CS401 Quiz No.

1 Spring 2020 Solution

By MCS of Virtuallians Group
1. In programmable interrupt controller which of the following ports is referred as interrupt
mask register?
a. 19
b. 20
c. 21
d. 22
2. ________is the highest priority interrupt in interrupt controller
a. IRQ 0
b. IRQ 1
c. IRQ 2
d. IRQ 3
3. IRET returns on the basis of _________ and ___________
a. CS, IP
b. DS, IP
c. CS, SS
d. IP, SP
4. If __________ is set, the after every instruction a type 1 interrupt will be automatically
generated.
a. Parity flag
b. Trap flag
c. Carry flag
d. Overflow flag
5. The interrupt handler uses _____________instruction to return back to the caller.
a. IRET
b. RETI
c. INTR
d. RET
6. Which of the following interrupt is used for Arithmetic overflow?
a. INT 1
b. INT 2
c. INT 3
d. INT 4
7. During the execution of INT instruction , some contents are pushed on to the stack , the order
of pushing then is
a. CS , IP and then FLAGS register
b. IP,CS and then FLAGS register
c. FLAGS register, CS and then IP
d. FLAGS register, IP and the CS
8. Each of the bits at port ___________corresponding to one of the IRQ lines.
a. 18
b. 19
c. 20
d. 21
9. Which of the following pins of the parallel port connector are grounded?
a. 10-18
b. 18-25
c. 25-32
d. 32-39
10. Which of the following interrupts plays the most significant part during step debugging of a
program?
a. INT 0
b. INT 1
c. INT 2
d. INT 3
11. Which of the following IRQs is connected to serial port COM 2?
a. IRQ 0
b. IRQ 1
c. IRQ 2
d. IRQ 3
12. Which of the following IRQs is connected to serial port COM 1?
a. IRQ 4
b. IRQ 5
c. IRQ 6
d. IRQ 7
13. Which of the following IRQs is used by the parallel port?
a. IRQ 4
b. IRQ 5
c. IRQ 6
d. IRQ 7
14. In programmable interrupt controller which of the following ports is used to selectively
enabling or disabling interrupts?
a. 19
b. 20
c. 21
d. 22
15. The space where all the registers of task are stored is called ______
a. Control block
b. Process control block
c. Stack
d. Memory
16. Which of the following is the destination register in IN instruction?
a. AL or AX
b. BL or BX
c. CL or CX
d. DL or DX
17. Which of the following interrupts is used for saving and restoring the registers
a. INT 6
b. INT 7
c. INT 8
 d. INT 0
18. In multitasking environment, which of the following structure is used to maintain the
ordering of active PCBs?
a. Array
b. Register
c. Linked List
d. Stack
19. In multitasking which of the following interrupts is used as scheduler during context
switching?
a. INT 21
b. INT 16
c. INT 13
d. INT 8
20. Which of the following are required for thread entry?
a. CS and DS
b. CS and IP
c. IP and general purpose registers
d. SS and SP
21. The time interval between two timer tick is?
a. 40 ms
b. 45 ms
c. 50 ms
d. 55 ms
22. Which of the following flag can be used for mathematical operations?
a. Direction Flag
b. Carry Flag
c. Trap Flag
d. Interrupt Flag
23. In multi tasking, the process of saving and restoring to values of registers from a process
control block (PCB) is called _________
a. Context switching
b. Context saving
c. Context restoring
d. Code switching
24. When two devices in a system want to use the same IRQ line, is referred as:
a. IRQ Collision
b. IRQ Conflict
c. IRQ Crash
d. IRQ Blockage
25. An End of Interrupt (EOI) signal is sent by
a. Handler
b. Processor
c. IRQ
d. PIC
26. Which of the following is the BIOS interrupt providing keyboard service?
a. INT 0x13
 b. INT 0x14
c. INT 0x15
d. INT 0x16
27. Threads can have function calls, parameters and _________ variables.
a. Global
b. Local
c. Legal
d. Illegal
28. Which of the following arranges jobs in a sequence in order to be executed?
a. Process control block
b. Arranger
c. Control unit
d. Scheduler
29. Which of the following flags cannot be cleared using an assembly instruction?
a. Trap flag
b. Interrupt flag
c. Direction flag
d. Carry flag
30. Which of the following is the highest priority interrupt?
a. INT3
b. INT2
c. INT1
d. INT0
31. At the end of servicing an interrupt, which of the following is used to inform tha PIC that it is
completed?
