Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Microprocessors MCQ – Pentium – Pro and Pentium-II -2
1 - Question
The decoder unit in fetch-decode unit converts the instructions into
a) executable statements
b) machine language statements
c) MMX instructions
d) micro operations
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Answer: d
Explanation: The decoder unit converts the fetched instructions into micro operations.
2 - Question
The logical source(s) and logical destination(s) that the micro operation has respectively are
a) 2,2
b) 1,3
c) 3,1
d) 3,2
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Answer: c
Explanation: Each microoperation contains two logical sources and one logical destination.
3 - Question
The microoperations that are converted by decoder are directly transferred to
a) decoder register
b) dispatch-execute unit
c) retire unit
d) register alias table
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Answer: d
Explanation: The microoperations are sent to the register alias table(RAT). The RAT translates the logical register references to the physical register set actually available in the CPU.
4 - Question
The pool of instructions that are fetched is stored in an addressable memory called
a) tristate buffer
b) branch target buffer
c) reorder buffer
d) order buffer
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Answer: c
Explanation: The pool of instructions that are fetched is stored in an array of content addressable memory called reorder buffer.
5 - Question
The unit that performs scheduling of instructions by determining the data dependencies is
a) fetch-decode unit
b) dispatch-execute unit
c) retire unit
d) none
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Answer: b
Explanation: The dispatch-execute unit performs scheduling of instructions by determining the data dependencies after which the microoperations of the scheduled instructions are executed in the execution unit.
6 - Question
The unit that reads the instruction pool and removes the microoperations which have been executed instruction pool is
a) fetch-decode unit
b) dispatch-execute unit
c) retire unit
d) decoding unit
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Answer: c
Explanation: The retire unit reads the instruction pool containing the instructions and removes the microoperations which have been executed instruction pool.
7 - Question
The speed of Pentium-Pro when compared to that of Pentium is
a) equal
b) twice
c) thrice
d) two-third
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Answer: b
Explanation: The features incorporated in Pentium-Pro enhances the speed of Pentium-Pro and is twice as that of Pentium.
8 - Question
Which of the following is not supported by Pentium-Pro?
a) multiple branch prediction
b) mmx instruction set
c) speculative execution
d) none
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Answer: b
Explanation: The Pentium-Pro does not support the MMX instruction set.
9 - Question
The feature of Pentium II is
a) high cache
b) operates at 2.8 volts
c) supports intel’s MMX instructions
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: The Pentium II has a higher cache and it can operate at 2.8 volts, thereby reducing power consumption. The most important change of Pentium II is that it can support Intel’s MMX instructions.
10 - Question
The results of speculative instruction execution is stored in
a) visible CPU registers
b) permanent memory
c) temporary memory
d) none
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Answer: c
Explanation: The results of speculative instruction execution should not be stored in CPU registers and are temporarily stored, since they may have to be discarded, in case if there is a branch instruction before these speculative instruction executions.