Q. Which table handle stores the addresses of the interrupt handling sub-routines

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Q. Interrupts initiated by an instruction is called as

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Q. The anded output of the bits of the interrupt register and the mask register are set as input of:

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Q. ____ register is used for the purpose of controlling the status of each interrupt request in parallel priority interrupt.

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Q. ______ interrupt method uses register whose bits are set separately by interrupt signal for each device:

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Q. In daisy chaining device 0 will pass the signal only if it has..

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Q. _________ method is used to establish priority by serially connecting all devices that request an interrupt.

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Q. Which one of the following is true with regard to a CPU having a single interrupt request line and single interrupt grant line…??
i) Neither vectored nor multiple interrupting devices is possible.
ii) Vectored interrupts is not possible but multiple interrupting devices is possible.
iii) Vectored interrupts is possible and multiple interrupting devices is not possible.
iv) Both vectored and multiple interrupting devices is possible.

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Q. The processor indicates to the devices that it is ready to recieve interrupts

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Q. The starting address sent by the device in vectored interrupt is called as

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Q. The code sent by the device in vectored interrupt is _____ long.

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Q. In vectored interrupts, how does the device identify itself to the processor..?

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Q. DMA interface unit eliminates the need to use CPU registers to transfer data from

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Q. The average time required to reach a storage location in memory and obtain its contents is called the

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Q. The process that periodically checks the status of an I/O devices, is known as

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Q. A bus connecting processor and memory, is known as

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Q. 1000 disks having 1,200,000-hour MTTF and disks being used 24 hours a day, and failed disks are being replaced with a new ones, then no that will fail over five years (43,800 hours) is,

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Q. A unit on the bus that initiates bus requests is called

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Q. Request, which is used for indicating a read request for memory, is known as

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Q. Reads/writes requests to I/O devices, are called

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