ASSIGNMENT 6
Textbook Assignment: “Central Processing Units and Buses,” chapter 5, pages 5-24 through 5-29; and
“Computer Memories,” chapter 6, pages 6-1 through 6-20.
6-1.
6-2.
6-3.
6-4.
The buses in a computer are controlled by (a) what
functional area and (b) what type of
communication path is used?
1. (a) CPU
(b) serial
2. (a) CPU
(b) parallel
3. (a) Memory
(b) serial
4. (a) Memory
(b) parallel
All the following types of information are
transferred over buses except which type?
1. Power
2. Data
3. Commands
4. Instructions
The preferred method of transfer for
data/information between system components is
which of the following?
1. Control bus
2. Common data bus
3. Operand bus
4. Address bus
What IEEE standard is used for a simple 32-bit
backplane bus?
1.
1196
2.
1296
3.
896.1
4.
1014
A. Control bus
B. Address bus
C. Data bus
D. Instruction (I) bus
E. Operand (C) bus
F. I/O mem bus or IOC bus
G. Time multiplexed bus
H. DMI bus
Figure 6-A.—Buses.
IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS 6-5 THROUGH 6-11,
REFER TO FIGURE 6-A. SELECT THE NAME(S)
OF THE BUS OR BUSES THAT IS/ARE DESCRIBED
IN EACH QUESTION.
6-5.
6-6.
6-7.
Has all the signals necessary to define any of the
possible memory address locations within the
computer or a module.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Can be used to transfer instructions from memory
to the CPU.
1. A
2. B
3. C only
4. Both C and D
Allows communication between the CPU and
memory or the CPU and the IOC.
1. C
2. D
3. E
4. F
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