Computer Organization and Architecture - 100 MCQs

1. 1. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

2. 2. Which unit performs arithmetic calculations?

 A) Control Unit
 B) Memory Unit
 C) ALU
 D) Register

3. 3. What connects the components of a computer?

 A) Registers
 B) Buses
 C) ROM
 D) Flip-Flops

4. 4. Which is NOT an input device?

 A) Mouse
 B) Printer
 C) Keyboard
 D) Scanner

5. 5. Which memory is volatile?

 A) ROM
 B) Hard Drive
 C) RAM
 D) Optical Disk

6. 6. Which gate outputs true only if both inputs are true?

 A) OR
 B) XOR
 C) AND
 D) NOR

7. 7. The output of a NOT gate is:

 A) Same as input
 B) Always 1
 C) Always 0
 D) Inverted input

8. 8. Which gate gives a true output if at least one input is true?

 A) AND
 B) OR
 C) NAND
 D) XOR

9. 9. An XOR gate outputs true when:

 A) Inputs are different

 B) Inputs are same
 C) Both inputs are 0
 D) Both inputs are 1

10. 10. Which logic gate is known as an inverter?

 A) OR
 B) NOT
 C) NAND
 D) NOR

11. 11. Boolean Algebra deals with:

 A) Numbers
 B) Characters
 C) Binary Variables
 D) Real Numbers

12. 12. Which symbol represents the OR operation?

 A) +
 B) *
 C) -
 D) /

13. 13. What is the complement of 0 in Boolean Algebra?

 A) 1
 B) 0
 C) -1
 D) Undefined

14. 14. DeMorgan’s Theorem states that:

 A) Complement of product = sum of complements
 B) Complement of sum = product of complements
 C) Both A and B
 D) None

15. 15. Which operation is called logical addition?

 A) AND
 B) OR
 C) NOT
 D) XOR

16. 16. Which number system is base 2?

 A) Decimal
 B) Octal
 C) Binary
 D) Hexadecimal

17. 17. Decimal number 10 in binary is:

 A) 1010
 B) 1100
 C) 1110
 D) 1001

18. 18. The base of the hexadecimal number system is:

 A) 10
 B) 16
 C) 8
 D) 2

19. 19. Which number system uses digits 0 to 7?

 A) Binary
 B) Octal
 C) Decimal
 D) Hexadecimal

20. 20. Binary addition of 1 + 1 is:

 A) 10
 B) 11
 C) 01
 D) 00

21. 21. Which memory is used for temporary storage?

 A) ROM
 B) RAM
 C) Hard Disk
 D) Flash

22. 22. What type of memory retains data without power?

 A) ROM
 B) RAM
 C) Cache
 D) DRAM

23. 23. SSD stands for:

 A) Solid Storage Device

 B) Solid State Drive
 C) Static State Disk
 D) Soft Storage Disk

24. 24. Cache memory is used between:

 A) RAM and HDD

 B) CPU and RAM
 C) CPU and GPU
 D) RAM and I/O

25. 25. Which memory is the fastest?

 A) Hard Disk
 B) RAM
 C) Cache
 D) SSD

26. 26. What does an opcode specify?

 A) Memory address
 B) Data format
 C) Operation to be performed
 D) Size of data

27. 27. An instruction typically contains:

 A) Only opcode
 B) Only operand
 C) Opcode and Operand
 D) None

28. 28. Instruction set architecture (ISA) defines:

 A) Processor size
 B) Set of operations
 C) Cache memory
 D) Hard drive capacity

29. 29. Zero-address instructions are used in:

 A) RAM
 B) Stack Organization
 C) Cache Memory
 D) Control Bus

30. 30. One-address instruction uses how many operands?

 A) 0
 B) 1
 C) 2
 D) 3

31. 31. Registers are located in:

 A) Main Memory
 B) CPU
 C) Hard Disk
 D) Optical Disk

32. 32. System bus connects:

 A) CPU, Memory, and I/O devices

 B) Only Memory
 C) Only CPU
 D) Only Hard Disk

33. 33. Address Bus carries:

 A) Data
 B) Addresses
 C) Control Signals
 D) Programs

34. 34. Data Bus carries:

 A) Instructions
 B) Data
 C) Clock signals
 D) Programs

35. 35. Control Bus carries:

 A) Only data
 B) Only programs
 C) Control signals
 D) Only addresses

36. 36. Virtual memory uses:

 A) Cache memory
 B) Hard disk space
 C) Optical disk
 D) RAM

37. 37. Secondary memory is:

 A) Volatile
 B) Non-Volatile
 C) Slow and volatile
 D) Fast and volatile

38. 38. Which is an example of secondary storage?

 A) Cache
 B) RAM
 C) ROM
 D) HDD

39. 39. Access time for secondary storage is:

 A) Faster than RAM

 B) Slower than RAM
 C) Equal to RAM
 D) Negligible

40. 40. Which storage device uses lasers to read and write data?

 A) Magnetic disk
 B) Hard disk
 C) Optical disk
 D) RAM

41. 41. In Direct Mapping, each block maps to:

 A) Any cache location

 B) A fixed cache location
 C) Multiple cache locations
 D) No cache location

42. 42. In Associative Mapping, a block can be placed:

 A) Anywhere in cache
 B) Only at a fixed location
 C) In RAM
 D) In ROM

43. 43. Set Associative Mapping combines:

 A) Direct and Associative Mapping

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Registers and Cache
 D) CPU and I/O devices

44. 44. Cache hit means:

 A) Data not found in cache

 B) Data found in cache
 C) Cache is full
 D) Cache is empty

45. 45. Cache miss requires fetching data from:

 A) CPU
 B) Cache
 C) Main Memory
 D) Optical Disk

46. 46. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

47. 47. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

48. 48. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

49. 49. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit
 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

50. 50. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

51. 51. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

52. 52. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

53. 53. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

54. 54. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

55. 55. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

56. 56. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit
 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

57. 57. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

58. 58. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

59. 59. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

60. 60. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

61. 61. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

62. 62. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

63. 63. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit
 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

64. 64. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

65. 65. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

66. 66. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

67. 67. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

68. 68. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

69. 69. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

70. 70. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit
 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

71. 71. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

72. 72. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

73. 73. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

74. 74. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

75. 75. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

76. 76. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

77. 77. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit
 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

78. 78. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

79. 79. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

80. 80. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

81. 81. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

82. 82. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

83. 83. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

84. 84. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit
 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

85. 85. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

86. 86. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

87. 87. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

88. 88. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

89. 89. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

90. 90. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

91. 91. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit
 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

92. 92. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

93. 93. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

94. 94. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

95. 95. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

96. 96. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

97. 97. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

98. 98. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit
 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

99. 99. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD

100. 100. What does the CPU primarily consist of?

 A) ALU and Control Unit

 B) RAM and ROM
 C) Monitor and Keyboard
 D) Hard Drive and SSD
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