Feb 5th, 2008 key to the fall, 2007 1st exam.
Note: I'll do the best I can here--but realize that I can make
mistakes....
remember that in the Fall 2007 exam "signed binary" meant
sign-and-magnitude
1) c
2) a
3) a
4) c
5) none. the correct answer is -3
6) b
7) d. depends--unsigned binary? signed?
8) c
9) c
10) c
11) b
12) c
13) d
14) a the computer needs to keep swapping in
portions of DOOM IV
15) d
16) none--28ns
17) b
18) d (best answer of the possibilities)
19) a
20) c
21) d (LOAD does no storage in memory)
22) b & d
23) b
24) b
25) b
26) d
27) a
28) b
29) b
30) d
31) d
32) a (also, c and d depending on how you define "computer")
33) d
34) d
35) b