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MIPS Test Questions and Answers | 100% Pass What is the architecture of a processor? - Answer️️ -D. a description of the basic components of a processor chip and of its basic operations What language allows the programmer to program the processor at the architectural level? - Answer️️ ...

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What is the architecture of a processor? - Answer✔️✔️-D. a description of the basic

components of a processor chip and of its basic operations

What language allows the programmer to program the processor at the architectural

level? - Answer✔️✔️-A. assembly language

What is the machine cycle? - Answer✔️✔️-C. A machine cycle is the process through

which one machine instruction is executed.

What are the three steps in the machine cycle? - Answer✔️✔️-A. fetch, increment,

execute

What is a machine instruction? - Answer✔️✔️-C. a pattern of bits that asks for one

fundamental operation of the processor.

What part of the processor indicates which machine instruction is next in line for

execution? - Answer✔️✔️-C. The program counter.

What is a register? - Answer✔️✔️-D. a part of the processor that holds a bit pattern.

Do all processor chips use the same machine language? - Answer✔️✔️-A. No. Machine

language is an engineering decision that is unique to each processor family.

Assemblers and compilers usually translate a source program into machine instructions

contained in what type of file? - Answer✔️✔️-C. object module



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What type of program uses software to imitate the hardware operation of a particular

type of processor? - Answer✔️✔️-D. emulator

What is a source file?



A. a text file that contains statements of programming language.

B. a subdirectory that contains programs.

C. a file that contains data for a program.

D. a document that contains the requirements for a project - Answer✔️✔️-A. a text file

that contains statements of programming language.

What is a register?



A. a part of the computer system that keeps track of system parameters.

B. a part of the processor that holds a bit pattern.

C. a part of the processor that contains its unique serial number.

D. the part of the system bus that contains data. - Answer✔️✔️-B. a part of the processor

that holds a bit pattern.

What character, in SPIM assembly language, starts a comment?



A. #

B. $

C. //

D. * - Answer✔️✔️-A. #

How many bits are there in each MIPS machine instruction?

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A. 8

B. 16

C. 32

D. Different instructions are diferent lengths. - Answer✔️✔️-C. 32

When you open a source file from the File menu of SPIM, what two things happen?



A. The file is loaded into memory and execution starts.

B. SPIM is booted and the file is opened in the editor.

C. The file is assembled into machine instructions, and the machine instructions are

loaded into SPIM's memory.

D. The program is run and the results are saved to disk. - Answer✔️✔️-C. The file is

assembled into machine instructions, and the machine instructions are loaded into

SPIM's memory.

What is the program counter?



A. a register that keeps counts the number of errors during execution of a program.

B. a part of the processor that contains the address of the first word of data.

C. a variable in the assembler that numbers the lines of the source file.

D. a part of the processor that contains the address of the next machine instruction to

be fetched. - Answer✔️✔️-D. a part of the processor that contains the address of the next

machine instruction to be fetched.




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