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Question No:1 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
The thread registration code initializes the Process Control Block (PCB)
and adds it to the linked list. The ________________, then gives it a turn.
A. Linker
B. Scheduler Page 133
C. Assembler
D. Interpreter

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Which of the following instructions, selects the peripheral address
space?
A. In Page 107
B. Mov
C. Add
D. Dec

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According to the IBM standard, port number(s) for the parallel port
is/are __________
A. 378 Page 107
B. 380
C. 20 and 21
D. 60 and 64

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Which of the following Interrupt Requests (IRQ) is used for a floppy disk
drive?
A. IRQ 6 Page 106
B. IRQ 7
C. IRQ 8
D. IRQ 9

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Which of the following interrupt requests (IRQ) is connected to serial
port COM 1?
A. IRQ 3
B. IRQ 4
C. IRQ 5
D. IRQ 6

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Which of the following IRQs is used by the parallel port?
A. IRQ 5
B. IRQ 4
C. IRQ 6
D. IRQ 7 Page 106

Question No:7 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

When two devices in a system want to use the same Interrupt Request
(IRQ) line, is referred as IRQ __________________.
A. Crash
B. Conflict Page 106
C. Collision
D. Blockage

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Which of the following is the priority of interrupt request (IRQ) 0?
A. High
B. Low
C. Highest
D. Medium

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Which of the following is the number of pin(s) outside the processor for
generating interrupts by the external hardware?

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 A. 4
B. 3
C. 1
D. 2

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Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) has ____________ input
signal(s) and ____________ output signal(s).
A. one, one
B. eight, one Page 104
C. one, eight
D. eight, eight

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The Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) has an input frequency of
_________________.
A. 1.193MZH Page 122
B. 2.192MHZ
C. 3.196MHZ
D. 4.198MHZ

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Which of the following instruction is used to return from an interrupt
service routine?
A. Ret
B. Iret Page 96
C. Reti
D. Intr

Question No:13 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following interrupts is used for exporting parallel port
services?
A. INT 08

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 B. INT 15
C. INT 16
D. INT 17

Question No:14 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following flags can be used in mathematical operations?
A. Trap flag
B. Carry flag Page 125
C. Direction flag
D. Interrupt flag

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Which of the following Interrupt Requests (IRQ) is derived by the timer
device?
A. IRQ 0 Page 105
B. IRQ 1
C. IRQ 2
D. IRQ 3

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Which of the following is BIOS interrupt providing keyboard services?
A. INT 0x16
B. INT 0x15
C. INT 0x13
D. INT 0x14

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Which of the following instructions is used to read a character from the
keyboard port?
A. in al, dx
B. in al, 0x21
C. In al, 0x60
D. out al, 0x60

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Question No:18 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
The offset address of an interrupt service routine "n" is at
____________.
A. n
B. nx2
C. nx4
D. nx3

Question No:19 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is the time interval between two timer ticks?
A. 55ms Page 114
B. 45ms
C. 40ms
D. 50ms

Question No:20 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following Interrupt Requests (IRQ) is connected to serial
port COM 2?
A. IRQ 3
B. IRQ 4
C. IRQ 5
D. IRQ 6

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Which of the following is the order of pushing the contents on stack
during the execution of INT instruction?
A. FLAGS, IP, and then CS
B. FLAGS, CS, and then IP
C. CS, IP, and then FLAGS
D. IP, CS, and then FLAGS

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Which of the following instructions, selects the memory address space?

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 A. In
B. Add
C. Mov Page 107
D. DEC

Question No:23 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

DOS has a single entry point to access all of its services through
______________.
A. INT 21 Page 100
B. INT 16
C. INT 10
D. INT 2

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The space where all registers of a task are stored is called
____________________.
A. Heap
B. Local variable
C. Cache memory
D. Process control block (PCB) Page 132

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The output of Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) is connected to the
_____________ line of Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC).
A. IRQ 0 Page 106
B. IRQ 1
C. IRQ 2
D. IRQ 3

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Which of the following is the ACK pin in DB-25 connector?
A. 10 Page 117
B. 11

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 C. 12
D. 13

Question No:27 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following interrupts is of highest priority?
A. INT 2
B. INT 3
C. Timer interrupt Page 122
D. Key board interrupt

