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Question No: 1

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

SP is associated with. By default

SS

page 26

DS
CS
ES

Question No: 2

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which bit of the attributes byte represents the red component of foreground
color
5
4
3
2

page73

Question No: 3

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

An 8 x 16 font is stored in ______________ bytes.

2
4
8
16

page142

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Question No: 4

( Marks: 1 )

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- Please choose one

In DOS input buffer, the number of characters actually read on return is stored
in ___________ byte.

third
fourth
first
second

Question No: 5

page 144

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which of the following gives the more logical view of the storage medium
BIOS
DOS 153page
Both
None

Question No: 6

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In STOSW instruction, when DF is clear, SI is

Incremented by 1

Incremented by 2

Decremented by 1

Decremented by 2

Question No: 7

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

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Which of the following interrupts is Non maskable interrupt

INT 2 PAGE 97
INT 3
INT 0
INT 1

Question No: 8

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which of the following IRQs is connected to serial port COM 2?

IRQ 0
IRQ 1
IRQ 2
IRQ 3 PAGE 106

Question No: 9

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

The time interval between two timer ticks is ?

40ms
45ms
50ms
55ms

PAGE 114

Question No: 10

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

The physical address of IDT( Interrupt Descriptor Table) is stored in _______

GDTR
IDTR PAGE 174
IVT

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IDTT

Question No: 11

( Marks: 1 )

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In NASM an imported symbol is declared with the ............................ while

and exported symbol is declared with the ............................
Global directive, External directive
External directive, Global directive PAGE 181
Home Directive, Foreign Directive
Foreign Directive, Home Directive

Question No: 12

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In 68K processors there is a 32bit ...................... that holds the address of

currently executing instruction
Program counter PAGE 184
Stack pointer
Register
Stack

Question No: 13

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Single step interrupt is

Hardware interrupt
Like divide by zero interrupt
Like divide by 1 interrupt
Software interrupt

Question No: 14

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which of the following is NOT true about registers:

Their operation is very much like memory
Intermediate results may also be stored in registers

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They are also called scratch pad ram

None of given options
CURRECT
Question No: 15

( Marks: 1 )

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Types of jump are:

short, near
short, near, far PAGE 37
near, far
short, far

Question No: 16

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

MS DOS uses ____ display mode.

Character based page 72
Graphics based
Numeric based
Console based

Question No: 17

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which of the following IRQs is derived by a timer device?

IRQ 0 page 106

IRQ 1
IRQ 2
IRQ 3

Question No: 18

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In programmable interrupt controller, which of the following ports is referred

as a control port.

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19
20 page 107
21
22

Question No: 19

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

INT 21 service 01H is used to read character from standard input with echo. It
returns the result in ______ register.

AL page 144
BL
CL
BH

Question No: 20

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9, which pin number is assigned to DSR (DataSet Ready) ?

4
5
6 page 146
7

Question No: 21

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9, which pin number is assigned to TD (Transmitted Data) ?

1
2
3 page 146
4

Question No: 22

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

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In 9pin DB 9, Signal ground is assigned on pin number

4
5 page 146
6
3

Question No: 23

( Marks: 1 )

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8088 is a ...........................
16 bit processor page 6
32 bit processor
64 bit processor
128 bit processor

Question No: 24

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

The table index (TI) is set to _____ to access the GDT (Global Descriptor
Table).
1
0 page 168
-1
-2

Question No: 25

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) organizes 16 color bits for

every pixel in
5:5:5 format
5:6:5 format page 172
6:5:6 format
5:6:7 format

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Question No: 26

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( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which flags are NOT used for mathematical operations ?

Carry, Interrupt and Trap flag.
Direction, Interrupt and Trap flag. Page 126
Direction, Overflow and Trap flag.
Direction, Interrupt and Sign flag.

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Suppose AL contains 5 decimal then after two left shifts produces the value as

5
10
15
20

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In graphics mode a location in video memory corresponds to a _____________ on the

screen.

line
dot page 142
circle
rectangle

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Creation of threads can be

static
dynamic page 133
easy

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difficult

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 )

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- Please choose one

The thread registration code initializes the PCB and adds it to the linked list so that the
__________ will give it a turn.

assembler
scheduler page 133
linker
debugger

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

VESA VBE 2.0 is a standard for

High resolution Mode page 172
Low resolution Mode
Medium resolution Mode
Very High resolution Mode

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which of the following IRQs is derived by a key board?

IRQ 0
IRQ 1 page106
IRQ 2
IRQ 3

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which of the following IRQs is used for Floppy disk derive?

IRQ 4

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IRQ 5
IRQ 6 page 106
IRQ 7

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which of the following pins of a parallel port connector are grounded?

