9-11. Commercially available programs designed to
solve specific classes of problems are often called
by which of the following terms?
1. Packaged software only
2. Off-the-shelf software only
3. Packaged and off-the-shelf software
4. On-the-shelf software
9-12. All of the following are considered utility
programs except which one?
1. POFA
2. Operating system
3. Online diagnostic test
4. General routine to copy a disk
9-13. A predetermined and installed set of
microinstruction is called what type of
instruction?
1. Multiple instruction
2. Microinstruction
3. Mini-instruction
4. Controlled instruction
9-14. Which of the following types of instructions are
classified by the function they perform?
1. Transfer of control only
2. Movement and transfer of control, only
3. Movement, transfer of control and arithmetic
only
4. Movement, transfer of control, arithmetic, and
logical
9-15. Data assignment instructions are normally held in
which of the following types of registers?
1. Flag registers only
2. Memory address registers only
3. Memory address registers and active status
registers
4. Flag registers and active status registers
9-16. All of the following are examples of data
assignment instructions except which one?
1.
2.
3 .
4 .
Branch instruction address
Fixed point overflow
Interrupt lockouts
Compare designators
9-17.
9-18.
9-19.
9-20.
9-21.
What type of instruction makes it possible to
change the sequence in which a computer
performs instructions?
1. Data assignment
2. Arithmetic
3. Logical
4. Branch
What type of instruction will change the sequence
of instructions only if a condition is met?
1. Conditional branch
2. Unconditional branch
3. Logical branch
4. Automatic branch
What type of instructions include and, or, not,
exclusive or/nor, compare, and shift instructions?
1. Data assignment
2. Arithmetic
3. Logical
4. Branch
In addition to being classified by their functions,
instructions may be classified by their action on
operands.
1. True
2. False
Instructions are the same on all computers.
1. True
2. False
9-22. All instructions include at least which of the
following parts?
1. An operation code
2. An operand address
3. A modifier code
4. A register name
IN ANSWERING QUESTION 9-23, REFER TO
FIGURE 8-3 ON PAGE 8-7 OF THE RAMAN.
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