Question No:28 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is the source register in OUT instruction?
A. AL or AX Page 107
B. BL or BX
C. CL or CX
D. DL or DX

Question No:29 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

IBM AT has ___________ Programmable Interrupt Controllers (PIC).
A. 2 Page 104
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8

Question No:30 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

An End of Interrupt (EOI) signal is sent by the
_____________________.
A. Processor
B. Interrupt request
C. Interrupt handler
D. Programmable interrupt controller

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Question No:31 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
Programmable interrupt controller has ___________ ports.
A. 2 Page 107
B. 1
C. 3
D. 4

Question No:32 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the input
frequency of Programmable Interval Timer (PIT)?
A. It is fixed
B. It is variable
C. It depends on processor clock Page 114
D. It depends on hardware attached

Question No:33 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

___________ is used for exporting keyboard services.
A. INT 8
B. INT 11
C. INT 12
D. INT 16

Question No:34 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following interrupts is used for saving and restoring the
registers?
A. INT 08
B. INT 10
C. INT 09
D. INT 16

Question No:35 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following IRQs is used for sound card or network card?
A. IRQ 6

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 B. IRQ 5
C. IRQ 7
D. IRQ 4

Question No:36 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In Intel 8088, the Interrupt Vector Table occupies ____________ of
memory.
A. 1 KB
B. 1 MB
C. 64KB
D. 4 bytes

Question No:37 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

At the end of servicing an interrupt, ______________ signal is used to
inform the Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) about it.
A. EOI Page 106
B. IOE
C. IRET
D. RET n

Question No:38 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

A parallel port has ________ views.
A. 2 Page 116
B. 4
C. 8
D. 1

Question No:39 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

WHICH OF the following interrupts is used to maintain the system time?
A. INT 9
B. INT 8
C. INT 10
D. INT 11

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Question No:40 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
_________ is a special type of interrupt that returns to the same instruction
instead of the next instruction.
A. Debug interrupt
B. Change of sign interrupt
C. Divide overflow interrupt Page 99
D. Arithmetic overflow interrupt

Question No:41 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

______________ is used in debugging along with the trap flag.
A. INT 1 Page 97
B. INT 0
C. INT 3
D. INT 4

Question No:42 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

If the _________ flag is set, then after every instruction, a type 1 interrupt
will be generated automatically.
A. Trap Page 97
B. Carry
C. Parity
D. Overflow

Question No:43 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is the highest priority interrupt?
A. INT 16
B. INT 10
C. INT 17
D. INT 08 Page 106

Question No:44 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In programmable interrupt controller, which of the following ports is the
control port?

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 A. Port 19
B. Port 20
C. Port 21
D. Port 22

Question No:45 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The parallel port connector is called ___________.
A. DB-25 Page 117
B. BD-25
C. DB-24
D. BD-24

Question No:46 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is the destination register in IN instruction?
A. AL or AX
B. BL or BX
C. CL or CX
D. DL or DX

Question No:47 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Port ___________ is used to send an End Of Interrupt (EOI) signal to
the Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) after an interrupt has
ended?
A. 0x20
B. 0x10
C. 0x30
D. 0x40

Question No:48 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC), which of the following
ports is used to selectively enable or disable interrupts?
A. 19
B. 20

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 C. 21 Page 107
D. 22

Question No:49 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following Interrupt Requests (IRQ) is derived by the
keyboard?
A. IRQ 1 Page 106
B. IRQ 2
C. IRQ 3
D. IRQ 4

Question No:50 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following interrupts plays the most significant part during
single step debugging of a program?
A. INT 1
B. INT 3
C. INT 2
D. INT 0

Question No:51 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following are the data pins used to take data from the
processor to the device connected through parallel port?
A. 2 to 9
B. 18 to 25
C. 10 to 17
D. 20 to 27

Question No:52 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The first parallel port LPT1 has ports designated from _________ to
_________.
A. 378,37A Page 117
B. 178, 17A
C. 278, 27A

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 D. 478, 47A

Question No:53 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

On executing INT 0x21 service 0x3D, if file is successfully opened then
A. CF will contain 1
B. CF will contain 0
C. ZF will contain 1
D. ZF will contain 0 Google

Question No:54 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The maximum length of DOS command line parameters is
A. 64 bits
B. 127 bits
C. 256 bits
D. 512 bits

