Microprocessors and Embedded Systems MCQ
1. Because cpu makers cannot make the processors run much quicker, they instead _______________.
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Combine multiple CPUs on a single chip
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2. What is a neural net processor?
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A CPU that takes the modeled workings of how a human brain operates onto a single chip
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3. What type of processor is modeled after the workings of a human brain?
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Neural net
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4. What is the name of the CPU that operates like a human brain?
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Neural net processor
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5. What is the structure of a carbon nanotube?
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Miniature cylindrical carbon
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6. What are the molecules attached to the edges of a CNT?
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Hexagonal graphite
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7. What do nanotransistors serve as?
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Electronic signal switch or amplifier
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8. What is the name for a transistor that is near the scale of a billionth of a meter?
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A nanotransistor
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9. What is the engineering of tiny machines called?
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Nanotechnology
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10. What nanotechnology is used to prevent and treat disease in the human body?
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Nanomedicine
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11. A nanomachine is a device that has what dimensions?
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Nanometers
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12. How many nanometers are in a millimeter?
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Millionths of a millimeter
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13. What is nanofabrication?
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The design and manufacture of devices with dimensions measured in nanometers
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14. What is the process of designing and making devices with dimensions measured in nanometers?
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Nanofabrication
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15. What is a nanocomputer considered to be?
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A computer
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16. What are nanocomputers typically smaller than?
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Microscopic
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17. What kind of chip is so small that individual particles of matter play major roles?
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A nanochip
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18. Multithreading is the ability of a program or an operating system to enable more than one user at a time without requiring multiple?
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Copies of the program
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19. Multithreading is the ability of a program or an operating system to enable more than what?
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User at a time
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20. When a program can run multiple users, it's called what?
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Multithreading
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21. What is a rudimentary form of parallel processing?
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Multiprogramming
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22. What type of processor has two processors attached?
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A multicore processor
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23. How many processors are typically found on a multicore processor?
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Two or more
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24. What is the general type of circuit?
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Monostable
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25. What is an electronic device called a multivibrator?
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A monostable circuit
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26. What kind of applications do MMX microprocessors run faster when playing?
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Multimedia
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27. What is the name of the MMX microprocessor from Intel?
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Pentium microprocessor from Intel
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28. What is a microprocessor?
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A computer processor on a microchip
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29. What type of chip is a microprocessor?
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Microchip
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30. What is sometimes used in place of micrometer by microchip and wiring manufacturers?
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31. What material is used to make microchips?
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32. What is another name for Mezzanine?
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33. What is the term used to describe the stacking of computer component cards into a single card that then plugs into the computer bus or data path?
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Mezzanine
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34. What type of FET is the most common?
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Metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor
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35. What is the most common type of FET?
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Field-effect transistor
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36. What does the MMU do for the processor?
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Handles all memory and caching operations
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37. What does the MMU do with regards to the processor?
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Handles all memory and caching operations associated
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38. What does the term MMU refer to?
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Memory management unit
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39. What is the term used to describe the desirable condition in which memory locations for each processing element contain the same data?
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Memory coherence
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40. In digital signals, a logic level is expressed as a what with respect to ground?
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41. A logic level is one of several states that a digital signal can possess, expressed as a what?
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A DC (direct-current) voltage with respect to electrical ground
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42. When will the Java chip be available?
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When included in or added to a computer
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43. What will the Java chip speed up?
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Java programs
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44. What can a slave device do during the time that a master is unstable?
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Furnish its own timing
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45. What value is typically used to indicate where a computer can expect a device to interrupt it?
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46. An IRQ value is where the computer can expect a particular device to interrupt it when what?
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47. An IP core is used in what to make an FPGA or ASIC?
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Field programmable gate array
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48. An IP core is a block of what?
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Logic or data
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49. What is a signal emitted by a device attached to a computer?
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An interrupt
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50. What is Intel's Curie module based on?
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The Intel Quark SE
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51. How big is Intel's Curie module?
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52. What company makes Bay Trail?
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Intel Corp
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53. What is the code name for Intel's line of Atom processors?
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Intel Bay Trail
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54. What do people refer to the Intel 80486 as?
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55. What is the Intel x86 microprocessor commonly called?
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56. The Intel 80486 is known as what?
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I486 or just 486
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57. What is the Intel 80486 compared to in its line?
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Fourth-generation
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58. What was the name of the 3rd generation Intel x86 microprocessor?
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Intel 80386
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59. In what year was the Intel 80386 released?
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60. What was the first microprocessor ever released?
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Intel 4004
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61. What year was the 4004 first released?
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62. How large is Intel's production of central processing units?
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World's largest
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63. What is the name of the largest manufacturer of central processing units and semiconductors?
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64. What is a chip called when it is a single semiconductor wafer?
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Integrated circuit
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65. How many transistors are on an IC?
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Thousands or millions
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66. A group of commands for a CPU is called an what?
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Instruction set
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67. What is a group of commands for a central processing unit?
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An instruction set
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68. What is another name for a CPU?
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Central processing unit
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69. A what type of register stores and outputs codes in a computer?
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Index register
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70. An index register receives, stores, and outputs what in a computer?
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Instruction-changing codes
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71. What is the name of the coming Intel CPU product generation?
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72. How many times as fast is the Roadrunner supercomputer as Blue Gene?
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73. What is the name of the world's fastest supercomputer?
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Roadrunner
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74. How many microprocessors can Hyper-Threading give the illusion of?
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75. What Intel technology allows a single microprocessor to act like two separate processors?
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Hyper-Threading
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76. What type of processing unit is called a HPU?
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Holographic
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77. What code name does Haswell stand for?
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Intel's 4th generation Core i-based processors
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78. What code name do people give to the 4th generation Core i-based processors?
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79. Graphene has electronic properties far superior to what?
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80. What is a component of graphite?
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81. What type of logic allows different kinds of circuits to work together?
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Glue logic
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82. What type of FET is a GaAsFET?
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Field-effect transistor
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83. What type of transistor is used in GaAsFET circuits?
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Field-effect
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84. What are GaAsFETs used in?
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Amplifier circuits
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85. A fullerene is a molecule made up of what?
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At least 60 atoms of carbon
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86. What is a molecule composed of at least 60 atoms of carbon?
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A fullerene
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87. How many atoms of carbon does a fullerene have?
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At least 60
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88. What are FLOPS used for in computers?
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Floating-point operations
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89. What kind of programming technique is FIFO?
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90. In what programming discipline is the FIFO paradigm used?
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Computer programming
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91. What does FIFO stand for?
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First-in, first-out
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92. In which direction should the hottest part of the chip be located on a FC-PGA microchip?
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93. What company developed the FC-PGA design?
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94. What does fan-in stand for?
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Fan-in is a term that defines the maximum number of digital inputs that a single logic gate can accept
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95. What is the term that defines the maximum number of digital inputs that a single logic gate can accept?
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96. What type of group is EPIC?
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Electronic Privacy Information Center
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97. What is another name for Electronic Privacy Information Center?
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98. What are the particles created when an entangled LED is used?
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Entangled photons
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99. When a quantum dot is present in an LED, what type of photon is created?
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Entangled
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100. What is an end effector?
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A device or tool that's connected to the end of a robot arm
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101. What type of system is embedded?
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Special-purpose computing system
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