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

Need help with your exam preparation?

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

Need help with your exam preparation?