Question No:55 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In case of COM file, first command line parameter is stored at ___ offset
of 'program segment prefix'
A. 0x80
B. 0x82
C. 0x84
D. 0x86

Question No:56 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to TD (Transmitted Data)
?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3 Page 163
D. 4

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Question No:57 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
New devices are allowed to work with the existing operating system with
the help of _____________.
A. BIOS
B. Sockets
C. Device drivers Google
D. Port addresses

Question No:58 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following symbols is used to terminate a string in assembly
language?
A. !
B. #
C. $
D. ;

Question No:59 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

As compared to _________ , ___________ provides more cooked
services.
A. BIOS, DOS Page 153
B. DOS, OS
C. DOS, BIOS
D. OS, DOS

Question No:60 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following stands for TSR?
A. Terminate and stay resident
B. Truncate and Start Recursively
C. Terminate and Store Routines
D. Transmit and Save Resources

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iret returns on the basis of __________ and __________.

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 A. CS,SS
B. CS,IP
C. IP,SP
D. DS,IP

Question No:62 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which register is generally used to specify the service number of an
interrupt ?
A. AX
B. CX
C. BX
D. DX

Question No:63 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to RD (Received Data) ?
A. 1
B. 2 Page 163
C. 3
D. 4

Question No:64 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In multitasking, which of the following interrupts is used as a scheduler?
A. INT 08 Page 133
B. INT 21
C. INT 16
D. INT 13

Question No:65 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following services of INT 10 is used for writing the string?
A. 0x12
B. 0x13
C. 0x11
D. 0x10

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Question No:66 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
On executing INT 0x21--service 0x3D, if file can't be opened then
A. CF will contain 1
B. CF will contain 0
C. ZF will contain 1 Google
D. ZF will contain 0

Question No:67 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to Signal Ground ?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

Question No:68 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

While using INT 10 for writing graphic pixel on screen, which of the
following registers hold the information about pixel color?
A. DH
B. DL
C. AH
D. AL

Question No:69 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

"INT13 --BIOS disk services" generally uses which register to return the
'error flag' ?
A. CF
B. DL
C. AH Page 148
D. AL

Question No:70 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following INT 21 service is used to read character from
standard input?

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 A. 00
B. 01 Page 144
C. 02
D. 03

Question No:71 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

A FAT32 file system directory entry in DOS consist of how many bytes
?
A. 16
B. 24
C. 32 Page 147
D. 64

Question No:72 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following services of INT 10 is used to write graphic pixel
on the screen ?
A. 0x0B
B. 0x0C Page 144
C. 0x0D
D. 0x0A

Question No:73 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following services of INT 10 is used to get the video font
information?
A. 1129h
B. 1130h Page 142
C. 1128h
D. 1127h

Question No:74 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In the context of video services, if we want to set cursor position which
of the following will be the value of AH?
A. AH = 01h

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 B. AH = 02h Page 141
C. AH = 03h
D. AH = 04h

Question No:75 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The 'program segment prefix' for com files is of _____ size.
A. 64 bytes
B. 128 bytes
C. 256 bytes
D. 512 bytes

Question No:76 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

While writing graphics pixel on the screen, which registers hold the
value for setting cursor position?
A. BX, CX
B. AX, BX
C. CX, DX Google
D. AX, CX

Question No:77 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The register size of 386 architecture is ___________.
A. 4 GB
B. 16 bit
C. 32 bit
D. 20 bit

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The first entry of the GDT must always be zero, it is called the________.
A. Code Descriptor
B. Data Descriptor
C. Null descriptor Page 168
D. Global Descriptor Table

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Question No:79 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
A 32-bit address register can access up to ____ of memory.
A. 2 MB
B. 2 GB
C. 4 MB
D. 4 GB Page 167

Question No:80 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following registers hold the page number for using the
write string service of INT 10?
A. AH
B. BL
C. CL
D. BH

Question No:81 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In DOS input buffer, the _____ byte stores the maximum characters the
buffer can hold.
A. First
B. Last
C. Third
D. Second Page 152

Question No:82 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is the size of Hard Disk MBR (Master Boot
Record)?
A. 512 bytes Google
B. 446 bytes
C. 256 bytes
D. 350 bytes