10-18
18-25

117page

25-32
32-39

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

The physical address of IDT( Interrupt Descriptor Table) is stored in _______

GDTR
IDTR 174page
IVT
IDTT

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In NASM an imported symbol is declared with the ............................ while and

exported symbol is declared with the ............................
Global directive, External directive
External directive, Global directive 181pages
Home Directive, Foreign Directive
Foreign Directive, Home Directive

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In 68K processors there is a ........................ program counter (PC) that holds the
address of currently executing instruction

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8bit
16bit
32bit

183page

64bit

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

To reserve 8-bits in memory ___ directive is used.

db 17page
dw
dn
dd
For single byte we use db and for two bytes we use dw.

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 )

In the mov ax, 5

- Please choose one

5 is the __________ operand.

source
destination Page 18
memory
register

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

RETF will pop the segment address in the

CS register page 61
DS register
SS register
ES register

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

For the execution of the instruction DIV BL, the implied dividend will be stored in

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AX
BX
CX
DX

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

When a number is divided by zero A Division by 0 interrupt is generated. Which

instruction is used for this purpose
INT 0
INT 1
INT 2
This interrupt is generated automatically

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

INT 21 service 01H is used to read character from standard input with echo. It returns
the result in ______ register.

AL
BL
CL
BH

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

BIOS sees the disks as

logical storage
raw storage page 148
in the form of sectors only
in the form of tracks only

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Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 )

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- Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9, which pin number is assigned to CD (Carrier Detect) ?

1
2
3
4

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9, Signal ground is assigned on pin number

4
5
6
3

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9, RI (Ring Indicator) is assigned on pin number

6
7
8
9

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Motorola 68K processors have ....................... 23bit general purpose registers.

4
8
16
32

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Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 )

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- Please choose one

When two devices in the system want to use the same IRQ line then what will
happen?

An IRQ Collision

An IRQ Conflict 106page

An IRQ Crash

An IRQ Blockage

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In the instruction MOV AX, 5 the number of operands are

1
2
3
4

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Which flags are NOT used for mathematical operations ?

Carry, Interrupt and Trap flag.
Direction, Interrupt and Trap flag. 125page
Direction, Overflow and Trap flag.
Direction, Interrupt and Sign flag.
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Suppose AL contains 5 decimal then after two left shifts produces the value as

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5
10
15
20
Question No: 2

( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

In graphics mode a location in video memory corresponds to a _____________ on the

screen.
line
dot 141page
circle
rectangle
Creation of threads can be
static
dynamic 133PAGE
easy
difficult

The thread registration code initializes the PCB and adds it to the linked list so that the
__________ will give it a turn.
assembler
scheduler 133PAGE
linker
debugger

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

VESA VBE 2.0 is a standard for
High resolution Mode 172PAGE
Low resolution Mode
Medium resolution Mode
Very High resolution Mode
Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following IRQs is derived by a key board?
IRQ 0
IRQ 1 106PAGE
IRQ 2
IRQ 3
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following IRQs is used for Floppy disk derive?
IRQ 4
IRQ 5
IRQ 6
IRQ 7

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Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In the mov ax, 5 5 is the __________ operand.
source 16page
destination
memory
register
Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
RETF will pop the segment address in the
CS register
DS register
SS register
ES register
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
For the execution of the instruction DIV BL, the implied dividend will be stored in
AX
BX
CX
DX
Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
When a number is divided by zero A Division by 0 interrupt is generated. Which
instruction is used for this purpose
INT 0
INT 1
INT 2
This interrupt is generated automatically
Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 )

- Please choose one

INT 21 service 01H is used to read character from standard input with echo. It returns
the result in ______ register.
AL
BL
CL
BH

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

BIOS sees the disks as
logical storage
raw storage 148page
in the form of sectors only
in the form of tracks only
Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In 9pin DB 9, which pin number is assigned to CD (Carrier Detect) ?
1 104page
2

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3
4

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9, Signal ground is assigned on pin number
4
5 104page
6
3
Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In 9pin DB 9, RI (Ring Indicator) is assigned on pin number
6
7
8
9 104page
Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Motorola 68K processors have ....................... 23bit general purpose registers.
4
8
16 183page
32
Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In the instruction MOV AX, 5 the number of operands are
1
2
3
4
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is not true about registers:

Their operation is very much like memory

Intermediate results may also be stored in registers.
They are also called scratch pad ram
None of given options.

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

move [bp], al moves the one byte content of the AL register to the
address contained in
BP register in the current

Stack segment
Code segment
Data segment
Extra segment

27page

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In a rotate through carry right (RCR) instruction applied on a 16 bit word
effectively there is

16 bits rotation
1 bit rotation

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17 bits rotation
8 bits rotation

45page

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Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The 8088 stack works on

Word sized elementsn

Byte sized elements
Double sized element
Nible sized element

60page

1
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
An 8 x 16 font is stored in ______________ bytes.

2
4
8
16

142page

4
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
INT 10 is used for __________ services.

