8085 Microprocessor MCQs and Answers

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Microprocessor: 8085

Multiple Choice Questions and Answers:-


1) Which is the microprocessor comprises:

[Link] section

[Link] or more ALU

[Link] unit

[Link] of these

Answer:D

2) What is the store by register?

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:A

3) Accumulator based microprocessor example are:

[Link] 8085

[Link] 6809

c.A and B

[Link] of these

Answer:C
4) A set of register which contain are:

[Link]

[Link] addresses

[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:D

5) There are primarily two types of register:

[Link] purpose register

[Link] register

c.A and B

[Link] of these

Answer:C

6) Name of typical dedicated register is:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:D

7) BCD stands for:

[Link] coded decimal

[Link] coded decoded


[Link] a & b

[Link] of these

Answer:A

8) Which is used to store critical pieces of data during subroutines and interrupts:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] register

Answer:A

9) The data in the stack is called:

[Link] data

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:A

10) The external system bus architecture is created using from ______ architecture:

[Link]

[Link] Ritchie

[Link] Babbage

[Link] Neumann

Answer:D
11) The processor 80386/80486 and the Pentium processor uses _____ bits address bus:

a.16

b.32

c.36

d.64

Answer:B

12) Which is not the control bus signal:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:C

13) PROM stands for:

[Link] read-only memory

[Link] read write memory

[Link] read and write memory

[Link] of these

Answer:A

14) EPROM stands for:

[Link] Programmable read-only memory


[Link] Programmable read write memory

[Link] Programmable read-only memory

[Link] of these

Answer:A

15) Each memory location has:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] A and B

[Link] of these

Answer:C

16) Which is the type of microcomputer memory:

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

[Link] of these

Answer:D

17) Secondary memory can store____:

[Link] store code

[Link]

[Link] system
[Link] of these

Answer:D

18) Secondary memory is also called____:

[Link]

[Link] store

[Link] A and B

[Link] of these

Answer:C

19 Customized ROMS are called:

[Link] ROM

[Link] ROM

[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:A

20) The RAM which is created using bipolar transistors is called:

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

Answer:B
21) Which type of RAM needs regular referred:

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

Answer:A

22) Which RAM is created using MOS transistors:

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

[Link] RAM

Answer:A

23) A microprocessor retries instructions from :

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

Answer:C

24) The lower red curvy arrow show that CPU places the address extracted from the
memory

location on the_____:
[Link] bus

[Link] bus

[Link] bus

[Link] bus

Answer:A

25) The CPU sends out a ____ signal to indicate that valid data is available on the data bus:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] A and B

[Link] of these

Answer:B

26) The CPU removes the ___ signal to complete the memory write operation:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] A and B

[Link] of these

Answer:A

27) BIU STAND FOR:

[Link] interface unit

[Link] interface unit

c.A and B
[Link] of these

Answer:A

28) EU STAND FOR:

[Link] unit

[Link] unit

[Link] unit

[Link] of these

Answer:A

29) Which are the four categories of registers:

[Link]- purpose register

[Link] or index registers

[Link] registers

[Link] register

[Link] of these

Answer:E

30) Eight of the register are known as:

[Link]- purpose register

[Link] or index registers

[Link] registers

[Link] register

Answer:A
31) The four index register can be used for:

[Link] operation

[Link] operation

[Link] operation

[Link] of these

Answer:A

32) IP Stand for:

[Link] pointer

[Link] purpose

[Link] paints

[Link] of these

Answer:A

33) CS Stand for:

[Link] segment

[Link] segment

[Link] segment

[Link] segment

Answer:A

34) DS Stand for:

[Link] segment
[Link] segment

[Link] segment

[Link] segment

Answer:A

35) Which are the segment:

[Link]: Code segment

[Link]: data segment

[Link]: Stack segment

[Link]:extra segment

[Link] of these

Answer:D

36) The acculatator is 16 bit wide and is called:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:A

37) How many bits the instruction pointer is wide:

a.16 bit

b.32 bit

c.64 bit
d.128 bit

Answer:A

38) How many type of addressing in memory:

[Link] address

[Link] address

[Link] A and B

[Link] of these

Answer:C

39) The size of each segment in 8086 is:

a.64 kb

b.24 kb

c.50 kb

d.16kb

Answer:A

40) The _______ address of a memory is a 20 bit address for the 8086 microprocessor:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:A
41) The pin configuration of 8086 is available in the________:

a.40 pin

b.50 pin

c.30 pin

d.20 pin

Answer:A

42) DIP stand for:

[Link] inline package

[Link] inline package

[Link] inline package

[Link] inline package

Answer:B

43) EA stand for:

[Link] address

[Link] address

[Link] address

[Link] of these

Answer:A

44) BP stand for:

[Link] pointer
[Link] pointer

[Link] pointer

[Link] pointer

Answer:B

45) DI stand for:

[Link] index

[Link] index

[Link] index

[Link] index

Answer:A

46) SI stand for:

[Link] index

[Link] index

[Link] index

[Link] index

Answer:B

47) ALE stand for:

[Link] latch enable

[Link] light enable

[Link] lower enable

[Link] last enable


Answer:A

48) NMI stand for:

[Link] mask able interrupt

[Link] mistake interrupt

[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:A

49) ________ is the most important segment and it contains the actual assembly language

instruction to be executed by the microprocessor:

