Question 1

The address bus almost always runs faster than the external clock speed of the CPU.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What type of material is used to manufacture CPUs used on modern PCs?

Accepted Answer

A)  silicon 
B)  argon 
C)  teflon 
D)  radon

Question 3

What is a name given to the process of a CPU switching between applications very quickly?

Accepted Answer

A)  time slicing 
B)  multithreading 
C)  pipelining 
D)  floating point operations

Question 4

How many bytes can a computer with a 64-bit data bus transfer at one time?

Accepted Answer

A)  64 
B)  16 
C)  8 
D)  4

Question 5

Which of the following can be described as the description of a CPU's internal circuitry, the technology used to create the chip, and its supported instruction set?

Accepted Answer

A)  die size 
B)  microarchitecture 
C)  opcode 
D)  microcode

Question 6

What was the primary difference between the 8088 processor and the 8086 processor?

Accepted Answer

A)  The 8088 processor cost more than the 8086 processor. 
B)  The 8088 processor had 8 cores compared to 6 cores on the 8086. 
C)  The 8086 processor had a 16-bit data bus compared to the 8-bit bus of the 8088. 
D)  The 8086 processor had 86 registers compared to 88 registers on the 8088.

Question 7

You are discussing a CPU that will be used on a new project. Your colleague comments that the CPU he has in mind does not use microcode. What type of CPU is being discussed?

Accepted Answer

A)  RISC 
B)  Intel 
C)  AMD 
D)  CISC

Question 8

You are interested in seeing the assembly language instructions created when you write C++ code on your Windows 10 computer. What do you need to install on your computer to see the assembly language created by C++ code?

Accepted Answer

A)  compiler 
B)  linker 
C)  interpreter 
D)  assembler

Question 9

You are reading the specifications of a computer that supports quad-core CPUs. The computer supports up to a maximum of 16 cores. What must be true about this computer?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a single-processor computer. 
B)  It is a multiprocessor computer. 
C)  It should be only used as a client computer. 
D)  It is a multithreading computer.

Question 10

You are designing a prototype of a computer system that includes a CPU, RAM, and non-volatile memory. You have stored CPU instructions in non-volatile memory. When you start the CPU, your logic analyzer is showing that the CPU is reading instructions, but not the instructions you have stored. What is a likely problem?

Accepted Answer

A)  the CPU is overheating 
B)  the instructions are not stored at the reset vector 
C)  the instructions are for the wrong type of CPU 
D)  your power supply has failed

Question 11

What address does a CPU read when power is first applied?

Accepted Answer

A)  reset vector 
B)  program counter 
C)  ROM 
D)  kernel

Question 12

A bus is the part of a CPU that performs computational and logic work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

You are troubleshooting an embedded system and are debugging a process that is running on the system. You have a logic analyzer that can show you the contents of all the CPU registers and program memory. You need to determine the location of the next instruction the CPU will execute. Where should you look?

Accepted Answer

A)  program counter 
B)  reset vector 
C)  L2 cache 
D)  data register

Question 14

Which of the following is true about RISC CPU hardware?

Accepted Answer

A)  it is less complicated and can perform pipelining more effectively than CISC hardware 
B)  it is more complicated and must run at slower clock speeds than CISC hardware 
C)  instructions take a widely varying number of clock cycles 
D)  all current CPUs are based on it

Question 15

A RISC CPU performs more complex instructions and uses a uniform number of clock cycles for each instruction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which hardware component predicts what data will be needed and makes that data available to the CPU's internal memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  cache controller 
B)  data bus 
C)  address bus 
D)  registers

Question 17

Which type of cache is found as part of more advanced CPUs, is shared among the CPU cores and typically comes in sizes of 8 and 16 MB?

Accepted Answer

A)  Level 4 
B)  Level 2 
C)  Level 1 
D)  Level 3

Question 18

What is the silicon wafer called that the CPU circuitry is manufactured on?

Accepted Answer

A)  a chip 
B)  a die 
C)  a core 
D)  a vector

Question 19

You will be using a mobile device that is based on RISC architecture for a new project. Which of the following CPU families is most likely running in the device?

Accepted Answer

A)  AMD Ryzen 7 
B)  Intel Xeon 
C)  ARM 
D)  Pentium

Question 20

A software developer needs to design an application in which multiple parts of the application can be scheduled and executed simultaneously. What is each part of an application that can be independently scheduled called?

Accepted Answer

A)  container 
B)  process 
C)  task 
D)  thread

Exam 3: The Central Processing Unit CPU

The address bus almost always runs faster than the external clock speed of the CPU.

What type of material is used to manufacture CPUs used on modern PCs?

What is a name given to the process of a CPU switching between applications very quickly?

How many bytes can a computer with a 64-bit data bus transfer at one time?

Which of the following can be described as the description of a CPU's internal circuitry, the technology used to create the chip, and its supported instruction set?

What was the primary difference between the 8088 processor and the 8086 processor?

You are discussing a CPU that will be used on a new project. Your colleague comments that the CPU he has in mind does not use microcode. What type of CPU is being discussed?

You are interested in seeing the assembly language instructions created when you write C++ code on your Windows 10 computer. What do you need to install on your computer to see the assembly language created by C++ code?

You are reading the specifications of a computer that supports quad-core CPUs. The computer supports up to a maximum of 16 cores. What must be true about this computer?

What address does a CPU read when power is first applied?

A bus is the part of a CPU that performs computational and logic work.

Which of the following is true about RISC CPU hardware?

A RISC CPU performs more complex instructions and uses a uniform number of clock cycles for each instruction.

Which hardware component predicts what data will be needed and makes that data available to the CPU's internal memory?

Which type of cache is found as part of more advanced CPUs, is shared among the CPU cores and typically comes in sizes of 8 and 16 MB?

What is the silicon wafer called that the CPU circuitry is manufactured on?

You will be using a mobile device that is based on RISC architecture for a new project. Which of the following CPU families is most likely running in the device?

A software developer needs to design an application in which multiple parts of the application can be scheduled and executed simultaneously. What is each part of an application that can be independently scheduled called?