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Question No:83 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
Serial port services are provided by the _____________.
A. RS232
B. BIOS INT 11
C. BIOS INT 13
D. BIOS INT 14 Page 166

Question No:84 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following BIOS INT provides serial port services
A. INT 21
B. INT 14 Page 163
C. INT 10
D. INT 08

Question No:85 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following registers are used as a DOS input buffer?
A. CS:BX
B. DS:DX Page 144
C. DS:AX
D. SS:SP

Question No:86 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

BIOS video services are broadly classified into ________ categories.
A. 1
B. 2 Page 141
C. 3
D. 4

Question No:87 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

COM1 is accessible via ports ________while COM2 is accessible
via_______.
A. 3F9, 3FD

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 B. 3FD, 3F9
C. 3F8-3FF, 2F8-2FF Page 164
D. 2F8-2FF, 3F8-3FF

Question No:88 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The first sector on hard disk contains the
A. Data size
B. Hard disk size
C. Partition table
D. Sector size Page 159

Question No:89 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In multitasking environment, which of the following structure is used to
maintain the order of active Process Control Blocks (PCB)?
A. Array
B. Stack
C. Register
D. Linked List Page 133

Question No:90 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The root directory of floppy contains _____ fixed entries.
A. 64
B. 256
C. 128
D. 512 Page 147

Question No:91 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

During multitasking, ____________ is used to get control from the
program without letting the program know about it.
A. IRQ 0
B. IRQ 1
C. IRQ 2
D. IRQ 3

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Question No:92 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
BIOS video services are exported via interrupt
A. INT10 Page 141
B. INT9
C. INT8
D. INT7

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In the context of video services, if we want to scroll the window up
which of the following will be the value of AH?
A. AH = 05h
B. AH = 06h Page 141
C. AH = 07h
D. AH = 08h

Question No:94 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

INT 0x13 service 0x03 is used to _________.
A. Read disk sector
B. Write disk sector Page 124
C. Reset disk sector
D. Get drive parameter

Question No:95 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

We can set the current file position in DOS using service number ____
A. 0x38
B. 0x40
C. 0x42 Page 154
D. 0x43

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In the context of video services, if we want to write string then which of
the value will be placed in AH?
A. 10h

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 B. 12h
C. 11h
D. 13h Page 142

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In case of COM file, maximum length of parameters passed through
command line can be ___
A. 63 bytes
B. 127 bytes
C. 255 bytes
D. 511 bytes

Question No:98 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which standard format is used for sending data on the serial port?
A. COM1
B. RS232 Google
C. Full duplex
D. BIOS INT 14

Question No:99 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Device drivers can be divided into ___ major categories:
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2 Page 158

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Which of the following service of INT 21 is used to write a string on
standard output?
A. 00h
B. 02h
C. 09h Page 144
D. 10h

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Question No:101 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
BPB stands for
A. Bios Precise Block
B. Basic Precise Block
C. Bios Parameter Block Google
D. Basic Parameter Block

Question No:102 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The INT 0x13 service 0x08 is use to
A. Read disk sector
B. Write disk sector Page 124
C. Reset disk sector
D. Get drive parameter

Question No:103 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

COM2 is connected with
A. IRQ2
B. IRQ3 Page 106
C. IRQ4
D. IRQ5

Question No:104 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

"INT13 --BIOS disk services" generally uses which register to return the
'error code' ?
A. CF
B. DL
C. AH Page 148
D. AL

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_______register is used for storing the base and limit of GDT.
A. LDT
B. GDTR

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 C. LGTD
D. Null descriptor

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The GDT itself is an array of descriptors where each descriptor is an
___________ entry.
A. 16 bit
B. 32 bit
C. 48 bit
D. 8 bytes Page 168

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Parameters pushed to the routine in ____________ order with the
rightmost being pushed first using C language.
A. Same
B. Proper
C. Reverse Page 179
D. Forward

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Two prevalent calling conventions are the _____________ and
____________.
A. C++ calling convention, Java calling convention
B. C# calling convention, Java calling convention
C. C++ calling convention, Python calling convention
D. C calling convention, Pascal calling convention Page 179

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The bits are sent one by one in a specially formatted fashion on
the_____________.
A. Serial port Page 162
B. Half duplex
C. Full duplex

