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Q21.

To initialise any port as an output port what value is to be given to it?

0xFF

0x00

0x01

A port is by default an output port

Discuss

Answer: (d).A port is by default an output port

Q22.

Which out of the four ports of 8051 needs a pull-up resistor for using it is as an input or an output port?

PORT 0

PORT 1

PORT 2

PORT 3

Discuss

Answer: (a).PORT 0

Q23.

Which of the ports act as the 16 bit address lines for transferring data through it?

PORT 0 and PORT 1

PORT 1 and PORT 2

PORT 0 and PORT 2

PORT 1 and PORT 3

Discuss

Answer: (c).PORT 0 and PORT 2

Q24.

Which of the following registers are not bit addressable?

SCON

PCON

PSW

Discuss

Answer: (b).PCON

Q25.

Which instruction is used to check the status of a single bit?

MOV A,P0

ADD A,#05H

JNB PO.0, label

CLR P0.05H

Discuss

Answer: (c).JNB PO.0, label

Q26.

Which addressing mode is used in pushing or popping any element on or from the stack?

immediate

direct

indirect

Discuss

Answer: (b).direct

Q27.

Which operator is the most important while assigning any instruction as register indirect instruction?

Discuss

Answer: (c).@

Q28.

What is the advantage of register indirect addressing mode?

it makes use of registers R0 and R1

it uses the data dynamically

it makes use of operator @

it is easy

Discuss

Answer: (b).it uses the data dynamically

Q29.

Which of the following comes under indexed addressing mode?

MOVX A, @DPTR

MOVC @A+DPTR,A

MOV A,R0

MOV @R0,A

Discuss

Answer: (b).MOVC @A+DPTR,A

Q30.

Is this a valid statement ?
SETB A

yes

cant be determined

none of the mentioned

Discuss

Answer: (b).no

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Welcome to the 8051 Microcontroller MCQs Page

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