Q. Consider a memory organised into 8K rows, and that it takes 4 cycles to complete a read operation. Then the refresh overhead of the chip is
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
0.0038
Basics of Computer Architecture MCQs and Notes
Q. The algorithm to remove and place new contents into the cache is called
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Replacement algorithm
Q. The approach where the memory contents are transferred directly to the processor from the memory is called
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Early-start
Q. The correspondence between the main memory blocks and those in the cache is given by
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Mapping function
Q. The reason for the implementation of the cache memory is
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
The difference in speeds of operation of the processor and memory
Q. The less space consideration as lead to the development of (for large memories).
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Both SIMM’s and DIMS’s
Q. The chip can be disabled or cut off from an external connection using
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Chip select
Q. The BUS that allows I/O, memory and Processor to coexist is
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Backplane BUS
Q. The transmission on the asynchronous BUS is also called
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Hand-Shake transmission
Q. In IBM’s S360/370 systems lines are used to select the I/O devices.
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
SCAN in and out