RAM
Disk
BIOS video 141PAGE
DOS video

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Priority of IRQ 0 interrupt is

medium
high
highest 106PAGE
low

3
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Threads can have function calls, parameters and __________ variables.

global
local 133PAGE
legal
illegal

2
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
How many prevalent calling conventions do exist

2
180PAGE

4
Two prevalent calling conventions are the C calling convention and the Pascal calling
convention
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In 9pin DB 9 DSR is assigned on pin number

4
5
6 164PAGE
7

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Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9 CTS is assigned on pin number

6
7
8 164PAGE
9

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9 CD is assigned on pin number

1
2
3
4

164PAGE

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In 9pin DB 9 RD is assigned on pin number

1
2
3
4

164PAGE

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

in device attribute word which of the following bit decides whether it is a
charater device or a block device

Bit
Bit
Bit
Bit

12
13
14
15 158PAGE

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Video servioces are classified into __________ broad catagories

2 141PAGE
3
4
5

1
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In STOSB instruction, when DF is clear, SI is

Incremented by 1
Incremented by 2
Decremented by 1
Decremented by 2

1
Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The process of sending signals back and forth is called

Activity
Hand-shaking
Interruption
Time clicking

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following interrupts is used for Arithmetic overflow

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INT
INT
INT
INT

1
2
3
4

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98page

4
Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
which of the following is a special type of interrupt that returns to the
same
instruction instead of the next instruction

Divide overflow interrupt 99page

Debug interrupt
Arithmetic overflow interrupt
Change of sign interrupt

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following IRQs is derived by a timer device?

IRQ
IRQ
IRQ
IRQ

0
1
2
3

106page

1
Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following IRQs is connected to serial port COM 2?

IRQ
IRQ
IRQ
IRQ

0
1
2
3

106page

4
Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
An End of Interrupt (EOI) signal is sent by

Handler
Processor
IRQ
PIC 106page

4
Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The source registers in OUT is

AL or AX 107page
BL or BX
CL or CX
DL or DX

1
Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In programmable interrupt controller which of the following ports is used
for selectively enabling or disabling interrupts

19
20
21
22

107page

3
Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The number of pins in a parallel port connector are?

20

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25
30
35

117page

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2
Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Suppose a decimal number 35 when its binary is shifted to write two
places the new number will become

35
70
140
17

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A 32bit address register can access upto .......................... of memory so
memory
access has increased a lot.

2GB
4GB
6GB
8GB

168page

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The physical address of the stack is obtained by
SS:SI combination
SS:SP combination
ES:BP combination
ES:SP combination
2
Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Value of AH in the write Graphics pixel service is
0Ch
0Bh
1Ch
2Ch
1
Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Threads can have function calls, parameters and __________ variables.
global
local
legal
illegal
2
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Creation of threads can be
static
dynamic
easy
difficult
2
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
How many prevalent calling conventions do exist
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4

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2
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
VESA VBE 2.0 is a standard for
High resolution Mode
Low resolution Mode
Medium resolution Mode
Very High resolution Mode
1
Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The serial port connection is a ------------------ connector
9pin DB 9
8pin DB 9
3pin DB 9
9pin DB 5
1
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following gives the more logical view of the storage medium
BIOS
DOS
Both
None
2
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In STOSB instruction, when DF is clear, SI is
Incremented by 1
Incremented by 2
Decremented by 1
Decremented by 2
1
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
After the execution of STOSW the CX will be
Decremented by 1
Decremented by 2
Incremented by 1
1

Incremented by 2

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 )

IRQ is referred to

- Please choose one

Eight input signals

One output signal
One input signals
Eight output signals
1

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Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following IRQs is derived by a key board?
IRQ 0
IRQ 1
IRQ 2
IRQ 3
2
Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following IRQs is connected to serial port COM 1?
IRQ 4
IRQ 5
IRQ 6
IRQ 7
1
Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The physical address of IDT( Interrupt Descriptor Table) is stored in _______
GDTR
IDTR
IVT
IDTT
2
Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Assembly language is:
Low-level programming language
High-level programming language
Also known as machine language
Not considered closer to the computer
1
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The number of bits required to access 1MB of memory are
16 bits
32 bits
Depends on the processor architecture
20 bits
4
Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In STOSB instruction, SI is decremented or incremented by
3
2
1
4

3
Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In programmable interrupt controller, which of the following ports is referred as a control port.
19
20
21
22
3
Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
INT 21 service 01H is used to read character from standard input with echo. It returns the
result in ______ register.
AL
BL
CL
BH
1
Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In device attribute word, which of the following bit decides whether it is a character device or

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a block device
Bit 12
Bit 13
Bit 14
Bit 15
4
Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In 9pin DB 9, which pin number is assigned to CTS (Clear To Send) ?
6
7
8
9
3
Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In 9pin DB 9, which pin number is assigned to RD (Received Data) ?
1
2
3
4
2
Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) organizes 16 color bits for every pixel in
5:5:5 format
5:6:5 format
6:5:6 format
5:6:7 format
2
Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Motorola 68K processors have ....................... 23bit general purpose registers.
4
8
16
32
3
Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) has
One input signals and eight output signals
One input signal and one output signal
Eight input signals and one output signals
Eight input signals and eight output signals
3
Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Video services are classified into...................... broad categories.
5
4
3
2
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