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 D. Parallel port

Question No:110 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In VESA defined modes __________bits for every pixel are organized.
A. 8 color
B. 16 color Page 172
C. 32 color
D. 64 color

Question No:111 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Total number of reserved interrupts in Intel 8088 are ______________.
A. 3
B. 255
C. 5
D. 8

Question No:112 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Every bit of port _______ corresponds to one of the Interrupt Request
(IRQ) lines.
A. 20
B. 21 Page 107
C. 18
D. 19

Question No:113 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which interrupt is used for exporting parallel port services from the
following options?
A. INT 17
B. INT 8
C. INT 15
D. INT 16

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Question No:114 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
PCB stands for ___________________________.
A. Process Control Block Page 140
B. Program Control Block
C. Process Caching Block
D. Programmable Counter Block

Question No:115 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Interrupts are ________________ and ________________.
A. asynchronous, predictable
B. synchronous, predictable
C. synchronous, unpredictable
D. Asynchronous, unpredictable Page 95

Question No:116 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The IDTR is a ____________ bit register similar in structure to the
GDTR.
A. 48 Page 174
B. 64
C. 32
D. 128

Question No:117 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The convention to return a value from a subroutine is to use the
____________ register.
A. AX Page 90
B. DX
C. CX
D. BX

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Question No:118 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
The _________ and DPL have the same meaning as in data and code
descriptors.
A. P Page 174
B. O
C. S
D. T

Question No:119 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Software interrupts are called by extended ____________ call
mechanism.
A. Far Page 97
B. Jmp
C. Near
D. Short

Question No:120 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In Intel 8088, there are a total of ___________ possible interrupt vectors
in an Interrupt Vector Table.
A. 256
B. 255
C. 258
D. 652

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Which of the following pins of DB-25 connector are ground?
A. 10-17
B. 25-32
C. 2-9
D. 18-25

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Question No:122 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
Interrupts are __________ events.
A. Dependent
B. Predictable
C. Synchronous
D. Asynchronous

Question No:123 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is the interrupt number for debug interrupt?
A. INT 3
B. INT 0
C. INT 1
D. INT 2

Question No:124 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

INT instruction takes a _________ byte(s) argument varying from 0-
255.
A. 1
B. 6
C. 2
D. 4

Question No:125 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Changing and restoring the state of Central Processing Unit (CPU) is
called ________________.
A. Thrashing
B. Multitasking
C. Multithreading
D. Context Switching

Question No:126 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

There are ___________ forms of MOVS instruction.
A. One

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 B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

Question No:127 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Each entry of the interrupt vector table is of __________ byte(s).
A. 4
B. 2
C. 3
D. 1

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The 8088 processor divides interrupts into ____ classes.
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

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Which of the following formulae is used for calculating the segment
address of an interrupt service routine “n”?
A. N*4+2
B. N*2+4
C. N*4
D. N*2-4

Question No:130 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following flags is cleared with the help of stack?
A. Trap flag
B. Zero Flag
C. Interrupt flag
D. Direction flag

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Question No:131 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
The routine which executes as a result of INT instruction is called
_______________.
A. Interrupt service routine Page 95
B. Interrupt System Routine
C. Internal System Routine
D. Interrupt Vector Routine

Question No:132 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The interrupt call loads new values in CS, IP and ______________.
A. BP
B. SS
C. DS
D. Flags Page 95

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REP allows the instruction to be repeated _________ times.
A. CX Page 90
B. AX
C. DX
D. BX

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Which of the following instructions is used to disable all interrupts during
the execution of a program?
A. Sti
B. Cli
C. Cld
D. Reti

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Question No:135 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
The correlation process from the interrupt number to the interrupt
handler uses a table called _________.
A. Interrupt Handling Table
B. Interrupt Calling Table
C. Interrupt Correlation Table
D. Interrupt Vector Table

Question No:136 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In DOS, if 'file name' is more than 8-characters then which flags of
'attribute byte' are set
A. Directory flag, Hidden flag, System flag and Volume label flag
B. Directory flag and Hidden flag
C. Directory flag and System flag
D. System flag and Volume label flag

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In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to CD (Carrier Detect)?
A. Page 163
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Question No:137 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

REPE repeats a string instruction while the ______ flag is set.
A. Zero Page 85
B. Carry
C. Parity
D. Direction

