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1. If 4 bits are used to differentiate light intensity of an LED how many levels

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Question

1. If 4 bits are used to differentiate light intensity of an LED how many levels of intensity are possible __________.

2. When an I/O device or timer needs attention a __________________occurs.

3. When a single processor system switches from thread A to thread B it must save pointers and registers from thread A in a __________ __________ ____________.

4. What device is located between the system bus and peripheral devices which relieves the CPU from knowing how to communicate with and control the peripheral devices. _______________

5. DMA devices access _______________ directly.

6. The control unit is used to determine the _________________of instruction execution.

Explanation / Answer

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Answer 1: If 4 bits are used to differentiate light intensity of an LED how many levels of intensity are possible?

Ans = 16

explanation: 4 bit = 24 = 16 combination.

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Answer No: 2 When an I/O device or timer needs attention a interrupt occurs.

Explanation: In microprocessor an interrupt is a signal to the processor which is generated by hardware or software indicating an event that needs immediate attention.

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Answer No: 3: When a single processor system switches from thread A to thread B it must save pointers and registers from thread A in a context switch.

Explanation: A context switch saves the process state so later on the process can be resumed from the same state where it had stopped.

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Answer No: 4: PCI( Peripheral Component Interconnect) is located between the system bus and peripheral devices which relieves the CPU from knowing how to communicate with and control the peripheral devices.

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Answer No:5: DMA devices access data from the memory directly.

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Answer No: 6: The control unit is used to determine the result of instruction execution.

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