a programming task.
(b)Reduce the size of the object code.
(c)Be versatile.
(d)Be able to detect even the smallest of errors
(e)None of the above
Q15.An optimizing Compiler does,
(a)Better compilation of the given piece of code.
(b)Takes advantage of the type of processor and reduces its process time.
(c)Does better memory management.
(d)Both a and c
(e)None of the above
