Computer 222 - Computer Organization » Fall 2021 » Quiz 4 ARM_x86

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Question #1
ARM architecture is considered:
A.   MMX
B.   VLIW
C.   CISC
D.   RISC
Question #2
ARM was founded in 1985 as:
A.   Acorn RISC Machines
B.   Advanced Machines
C.   ARM Inc.
D.   ARM Holdings
Question #3
ARM Holdings was bought by Softbank in 2016, and now is being acquired by:
A.   AMD
B.   Nvidia
C.   Intel
D.   TSMC
Question #4
ARM Holdings was co-founded by:
A.   Intel
B.   Nvidia
C.   AMD
D.   Apple
Question #5
Apple has designed their own SoC’s based on CPU cores from:
A.   Qualcomm
B.   ARM
C.   AMD
D.   Samsung
Question #6
ARM v5 uses how many “GR” Registers:
A.   20
B.   24
C.   32
D.   16
Question #7
ARM v8 was redesigned from v7 to be more like:
A.   ARMv5
B.   IA-64
C.   MIPS
D.   Apple A12X
Question #8
ARM v7 ISA is distinguished by having which feature removed for v8:
A.   Zero (0) register
B.   Push/pop
C.   PC as dedicated register
D.   Conditional execution
Question #9
ARM v7 ISA has Branch conditional instructions that test:
A.   Interrupts pending
B.   N, Z flags
C.   C, Q flags
D.   C, V, N flags
Question #10
“x86” includes which Intel microprocessors:
A.   i80586, Z8000
B.   i8008, i8080
C.   8048, i8051
D.   i8086, i80286, i80386
Question #11
x86 is what kind of architecture:
A.   Mixed register
B.   General register
C.   Load-Store
D.   Dedicated register
Question #12
i8086/i80286/i80386 each support what size addresses:
A.   8/16/32
B.   16/32/32
C.   8/24/32
D.   20/24/32
Question #13
x86 32-bit ISA uses what style of register to extend width to 32 bits:
A.   Mixed registers
B.   Paired registers
C.   Fixed registers
D.   Telescoping registers
Question #14
x86 uses which registers to point to base of memory segments:
A.   CS, DS, ES, SS
B.   IP, BP, SP
C.   AX, BX
D.   General registers
Question #15
x80386 has a set of accumulators named:
A.   ABX, CDX
B.   AX, BX, CX, DX
C.   AHL, BHL
D.   EAX, EBX, ECX, EDX

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