8085 Microprocessor Questions & Answers

PART - A

1. What are the various registers in 8085?

Accumulator register, Temporary register, Instruction register, Stack Pointer, Program

Counter are the various registers in 8085 .

2. In 8085 name the 16 bit registers?

Stack pointer and Program counter all have 16 bits.

3. What are the various flags used in 8085?

Sign flag, Zero flag, Axillary flag, Parity flag, Carry flag.

4. What is Stack Pointer?

Stack pointer is a special purpose 16-bit register in the Microprocessor, which holds the
address of the top of the stack.

5. What is Program counter?

Program counter holds the address of either the first byte of the next instruction to be
fetched for execution or the address of the next byte of a multi byte instruction, which has
not been completely fetched. In both the cases it gets incremented automatically one by
one as the instruction bytes get fetched. Also Program register keeps the address of the
next instruction.

6. Which Stack is used in 8085?

LIFO (Last In First Out) stack is used in 8085.In this type of Stack the last stored
information can be retrieved first.

7. What happens when HLT instruction is executed in processor?

The Micro Processor enters into Halt-State and the buses are tri-stated.

8.What is meant by a bus?

A bus is a group of conducting lines that carriers data, address, & control signals.

9. What is Tri-state logic?

Three Logic Levels are used and they are High, Low, High impedance state. The high
and low are normal logic levels & high impedance state is electrical open circuit
conditions. Tri-state logic has a third line called enable line.

10. Give an example of one address microprocessor?

8085 is a one address microprocessor.

11. In what way interrupts are classified in 8085?

In 8085 the interrupts are classified as Hardware and Software interrupts.

12. What are Hardware interrupts?

TRAP, RST7.5, RST6.5, RST5.5, INTR.

13. What are Software interrupts?

RST0, RST1, RST2, RST3, RST4, RST5, RST6, RST7.

14. Which interrupt has the highest priority?

TRAP has the highest priority.

15. Name 5 different addressing modes?

Immediate, Direct, Register, Register indirect, Implied addressing modes.

16. How many interrupts are there in 8085?

There are 12 interrupts in 8085.

17. What is clock frequency for 8085?

3 MHz is the maximum clock frequency for 8085.

18. What is the RST for the TRAP?

RST 4.5 is called as TRAP.

19. In 8085 which is called as High order / Low order Register?

Flag is called as Low order register & Accumulator is called as High order Register.

20. What are input & output devices?

Keyboards, Floppy disk are the examples of input devices. Printer, LED / LCD display,
CRT Monitor are the examples of output devices.

21. Can an RC circuit be used as clock source for 8085?

Yes, it can be used, if an accurate clock frequency is not required. Also, the component
cost is low compared to LC or Crystal.

22. Why crystal is a preferred clock source?

Because of high stability, large Q (Quality Factor) & the frequency that doesn?t drift with
aging. Crystal is used as a clock source most of the times.

23. Which interrupt is not level-sensitive in 8085?

RST 7.5 is a raising edge-triggering interrupt.

24. What does Quality factor mean?

The Quality factor is also defined, as Q. So it is a number, which reflects the lossness of a
circuit. Higher the Q, the lower are the losses.

25. What are level-triggering interrupt?

RST 6.5 & RST 5.5 are level-triggering interrupts.

8085 Microprocessor Questions & Answers

PART - B

1. What are the various registers in 8085? - Accumulator register, Temporary

register,
Instruction register, Stack Pointer, Program Counter are the various registers in
8085 .

