MULTIPLE CHOICE

Virtually all contemporary computer designs are based on concepts developed by __________ at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton.

A. John Maulchy B. John von Neumann

C. Herman Hollerith D. John Eckert

The von Neumann architecture is based on which concept?

A: data and instructions are stored in a single read-write memory

B: the contents of this memory are addressable by location

C: execution occurs in a sequential fashion

D: all of the above

A sequence of codes or instructions is called __________.

A. software B. memory

C. an interconnect D. a register

The processing required for a single instruction is called a(n) __________ cycle.

A. execute B. fetch

C. instruction D. packet

A(n) _________ is generated by a failure such as power failure or memory parity error.

A. I/O interrupt B. hardware failure interrupt

C. timer interrupt D. program interrupt

A(n) _________ is generated by some condition that occurs as a result of an instruction execution.

A. timer interrupt B. I/O interrupt

C. program interrupt D. hardware failure interrupt