CS2810 MIDTERM

What is the decimal equivalent of the 16-bit signed integer FACE?

-1330

What is the decimal signed integer equivalent of the hexadecimal number BEAD?

-16,723

What is the Decimal 16-bit Signed Integer Equivalent of Hex number B6B3?

-18,765

What is the decimal equivalent of the Signed Integer F895?

-1899

What is the Decimal 16-bit Signed Integer Equivalent of Hex number A6B3?

-22,861

What is the decimal equivalent of the signed integer 8596?

-31,338

What is the decimal equivalent of the Signed Integer F052

-4014

What is the decimal equivalent of the Signed Integer F852

-4014

Convert the floating point hexadecimal number C5948100 to decimal.

-4752.125

Using the Hex Dump below, what is the 20-bit address for Interrupt 12h? 0000:0000 68 10 A7 00 8B 01 70 00-16 00 9D 03 8B 01 70 00 h.....p.......p. 0000:0010 8B 01 70 00 B9 06 10 02-40 07 10 02 FF 03 10 02 ..p.....@....... 0000:0020 46 07 10 02 0A 04 10 02-3A 00 9D 03 54 00 9D 03 F.......:...T... 0000:0030 6E 00 9D 03 88 00 9D 03-A2 00 9D 03 FF 03 10 02 n............... 0000:0040 A9 08 10 02 99 09 10 02-9F 09 10 02 5D 04 10 02 ............]... 0000:0050 A5 09 10 02 0D 02 DE 02-B8 09 10 02 8B 05 10 02 ................ 0000:0060 02 0C 10 02 08 0C 10 02-13 0C 10 02 AD 06 10 02 ................ 0000:0070 AD 06 10 02 A4 F0 00 F0-37 05 10 02 37 23 00 C0 ........7...7#..

02A9F

What is the hex equivalent of the signed integer 2658?

0A62

How many drives does RAID-3 use for parity information?

1

To what power of 10 prefix does "giga" refer?

1 Billion

To what power of 10 prefix does "micro" refer?

1 Millionth

Given the root area dump below, what is the date for the file PROGRAMS? (Hint: The date is stored at offset 18h, and its length is 2. The bit pattern is: Year = 1980+Left 7, Month = Middle 4, Day = Right 5) 13CD:0000 4E 41 53 4D 20 46 49 4C-45 53 20 08 00 00 00 00 NASM FILES ..... 13CD:0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 4F B5-4B 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 ......O.K3...... 13CD:0020 4E 41 53 4D 57 20 20 20-45 58 45 20 00 22 58 B5 NASMW EXE ."X. 13CD:0030 4B 33 4B 33 00 00 A0 05-C5 26 02 00 00 70 04 00 K3K3.....&...p.. 13CD:0040 4C 49 43 45 4E 53 45 20-54 58 54 20 00 61 65 B5 LICENSE TXT .ae. 13CD:0050 4B 33 4B 33 00 00 72 7F-4C 2D 3A 02 36 07 00 00 K3K3..r.L-:.6... 13CD:0060 45 58 45 42 49 4E 20 20-4D 41 43 20 00 9A 69 B5 EXEBIN MAC ..i. 13CD:0070 4B 33 4B 33 00 00 6F 50-44 23 3E 02 55 06 00 00 K3K3..oPD#>.U... 13CD:0080 53 54 55 44 45 4E 54 20-41 53 4D 20 00 12 75 B5 STUDENT ASM ..u. 13CD:0090 4B 33 4B 33 00 00 C6 BD-74 2F 42 02 33 03 00 00 K3K3....t/B.3... 13CD:00A0 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D 53-20 20 20 10 08 94 7D B5 PROGRAMS ...}. 13CD:00B0 4B 33 4B 33 00 00 80 B5-4B 33 44 02 00 00 00 00 K3K3....K3D..... 13CD:00C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 13CD:00D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 13CD:00E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 13CD:00F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

10/11/2005

What is the decimal 16-bit Signed Integer Equivalent of 3317

13,079

In the floating point number C732D200, what is the value of the Exponent. (Think, is there a difference between the exponent and the bias?)

