Compilers Questions and Answers – Runtime Storage Location – 1

This set of Compilers Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Runtime Storage Location – 1”.

1. The load instruction is mostly used to designate a transfer from memory to a processor register known as _______
a) Accumulator
b) Instruction Register
c) Program counter
d) Memory address Register
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2. A group of bits that tell the computer to perform a specific operation is known as ________
a) Instruction code
b) Micro-operation
c) Accumulator
d) Register
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3. The time interval between adjacent bits is called the __________
a) Word-time
b) Bit-time
c) Turnaround time
d) Slice time
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4. A k-bit field can specify any one of __________
a) 3k registers
b) 2k registers
c) K2 registers
d) K3 registers
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5. MIMD stands for __________
a) Multiple instruction multiple data
b) Multiple instruction memory data
c) Memory instruction multiple data
d) Multiple information memory data
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6. Logic gates with a set of input and outputs are arrangement of ___________
a) Computational circuit
b) Logic circuit
c) Design circuits
d) Register
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7. The average time required to reach a storage location in memory and obtain its contents is called __________
a) Latency time
b) Access time
c) Turnaround time
d) Response time
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8. The BSA instruction is ___________
a) Branch and store accumulator
b) Branch and save return address
c) Branch and shift address
d) Branch and show accumulator
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9. A floating point number that has an O in the MSB of mantissa is said to have __________
a) Overflow
b) Underflow
c) Important number
d) Undefined
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10. Translation from symbolic program into Binary is done in __________
a) Two passes
b) Directly
c) Three passes
d) Four passes
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