a. RET
b. EOI
c. IRET
d. RET N
32. Which of the following interrupts is used for maintaining the system time?
a. INT 0
b. INT 1
c. INT 8
d. INT 10
33. Which of the following is used for exporting parallel port services?
a. INT 17
b. INT 16
c. INT 15
d. INT 8
34. In programmable interrupt controller which of the following ports is referred as a control
port?
a. 19
b. 20
c. 21
d. 22
35. The first parallel port LPT1 has port number designated from _______.
 a. 178 to 17A
b. 278 to 27A
c. 378 to 37A
d. 478 to 47A
36. ___________ is/are the port number(s) for parallel port.
a. 20 and 21
b. 60 to 64
c. 380
d. 378
37. The number of pins in a parallel port connector are?
a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 35
38. The offset address of an interrupt n will be at
a. n
b. nx2
c. nx3
d. nx4
39. Programmable interrupt controller has two ports (20 and 21). Port 20 is the control port while
port 21 is _______.
a. The interrupt mask register
b. Interrupt port
c. Output port
d. Input port
40. Which of the following instruction selects memory address space?
a. MOV
b. DEC
c. IN
d. ADD
41. The thread registration code initializes the PCB and adds it to the linked list so that the
_______ will give it a turn.
a. Assembler
b. Scheduler
c. Linker
d. Debugger
42. Which of the following instruction is used for disabling all the interrupts during a program
execution?
a. Cli
b. Sti
c. Reti
d. Iret
43. IBM AT has how many PICs (Programmable interrupt controller)
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
 d. 4
44. Programmable interrupt controller (PIC) has
a. One input signals and eight output signals
b. One input signal and one output signal
c. Eight input signals and one output signals
d. Eight input signals and eight output signals
45. In 8088 processor, there can be total _______ possible entries in an interrupt vector table.
a. 256
b. 64
c. 128
d. 512
46. Each thread can have their own
a. Execution area
b. Stack
c. Memory
d. Array
47. The parallel port connector is called ?
a. DB-25
b. BD-25
c. DB-24
d. BD-24
48. In 8088, the physical memory address for Interrupt Vector Table is fixed and the table
occupies exactly ______ of memory.
a. 1 KB
b. 1 MB
c. 64 KB
d. 4 Bytes
49. Which of the following interrupts is non maskable interrupt?
a. INT 0
b. INT 1
c. INT 2
d. INT 3
50. Using OUT instruction on parallel data port results into a signal of ________ for every 1 bit.
a. 0 V
b. 1 V
c. 5 V
d. 10 V
51. PCB stands for?
a. Process Control Block
b. Process Cleaning Block
c. Programmable Counter Block
d. Programs Control Block
52. Which of the following interrupts is used in debugging with the trap flag?
a. INT 0
b. INT 1
c. INT 2
 d. INT 3
53. Which of the following port number is used to send an end of interrupt (EOI) signal to the
PIC after an interrupt is ended?
a. 0x16
b. 0x20
c. 0x60
d. 0x378
54. Which of the following instruction is used for reading a char from keyboard?
a. out al, 0x60
b. in al, 0x60
c. out dx, al
d. out dx, 0x378

55. In PIC, which of the following port is used for selectively enabling or disabling interrupts?
a. 19
b. 20
c. 21
d. 22
56. DOS has single entry point to access all its services through interrupt________
a. INT 21
b. INT 16
c. INT 2
d. INT 10
57. Which of the following pins of parallel port are used to carry the data from processor to the
device connected through parallel port?