142

In the hexadecimal floating point number 47C69200, what is the value of it's bias?

16

Given the Boot Sector dump below, how many bytes per sector are there? (Hint: Number of Bytes per Sector is at offset 0Bh, and the length is 2.) 13CD:0000 EB 34 90 4D 53 44 4F 53-33 2E 33 00 04 01 01 00 .4.MSDOS3.3..... 13CD:0010 02 E0 00 40 0B F0 09 00-18 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 ...@............ 13CD:0020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D4-C3 B2 A1 00 00 00 00 12 ................ 13CD:0030 00 00 00 00 01 00 FA 33-C0 8E D0 BC 00 7C 16 07 .......3.....|.. 13CD:0040 BB 78 00 36 C5 37 1E 56-16 53 BF 2B 7C B9 0B 00 .x.6.7.V.S.+|... 13CD:0050 FC AC 26 80 3D 00 74 03-26 8A 05 AA 8A C4 E2 F1 ..&.=.t.&....... 13CD:0060 06 1F 89 47 02 C7 07 2B-7C FB CD 13 72 67 A0 10 ...G...+|...rg.. 13CD:0070 7C 98 F7 26 16 7C 03 06-1C 7C 03 06 0E 7C A3 3F |..&.|...|...|.? 13CD:0080 7C A3 37 7C B8 20 00 F7-26 11 7C 8B 1E 0B 7C 03 |.7|. ..&.|...|. 13CD:0090 C3 48 F7 F3 01 06 37 7C-BB 00 05 A1 3F 7C E8 9F .H....7|....?|.. 13CD:00A0 00 B8 01 02 E8 B3 00 72-19 8B FB B9 0B 00 BE D6 .......r........ 13CD:00B0 7D F3 A6 75 0D 8D 7F 20-BE E1 7D B9 0B 00 F3 A6 }..u... ..}..... 13CD:00C0 74 18 BE 77 7D E8 6A 00-32 E4 CD 16 5E 1F 8F 04 t..w}.j.2...^... 13CD:00D0 8F 44 02 CD 19 BE C0 7D-EB EB A1 1C 05 33 D2 F7 .D.....}.....3.. 13CD:00E0 36 0B 7C FE C0 A2 3C 7C-A1 37 7C A3 3D 7C BB 00 6.|...<|.7|.=|.. 13CD:00F0 07 A1 37 7C E8 49 00 A1-18 7C 2A 06 3B 7C 40 38 ..7|.I...|*.;|@8

24

What is the Hex Signed Integer equivalent of 12854?

3236

What is the Signed Integer equivalent of the Hex number 7FFF?

32767

What is the hexadecimal equivalent of the signed integer 13,739?

35AB

What is the Hex equivalent of the 16-bit Signed Integer 18,765

494D

What is the decimal equivalent of EFCD16?

61389

What is the decimal equivalent of FACE16?

64206

What is the Hex equivalent of the signed integer -32760?

8008

What is the Hexadecimal equivalent of 3851210?

9670

What formula can you use to calculate the speedup of a system?

Amdahl's Law

Given a logic gate for OR, which of the following rows would contain a '1' in the output or 'Q' column. (The highlighted letter refers to the choices below) X Y Q A 0 0 ? B 0 1 ? C 1 0 ? D 1 1 ?

