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VOLUME 1 · CHAPTER 1

Hardware

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1Basic Configuration of Computers1 concept

Five major computer units4 questions

2Data Representation in Computers13 concepts

Radix conversion34 questions Floating-point representation6 questions Signed integers and shifts10 questions Bit masks1 question Two’s-complement integers9 questions Bits and distinct values3 questions Numerical errors3 questions Decimal magnitude prefixes1 question ASCII character code1 question Packed decimal and sign nibble1 question Logical right shift with inserted zeros1 question Shifting bit positions1 question Loss of significance in floating-point subtraction1 question

3Central Processing Unit and Main Memory Unit31 concepts

Cache memory21 questions CPU registers8 questions Interrupt priority10 questions Bus transfer rate2 questions Logic gates and equivalent circuits72 questions Instruction pipelining9 questions Stored-program operation1 question RAM, ROM and flash memory20 questions RISC and CISC1 question Instruction addressing modes12 questions Memory interleaving5 questions Instruction and data streams4 questions Memory addresses and bus lines5 questions Half and full adders8 questions Superscalar execution2 questions CPU clock timing1 question Memory hierarchy3 questions Cache write policies4 questions Flip-flops and sequential circuits8 questions Original weighted cache access-time example1 question Logical product and bit selection1 question Original logical operation laws1 question Write-back cache update timing1 question Internal interrupt caused by the executing process1 question Exclusive OR original truth table and symbol1 question Program counter1 question Single instruction with multiple data1 question Bitwise OR and least significant bit1 question Mask ROM1 question Half-adder truth table and logic circuits1 question SRAM flip-flop memory cells1 question

4Auxiliary Storage6 concepts

Disk access time8 questions Disk defragmentation2 questions Optical recording media3 questions Flash storage3 questions Disk blocks and records2 questions Disk geometry and capacity2 questions

5Input/Output Unit15 concepts

USB interfaces7 questions 3D printing1 question Device drivers3 questions Printers and process colors4 questions Display technologies6 questions Switch chattering2 questions Input/output control1 question Touch panels2 questions Bluetooth interfaces2 questions Digitizers and tablets3 questions Serial modem interfaces1 question Display memory capacity3 questions Daisy-chain connections2 questions Laser-printer dpi and ppm1 question Input/output completion interrupt1 question