Question No:138 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following interrupt requests (IRQ) is used by the sound card

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or network card?
A. IRQ 5 Page 106
B. IRQ 6
C. IRQ 7
D. IRQ 8

Question No:139 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following interrupt requests (IRQ) is used by the parallel
port?
A. IRQ 6
B. IRQ 7 Page 106
C. IRQ 8
D. IRQ 9

Question No:140 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In interrupt masking, We use ________ to get control from the program
without letting the program know about it.
A. IRQ 0 Page 131
B. IRQ 1
C. IRQ 2
D. IRQ 3

Question No:141 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Push and pop operations always operate on __________.
A. Words Page 80
B. Byte
C. Float
D. Integer

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The clear screen operation initializes the whole block of video memory to
________.
A. 0x0720 Page 83

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 B. 0x0175
C. 0x0721
D. 0x0714

Question No:143 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

____________ is the highest priority interrupt in interrupt controller.
A. IRQ 0 Page 106
B. IRQ 1
C. IRQ 2
D. IRQ 3

Question No:144 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Hard disk MBR( Master Boot Record ) is of size
A. 446 bytes Page 150
B. 350 bytes
C. 512 bytes
D. 256 bytes

Question No:145 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to DTR (Data Terminal
Ready)?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 Page 163

Question No:146 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The program segment prefix for com files is of ________ size.
A. 255 Bytes
B. 256 Bytes
C. 257 Bytes
D. 258 Bytes

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Question No:147 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
REP with MOVS utilizes the _______________ power of a processor to
do scrolling in minimum time.
A. Full
B. Half
C. Small
D. Quarter

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_____ is a special prefix that is used to repeat the block instructions.
A. REP
B. RPT
C. REPB
D. REPEAT

Question No:149 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

REPE or REPNE are used with the ————instructions
A. SCAS
B. ADD
C. CALL
D. MOVS

Question No:150 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to SG (Signal Ground) ?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5 Page 163
D. 7

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What is the purpose of the following two instructions? MOV AX,
0XB800MOV ES, AX

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 A. Pointing ES to audio base
B. Pointing ES to video base
C. Pointing ES to numeric base
D. Pointing ES to graphics base

Question No:152 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

_________ byte of DOS data buffer stores the maximum characters
buffer can hold.
A. First Page 144
B. Last
C. Third
D. Second

Question No:153 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

9pin DB 9 connector which pin is assigned to DSR (Data Set Ready) ?
A. 6 Page 163
B. 8
C. 2
D. 4

Question No:154 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

COM1 is connected with
A. IRQ2
B. IRQ3
C. IRQ4 Page 106
D. IRQ5

Question No:155 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In the context of video services, if we want to set the cursor at top left
corner, which of the values will be stored in DH and DL respectively?
A. 00, 00
B. 00, 80
C. 25, 80

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 D. 01,01

Question No:156 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following services of INT 10 is used text mode charge?
A. 1110h Page 142
B. 1130h
C. 1128h
D. 1127h

Question No:157 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to RTS (Request to
Send)?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7 Page 163

Question No:158 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Each thread can have their own execution area
A. List
B. Array
C. Stack Page 141
D. Memory

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Threads can have function calls, parameters and __________ variables.
A. Local Page 133
B. Legal
C. Illegal
D. Global

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Question No:160 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
TSR stands for:
A. Terminate and Store Routines
B. Transmits and Save Resources
C. Terminate and Stay Resident Page 113
D. Truncate and Start Recursively

Question No:161 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following formulae calculates the desired location on the
screen?
A. Location = (rowno * 80 + column) * 2
B. location = ( rowno * 80 + columnno ) * 8
C. location = ( colmunno * 80 + rowno ) * 2,
D. location = ( rowno * 80 + columnno ) * 6,

Question No:162 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is used to clear the direction flag?
A. Cld
B. Std
C. Clrd
D. Stdr

Question No:163 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is the interrupt number for nON-maskable
interrupt (NMI)?
A. INT 2
B. INT 1
C. INT 3
D. INT 0

Question No:164 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following IRQs is derived by a keyboard?

