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DELXLC2. Digital Electronics 2: Microprocessor and Microcontroller Systems
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I. Multiple Choice Questions. Shade the correct letter on the answer key provided. Strictly no erasures.
1. The portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program
a. CPU c. I/O Unit
b. Memory d. None of the mentioned
2. What are the most essential components of a microprocessor?
a. Control Unit c. Arithmetic Logic Unit
b. Register d. All of the mentioned
3. Devices that provide input or output to the computer
a. Peripherals c. Data
b. Storage d. Processor
4. All computer processing requires _____, which is a collection of raw facts, figures and symbols, such as
numbers, words, images, video and sound, given to the computer during the input phase.
a. Information c. Storage
b. Data d. Input
5. What is a bus?
a. A channel for calculating data within the RAM
b. A communication channel that transfers data between components
c. Wires inside a computer
d. A storage for cache
6. Which of the following is a volatile memory?
a. BIOS c. Flash Drive
b. RAM d. SSD
7. Computers manipulate data to create ______, which is data that is organized, meaningful, and useful.
a. Information c. Storage
b. Dataset d. Input
8. Which of the following is correct about 8086 microprocessor?
a. Intel’s first x86 processor
b. Motrola’s first x86 processor
c. STMICROELECTRONICS’s first x86 processor
d. NanoXplore x86 processor
9. Which of the following technology was used by Intel to design its first 8-bit microprocessor?
a. NMOS c. PMOS
b. HMOS d. TTL
10. Which of the following is true about microprocessors?
a. It has an internal memory
b. It has interfacing circuits
c. It contains ALU, CU, and registers
d. It uses Harvard architecture
11. Which of the following flag is used to mask INTR interrupt?
a. zero flag c. interrupt flag
b. auxiliary carry flag flag d. sign flag
12. Which of the following is a special-purpose register of microprocessor?
a. Program counter c. Accumulator
b. Instruction register d. Temporary register
13. Which of the following is not true about 8085 microprocessor?
a. It is an 8-bit microprocessor

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b. It is a 40 pin DIP chip

c. It is manufactured using PMOS technology
d. It has 16 address lines
14. Which storage is the slowest?
a. Register c. SSD
b. RAM d. Network Drive
15. RAM & ROM are known as what kind of memory?
a. Secondary Storage c. Registers
b. Main Memory d. Flash Memory
16. What function can stop the main program and do the other programs?
a. Interrupt c. Counter
b. Timer d. SPI
17. DMA controller is a control unit, part of I/O device's interface circuit, which can transfer blocks of data between
I/O devices and main memory with minimal intervention from the processor.Why DMA controller is used.
a. To control processor c. To manage memory allocation
b. To speed up I/O device processing d. To perform arithmetic operation
18. PIC16FXX has ____ total number of pins
a. 28 c. 36
b. 32 d. 40
19. OSC1 and OSC2 pins of the PIC microcontroller are used to
a. Connect external crystal oscillator c. Connect external reset
b. Connect external interrupt d. Connect counter input
20. The pin used for connecting external interrupt on PIC microcontroller
a. RB3/PGM c. RB7/PGD
b. RB6/PGC d. RB0/INT
21. RC7/RX pin of the PIC microcontroller is used for
a. Serial Clock c. Serial Data Reception
b. Serial Data Transmission d. Serial Data Rejection
22. RC6/TX pin of the PIC microcontroller is used for
a. Serial Clock c. Serial Data Reception
b. Serial Data Transmission d. Serial Data Rejection
23. Pins used for Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) Communication of the PIC microcontroller
a. SDI and SDO c. OSC1 and OSC2
b. CCP1 and CCP2 d. SDA and SCL
24. A microprocessor is a multipurpose, programmable, clock driven, register-based electronic device.
a. True b. False
25. The microprocessor applications are classified primarily into 3 categories: re-programmable system and
embedded system.
a. True b. False
26. The first microprocessor was introduced by Intel Corporation in 1971.
a. True b. False
27. A group of ___ bits is called byte
a. 2 c. 6
b. 4 d. 8
28. A system bus which carries, only the control and timing signals then it is called as ____
a. Address bus c. Control bus
b. Data bus d. None of the above

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29. Intel developed first processor 4004 in 1974 which was a ___ bit processor.
a. 4 c. 16
b. 8 d. 32
30. Intel introduced the ___ 16 bit microprocessor in 1978.
a. 4000 c. 8008
b. 4004 d. 8086
31. Fairchild Semiconductors invented the first IC in
a. 1957 c. 1968
b. 1959 d. 1969
32. In ________, Robert Noyce, Gordan Moore and Andrew Grove resigned from Fairchild Semiconductors and
founded Intel
a. 1957 c. 1968
b. 1959 d. 1969
33. Intel stands for
a. Intelligent Electronics c. Interactive Electronics
b. Integrated Electronics d. Inducive Electronics
34. The first 32 bit microprocessor of intel was introduced in
a. 1982 c. 1990
b. 1986 d. 1992
35. The first intel processor that introduces L1 and L2 cache
a. Intel Pentium 4 c. Intel Dual Core
b. Intel Core2Duo d. Intel Quad Core
36. The ______ decides whether the pins of a port are input pins or output pins
a. Data Direction Register c. Pin Register
b. Port Register d. None of the mentioned
37. Determine the state of the registers if Pin is input. If unconnected, Pin is 0.
a. DDR = 0, PORT = 0 c. DDR = 1, PORT = 0
b. DDR = 0, PORT = 1 d. DDR = 1, PORT = 1
38. Determine the state of the registers if Pin is output, value is 0 V. PIN is 0.
a. DDR = 0, PORT = 0 c. DDR = 1, PORT = 0
b. DDR = 0, PORT = 1 d. DDR = 1, PORT = 1
39. Determine the state of the registers if Pin is output, value is 5V. Pin is 1.
a. DDR = 0, PORT = 0 c. DDR = 1, PORT = 0
b. DDR = 0, PORT = 1 d. DDR = 1, PORT = 1
40. Determine the state of the registers if Pin is input. If unconnected, PIN is 1.
a. DDR = 0, PORT = 0 c. DDR = 1, PORT = 0
b. DDR = 0, PORT = 1 d. DDR = 1, PORT = 1

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