[Link] segment

[Link] segment

[Link] segment

[Link] segment

Answer:B

50) The offset of a particular segment varies from _________:

a.000H to FFFH

b.0000H to FFFFH

c.00H to FFH

d.00000H to FFFFFH

Answer:B
51) Which are the factor of cache memory:

[Link] of the microprocessor

[Link] of the programs being executed

[Link] organization of the cache

[Link] of these

Answer:D

52) ________ is usually the first level of memory access by the microprocessor:

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

[Link] of these

Answer:A

53) Which is the small amount of high- speed memory used to work directly with the

microprocessor:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:A

54) The cache usually gets its data from the_________ whenever the instruction or data is
required by the CPU:

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

[Link] memory

[Link] of these

Answer:A

55) Microprocessor reference that are available in the cache are called______:

[Link] hits

[Link] line

[Link] memory

[Link] of these

Answer:A

56) Microprocessor reference that are not available in the cache are called_________:

[Link] hits

[Link] line

[Link] misses

[Link] memory

Answer:C

57) Which causes the microprocessor to immediately terminate its present activity:

[Link] signal

[Link] signal
[Link]

[Link] of these

Answer:A

58) Which is responsible for all the outside world communication by the microprocessor:

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:A

59) INTR: it implies the__________ signal:

[Link] REQUEST

[Link] RIGHT

[Link] RONGH

[Link] RESET

Answer:A

60) Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?

[Link] Unit and Registers

[Link] and Main Memory

[Link] unit and ALU

[Link] and bus

Answer:C
61) Different components n the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel

electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:B

62) The language that the computer can understand and execute is called

[Link] language

[Link] software

[Link] program

[Link] of the above

Answer:A

63) Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?

[Link] drum

[Link]

[Link] disk

[Link] of these

Answer:B

64) Which of the following memories needs refresh?


[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] of above

Answer:B

65) The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:A

66) Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?

[Link] core

[Link]

[Link] tape

[Link] a and b

Answer:C

67) Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as
[Link]

[Link] address registers

[Link] purpose register

[Link]

Answer:C

68) One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computers is

[Link] are usually larger in microprocessors

[Link] are shorter in microprocessors

[Link] does not contain I/O devices

[Link] the same as the machine cycle time

Answer:C

69) The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corporation was called

a.8008

b.8080

c.4004

d.8800

Answer:C

70) An integrated circuit is

a.A complicated circuit

[Link] integrating device

[Link] costlier than a single transistor


[Link] on a tiny silicon chip

Answer:D

71) Most important advantage of an IC is its

[Link] replacement in case of circuit failure

[Link] high reliability

[Link] cost

[Link] powers consumption

Answer:B

72) Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?

[Link] / hard disks

[Link]-ROMs

[Link] devices

[Link] of the above

Answer:D

73) The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are
common

data paths?

a.8 bits

b.12 bits

c.16 bits

d.32 bits
Answer:A

74) Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] / RAM

Answer:B

75) What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special softw3are

called EMS (expanded memory specification)?

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:B

76) Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be…….

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] of the above

Answer:A
77) Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:C

78) A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have… of RAM.

a.4 KB

b.16 K

c.64 K

d.256 K

Answer:D

78) The word length of a computer is measured in

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:D

79) What are the three decisions making operations performed by the ALU of a computer?

[Link] than

[Link] than
[Link] to

[Link] of the above

Answer:D

80) Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?

[Link] unit

[Link] unit

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:C

81) Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:A

82) What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?

[Link] produce result

[Link] compare numbers

[Link] control flow of information

[Link] do math’s works


Answer:B

83) The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform

[Link] Operation

[Link] operation

[Link] operations

[Link] of the above

Answer:D

84) Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] of above

Answer:B

85) Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?

[Link] memory

[Link] bubble memory

[Link] core memory

[Link]

Answer:A

86) A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to


a.2 byte

b.32 byte

c.4 byte

d.8 byte

Answer:C

87) An error in computer data is called

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link] device

Answer:B

88) The silicon chips used for data processing are called

[Link] chips

[Link] chips

[Link] processors

[Link] chips

Answer:D

89) The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free
containers

are called

[Link] disks
[Link] disk

[Link] disk

[Link] disk

Answer:C

90) A computer consists of

a.A central processing unit

b.A memory

[Link] and output unit

[Link] of the above

Answer:D

91) The instructions for starting the computer are house on

[Link] access memory

[Link]-Rom

[Link] only memory chip

[Link] of above

Answer:C

92) The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called

[Link] memory

[Link]

[Link] disks

[Link] disk
Answer:B

93) The first digital computer built with IC chips was known as

[Link] 7090

[Link] – 1

[Link] System / 360

[Link]-10

Answer:C

94) Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?

[Link] volatile

[Link]

[Link] unit

[Link]

Answer:D

95) Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?

[Link] bus

[Link] unit

[Link] unit

[Link]

Answer:D

96) To locate a data item for storage is


[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:D

97) A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a … resident package

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]

Answer:B

98) The term gigabyte refers to

a.1024 bytes

b.1024 kilobytes

c.1024 megabytes

d.1024 gigabyte

Answer:C

99) A/n …. Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU

[Link]

[Link]

[Link]
[Link]

Answer:A

100) Current SIMMs have either … or … connectors (pins)

a.9 or 32

b.30 or 70

c.28 or 72

d.30 or 72

Answer:D

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