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 A. IRQ 0
B. IRQ 1 Page 114
C. IRQ 2
D. IRQ 3

Question No:165 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

There is an auto-increment mode when the ____________ is
____________.
A. DF, set
B. ZF, not set
C. CX, not set
D. DF, not set

Question No:166 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

To declare a character in assembly language, we store its ASCII code in a
_____________.
Byte Page 74
Code

Question No:167 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which register is generally used to specify the service number of an
interrupt?
Ax Google
Bx

Question No:168 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following IRQs is connected to serial port COM 2?
A. IRQ 0
B. IRQ 1
C. IRQ2
D. IRQ3 Page 114

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Question No:169 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
Programmable interrupt controller (PIC) has
A. One input signal and eight output signals
B. One input signal and one output signal
C. Eight input signals and one output signals Page 105
D. Eight input signals and eight output signals

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In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to RI (Ring Indicator)?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9 Page 163

Question No:171 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following IRQs is a cascading interrupt?
A. IRQ 0
B. IRQ 1
C. IRQ 2 Page 106
D. IRQ 3

Question No:172 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following pins of a parallel port connector are grounded
A. 10-15
B. 18-25 Page 117
C. 25-32
D. 32-39

Question No:173 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following IRQs is used for Floppy disk derive?
A. IRQ 4
B. IRQ 5

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 C. IRQ 6 Page 106
D. IRQ 7

Question No:174 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

When two devices in the system want to use the same IRQ line then
what will happen?
A. An IRQ Crash
B. An IRQ Collision
C. An IRQ Conflict Page 106
D. An IRQ Blockage

Question No:175 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

IRQ is referred to
A. Eight input signals Page 105
B. One output signal
C. Eight output signals
D. One input signal

Question No:176 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following are required for thread entry?
A. SS and SP
B. CS and DS
C. CS and IP Page 95
D. IP and general-purpose registers

Question No:177 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Programmable interrupt controller has two ports 20 and 21. Port 20 is
the control port while port 21 is...........
A. Input port
B. Output port
C. Interrupt port
D. The Interrupt mask register Page 107

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Question No:178 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
In 9pin DB 9 connector, which pin is assigned to CTS (Clear to Send)?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8 Page 163

Question No:179 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following interrupts is used for Arithmetic overflow?
A. INT 4 Page 106
B. INT5
C. INT6
D. INT7

Question No:180 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

DOS has a single entry point through ------- just like a pin hole camera
A. INT 21 Page 100
B. INT22
C. INT23
D. INT24

Question No:181 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following interrupt requests (IRQ) is the cascading interrupt
connected to the output of the second 8451 in the machine?
A. IRQ 2 Page 106
B. IRQ 3
C. IRQ 4
D. IRQ 5

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In the context of video services, if we want to set text-mode cursor shape
which of the following will be the value of AH?

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AH=01h Page141

Question No:183 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

___________ register r is used for storing the base and limit of GDT.
GDTR

Question No:184 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In case of COM file, first command line parameter is stored at ______
offset of program segment prefix?
0x80

Question No:185 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

The execution of the instruction mov word {ES:160} 0x1230 will print a
character on screen at the ________ column of the _______ row.
First, second

Question No:186 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following is used to set direction flag?
Std

Question No:187 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

INT13-BIOS disk services generally use which register to return the error
flag?
CF

Question No:188 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

After the execution of STOSB and STOSW the CX register will be
________ by ________.
Decremented by 1

Question No:189 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following register hold the cursor start and options for using

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the write string service of INT 10?
CH

Question No:190 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

Which of the following register hold the number of lines by which to
scroll up for using the write string service of INT 10?
AL

Question No:191 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

INT 0x13 service 0x00 is used to ________.
RESET disk system

Question No:192 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

INT 0x13 service 0x02 is used to ________.
READ sector into memory

Question No:193 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

INT 0x13 service 0x08 is used to_______.
GET drive parameters

Question No:194 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

INT 0x21 service 0x01 is used to _________.
READ character from standard input, with echo

Question No:195 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

INT 0x21 service 0x09 is used to ___________.
Write string to standard output

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INT 0x21 service 0x0A is used to _______.
Buffered input

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Question No:197 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM
Scrolling is the process of moving one or more lines towards the top or
bottom of the screen and this is _______.
Cleared Page 90

Question No:198 (Marks:1) Vu-Topper RM

In the context of video services, if we want to scroll the window down
which of the following will be the value of AH?
AH=07h

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