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Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
Assignment 9- Week 9
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 15 Total mark: 15 X 1 = 15
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QUESTION 1:
What is the instruction bus size of ARM10?
A) 16-bit
B) 32-bit
C) 64-bit
D) 128-bit
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution:
ARM10 core instruction and data buses are 64-bit wide
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QUESTION 2:
ARM10 TDMI is a
A) 3-stage pipeline processor
B) 5-stage pipeline processor
C) 6-stage pipeline processor
D) 8-stage pipeline processor
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution:
Following shows pipeline stages used in different versions of ARM
3-stage pipeline – ARM7TDMI and earlier
5-stage pipeline – ARMS, ARM9TDMI
6-stage pipeline – ARM 10 HDMI
8-stage pipeline – ARM11
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option C is correct
QUESTION 3:
When the processor encounters a memory fault, then the ARM processor enters in
_____________.
A) Fast interrupt processing mode (FIQ)
B) Normal interrupt processing mode (IRQ)
C) Supervisor mode (SVC)
D) Abort mode
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution: ARM processor enters Abort mode in response to memory fault
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QUESTION 4:
Which register is not allowed in ARM multiplication instructions?
A) R0
B) R1
C) R14
D) R15
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution: PC (R15) cannot be used for multiplication. Option D is correct
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QUESTION 5:
In which of the following modes of an ARM processor, The CPSR cannot be modified?
A) Fast Interrupt Processing (FIQ) mode
B) Normal Interrupt Processing (IRQ) mode
C) User mode
D) Supervisor (SVC) mode
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution:
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QUESTION 6:
A little-endian processor stores _______________________.
A) the most significant byte is stored at the lowest memory address
B) the least significant byte is stored at the lowest memory address
C) the least significant byte is stored at the highest memory address
D) the most significant byte is stored in stack memory
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution:
In a little-endian processor, the least significant byte of a word is stored in the memory location
with the lowest address, while the most significant byte is stored in the memory location with the
highest address.
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QUESTION 7:
What is the purpose of the N flag in the CPSR register?
A) Indicates if the result of the previous operation was negative
B) Indicates if the processor is in privileged mode
C) Indicates if the result of the previous operation resulted in a carry
D) Indicates if the result of the previous operation result is zero
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution:
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QUESTION 8:
On reset, ARM inserts in which of the following mode?
A) Fast interrupt processing mode (FIQ)
B) Normal interrupt processing mode (IRQ)
C) Supervisor mode (SVC)
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D) User mode
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution:
QUESTION 9:
When a procedure call is made, the return address is automatically placed into
A) Program Counter (R15)
B) Link Register (R14)
C) Stack Pointer (R15)
D) Stack Pointer (R13)
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution:
R14 is called as link register. When a procedure call is made, the return address is automatically
placed into this register. A return from the procedure can be implemented by copying R14 to R15
Option B is correct
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QUESTION 10:
Which algorithm is used for multiplication operations in an ARM processor?
A) Braun array signed multiplier
B) Booth’s algorithm for multiplication
C) Baugh wooley multiplier
D) Vedic multiplier
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution:
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QUESTION 11:
Which of the following mode is used for OS services?
A) Supervisor mode
B) User mode
C) Fast interrupt processing mode
D) Normal interrupt processing mode
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution:
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QUESTION 12:
Which of the following operation is performed by ARM instruction STRSH?
A) Store word
B) Store half word
C) Store signed halfword
D) Store signed byte
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution:
QUESTION 13:
WHich of the following pipeline stage is not a part of the ARM 3-stage pipeline processor?
A) Register stage
B) decode
C) fetch
D) execute
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution:
QUESTION 14:
Which of the following register is used as a stack pointer?
A) R11
B) R12
C) R13
D) R14
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Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution:
R13 is conventionally used as the stack pointer.
QUESTION 15:
Software interrupt forces the ARM processor to operate in _____________.
A) Supervisor mode
B) Abort mode
C) User mode
D) Normal interrupt processing mode
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution:
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