Programming in C · Quiz 1 · May 2025

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Question 77 MCQ · 2.0 marks

Select the correct statement about peripherals in a computer.

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CPU reads the values from the peripherals by reading the value at the memory address mapped to them.

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CPU has separate instructions for performing read and write from a peripheral.

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CPU cannot read the values from the peripherals

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There is a standard and fixed memory mappings for each input device.

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Question 78 MCQ · 2.0 marks

Identify the option that arranges the following memory types in **typical** descending order of size (from largest to smallest).

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Main Memory (RAM), Secondary Memory (Hard Drive), Cache Memory, Registers

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Main Memory (RAM), Secondary Memory (Hard Drive), Registers, Cache Memory

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Secondary Memory (Hard Drive), Main Memory (RAM), Cache Memory, Registers

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Secondary Memory (Hard Drive), Registers, Main Memory (RAM), Cache Memory

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Question 79 MCQ · 2.0 marks

Which of the following best describes the C programming language?

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High-level, object-oriented, interpreted

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High-level, unstructured, compiled

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Mid-level, structured, compiled

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Low-level, procedural, interpreted

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Question 80 MCQ · 2.0 marks

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Question 81 MCQ · 4.0 marks

Consider the computations given below using the generalized memory model. 1. M[0] ← x 2. M[1] ← y 3. M[2] ← M[0] * M[0] 4. M[3] ← M[1] * M[1] 5. M[4] ← 2 * M[0] * M[1] 6. M[5] ← M[2] + M[4] 7. M[6] ← M[3] - M[4] 8. M[6] ← M[5] + M[6] What is the value of M[6] at the end of the execution?

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Question 82 MCQ · 4.0 marks

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Question 83 MCQ · 3.0 marks

A CPU architecture features an instruction set with **30 unique instructions.** Each instruction consistently uses **three operands.** Every operand needs to address any of **256 distinct general-** **purpose registers.** What is the minimum number of bits necessary to encode one such instruction?

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