2. In 8085 name the 16 bit registers? - Stack pointer and Program counter all have
16 bits.
3. What are the various flags used in 8085? - Sign flag, Zero flag, Auxillary flag,
Parity flag, Carry flag.
4. What is Stack Pointer? - Stack pointer is a special purpose 16-bit register in the
Microprocessor, which holds the address of the top of the stack.
5. What is Program counter? - Program counter holds the address of either the
first byte of the next instruction to be fetched for execution or the address of the
next byte of a multi byte instruction, which has not been completely fetched. In
both the cases it gets incremented automatically one by one as the instruction
bytes get fetched. Also Program register keeps the address of the next instruction.
6. Which Stack is used in 8085? - LIFO (Last In First Out) stack is used in 8085.In
this type of Stack the last stored information can be retrieved first.
7. What happens when HLT instruction is executed in processor? - The Micro
Processor enters into Halt-State and the buses are tri-stated.
8. What is meant by a bus? - A bus is a group of conducting lines that carriers data,
address, & control signals.
9. What is Tri-state logic? - Three Logic Levels are used and they are High, Low,
High impedance state. The high and low are normal logic levels & high
impedance state is electrical open circuit conditions. Tri-state logic has a third line
called enable line.
10. Give an example of one address microprocessor? - 8085 is a one address
microprocessor.
11. In what way interrupts are classified in 8085? - In 8085 the interrupts are
classified as Hardware and Software interrupts.
12. What are Hardware interrupts? - TRAP, RST7.5, RST6.5, RST5.5, INTR.
13. What are Software interrupts? - RST0, RST1, RST2, RST3, RST4, RST5,
RST6, RST7.
14. Which interrupt has the highest priority? - TRAP has the highest priority.
15. Name 5 different addressing modes? - Immediate, Direct, Register, Register
indirect, Implied addressing modes.
16. How many interrupts are there in 8085? - There are 12 interrupts in 8085.
17. What is clock frequency for 8085? - 3 MHz is the maximum clock frequency for
8085.
18. What is the RST for the TRAP? - RST 4.5 is called as TRAP.
19. In 8085 which is called as High order / Low order Register? - Flag is called as
Low order register & Accumulator is called as High order Register.
20. What are input & output devices? - Keyboards, Floppy disk are the examples of
input devices. Printer, LED / LCD display, CRT Monitor are the examples of
output devices.
21. Can an RC circuit be used as clock source for 8085? - Yes, it can be used, if an
accurate clock frequency is not required. Also, the component cost is low
compared to LC or Crystal.
22. Why crystal is a preferred clock source? - Because of high stability, large Q
(Quality Factor) & the frequency that doesn’t drift with aging. Crystal is used as a
clock source most of the times.
23. Which interrupt is not level-sensitive in 8085? - RST 7.5 is a raising edge-
triggering interrupt.
24. What does Quality factor mean? - The Quality factor is also defined, as Q. So it
is a number, which reflects the lossness of a circuit. Higher the Q, the lower are
the losses.
25. What are level-triggering interrupt? - RST 6.5 & RST 5.5 are level-triggering
interrupts.
Here are some Sample 8085 Microprocessor Technical Interview Questions for
fresher’s job interview / placement test.

1. How many interrupts does a 8085 have?

2. What are hardware and software interrupts?
3. What do you understand by Tri state logic?
4. Which interrupt is given the highest priority?
5. What is quality factor??
6. What is the function of the HLT Instruction in processor?
7. Define the stack pointer.
8. Discuss the various flags in 8085.
9. Which 16 bit registers are there in 8085?
10. Name a one address microprocessor.
11. What do you mean by program counter?
12. What is the difference between secondary and primary storage devices?
13. What is the use of RST?
14. Which are the different addressing modes of 8085?
15. What is the method to write structure to data files?
16. What is the difference between memory mapped IO and IO mapped IO?
17. Classification of interrupts.
18. Clock frequency for 8085.
19. Why is the crystal used to provide clock frequency?
20. What is a bus?
21. What are high order or low order registers in case of 8085?
22. What is an interrupt?
23. What is a level triggering interrupt?
24. Give an example of 16 and 32 bit microprocessor.
25. Define machine cycle and instruction cycle.
26. What do you understand by T-state?
27. List the points of difference between Generic Servlet and HTTPServlet.
28. What is level triggering interrupt.
29. What is the function of TRAP?
30. What is dma controller?
31. How will you solve the date problem in case the date formats for application
server and the database server are different.
32. Will you get the base address in integers if the array name is mentioned?
33. Is VSS 5.0 compatible with 4.0 database?
34. What is Intel 8085?
35. What are the various instructions formats of 8085. Give appropriate examples.
36. What is the difference between SRAM and DRAM?
37. How does the program counter differ from the stack counter?
38. How does data differ from address?
39. What is the difference between memory and memory location?
40. What is a cross assembler?
41. How is a transport request implemented?