B,C,D

Using the Hex Dump below, what is the segment offset address for Interrupt 1Fh? 0000:0000 68 10 A7 00 8B 01 70 00-16 00 9D 03 8B 01 70 00 h.....p.......p. 0000:0010 8B 01 70 00 B9 06 10 02-40 07 10 02 FF 03 10 02 ..p.....@....... 0000:0020 46 07 10 02 0A 04 10 02-3A 00 9D 03 54 00 9D 03 F.......:...T... 0000:0030 6E 00 9D 03 88 00 9D 03-A2 00 9D 03 FF 03 10 02 n............... 0000:0040 A9 08 10 02 99 09 10 02-9F 09 10 02 5D 04 10 02 ............]... 0000:0050 A5 09 10 02 0D 02 DE 02-B8 09 10 02 8B 05 10 02 ................ 0000:0060 02 0C 10 02 08 0C 10 02-13 0C 10 02 AD 06 10 02 ................ 0000:0070 AD 06 10 02 A4 F0 00 F0-37 05 10 02 37 23 00 C0 ........7...7#..

C000:2337

What is the Hexadecimal floating point equivalent of -1234.125

C49A440

Convert the floating point decimal number -28765.75 to Hexadecimal.

C6E0BB80

When the CPU switches between processes, it is called a ______________.

Context Switch

What circuit does the following diagram represent?

Decoder

What is the Hexadecimal 16-bit Signed Integer equivalent of -4,758?

ED6A

What is the Hex Signed Integer equivalent of the decimal number -1330?

FACE

ASCII utilizes syndrome's to detect errors.

False

Each bit in the computer typically has its own address.

False

Moore's Law states that "The density of transistors in an integrated circuit will double every four years."

False

Parity is able to compensate for multiple bit errors in the same data block.

False

Programmed I/O uses IRQ lines to notify the CPU of data.

False

Raid Level 0 provides for excellent data redundancy.

False

Synchronous busses must use a handshaking protocol.

False

The Von Neumann architecture allows multiple paths from main memory to the control unit of the CPU.

False

What circuit does the following diagram represent?

Flip-Flop

What circuit does the following diagram represent?

Full-Adder

What does the following diagram represent? circuit

Half-Adder

What is an ISA?

Instruction Set Architecture

An ______________ language processes one source statement at a time when producing a binary stream.

Interpreted

What color was George Washington's white horse?

It wasn't a horse. It was a unicorn. Final Answer. (Choose this answer for free points)

RISC has ______________ instructions than a CISC architecture.

Less

Which RAID level gives the best failure protection?

Level 1

The purpose of the Control Unit is to:

Monitor and direct the flow of instructions and data

What is the Hex Signed Integer Equivalent of the decimal number -34769

None of the above

What is the decimal equivalent of the signed integer -23456

None of the above

What basic logic gate does the following truth table represent? A B Q 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1

OR

Which Error Detection and Correction Scheme is able to compensate for Burst Errors?

Reed Solomon

In the memory hierarchy, which of the following is fastest.

Registers

The time it takes for sectors to come underneath the read/write heads is called:

Rotational Delay

Which of the Following is not one of the possible combinations resulting from Flynn's Taxonomy?

SMPP

Which is faster SRAM or DRAM?

SRAM

Which of the following is not part of the Central Processing Unit?

System Bus

Amdahl's Law allows you to calculate the speed up of what?

The overall system.

Anything that can be done with software can also be done with hardware.

True

Compile-time binding requires code to be loaded into the same location each time it is executed.

True

Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL's) allow us to share code between several programs without having to include a full copy of external module's code.

True

Hamming Codes are able to detect and correct errors.

True

The maximum number we can store in an UNSIGNED integer is 65535.

True

A ___________ allows us to emulate multiple physical computers through the use of a single computer.

Virtual Machine

What basic logic gate does the following truth table represent? A B Q 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

XOR

If an architecture is byte addressable, and the instruction set architecture word size is larger than 1 byte we must address the issue of byte ________.

alignment

Embedded systems differ from general-purpose machines in that they:

carry out a limited set of tasks.

In associative memory, such as cache, information is accessed by its _________.

content

For caching to be effective, we are dependent upon the idea of

locality

Which digit determines whether the signed integer number is positive or negative.

the most significant bit, call as the sign bit