a. Pin 2 to pin 9
b. Pin 10
c. Pin 4
d. Pin 18 to pin 25
58. The input frequency of the programmable interval timer(PIT) is
a. Fixed
b. Depends on processor block
c. Variable
d. Depends on hardware attached
59. All registers of task are stored in space called ________
a. Process storage block
b. Process control block
c. Process terminal
d. Swapping space
60. Which of the following IRQ`s is derived by a key board
a. IRQ 0
b. IRQ 1
c. IRQ 2
d. IRQ 3
61. The programmable interval timer (PIT) has input frequency of
a. 1.193MHz
 b. 2.193MHz
c. 3.193MHz
d. 4.193MHz
62. Changing and restoring the state of Control processing unit (CPU) is referred as
a. Thrashing
b. Multitasking
c. Context Switching
d. Multithreading
63. For the external hardware to generate an interrupt there are how many pins outside the
processor?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
64. Which of the following instruction selects peripheral address space?
a. MOV
b. DEC
c. IN
d. ADD
65. Which of the following is the most commonly used port with printer?
a. Serial Port
b. USB port
c. Parallel Port
d. DVI Port
66. _________allows us to execute one instruction at a time rather than the whole program at
once
a. INT 0
b. INT 1
c. INT 2
d. INT 3
67. Which of the following is used for exporting keyboard services?
a. INT 16
b. INT 11
c. INT 12
d. INT 8
68. TSR stands for
a. Terminate and store routines
b. Transmits and save resources
c. Terminate and Stay resident
d. Truncate and start recursively
69. Which of the following interrupts is of highest priority interrupt?
a. Key Board Interrupt
b. Timer Interrupt
c. INT 2
d. INT 3
70. In older computers, the port number designed for parallel pert LPT2 are_____
 a. 078-07A
b. 178-17A
c. 278-27A
d. 378-37A
71. Which of the following is the ACK pin in DB-25 Connector
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
72. Which of the following IRQs is a cascading interrupt?
a. IRQ 0
b. IRQ 1
c. IRQ 2
d. IRQ 3
73. In interrupt masking, we use _______ to get control from the program without letting the
program know about it.
a. IRQ 0
b. IRQ 1
c. IRQ 5
d. IRQ 7
74. The output of programmable timer interval is connected to which line of the PIC?
a. IRQ 0
b. IRQ 1
c. IRQ 2
d. IRQ 3
75. Which of the following IRQs is used for Floppy disk drive?
a. IRQ 4
b. IRQ 5
c. IRQ 6
d. IRQ 7
76. In multitasking, each PCB requires _______ bytes to store the values of registers.
a. 14
b. 28
c. 32
d. 16
77. Which of the following IRQs is used for sound card or network card?
a. IRQ 4
b. IRQ 5
c. IRQ 6
d. IRQ 7
78. Programmable interrupt controller has _______ ports.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
79. Which of the following bits of parallel control port enables the IRQ 7 triggering by the ACK
pin?
a. Bit 1
b. Bit 2
c. Bit 3
d. Bit 4
80. Which of the following IRQs is derived by a timer device?
a. IRQ 0
b. IRQ 1
c. IRQ 2
d. IRQ 3
81. ________is a special type of interrupt that returns to the same instruction instead f the next
instruction
a. Divide overflow
b. Debug interrupt
c. Arithmetic overflow interrupt
d. Change the sign interrupt
82. All the registers & stack are saved in
a. Multitasking
b. Multi-Processing
c. Function call
d. BIOS
83. Which of the following is the source register in OUT instruction?
a. AL or AX
b. BL or BX
c. CL or CX
d. DL or DX
84. Which of the following is the destination register in IN instruction?
a. AL or AX
b. BL or BX
c. CL or CX
d. DL or DX