Maharana Prtap Group of Institutions Kanpur UNIT-3 (CS/EE)
Maharana Prtap Group of Institutions Kanpur UNIT-3 (CS/EE)
Maharana Prtap Group of Institutions Kanpur UNIT-3 (CS/EE)
UNIT- 3(CS/EE)
1. In 8259 PIC, the register that stores all the interrupt requests in the register_____
2.In 8255 PPI, BSR mode is where individual bits of __________can be set/reset.
3.In 8255, under the I/O mode of operation we have __ modes. Under which mode will have the
following features i) A 5 bit control port is available. ii) Three I/O lines are available at Port C.
4.What must be the contents of the control word of Intel 8255 for Mode 0 (operation) and for the
following ports configuration : Port A-output, Port B-output, Port Clower-Output, Port Cupper-
input (A) 85 H (B) 86 H (C) 87 H (D) 88 H
A)When servicing an interrupt request from slave, the slave is not allowed to place any further
requests. B) When servicing an interrupt request from a slave , the slave the slave is allowed to
place further request C) Sometimes A sometimes B D) Cannot predict
7.In automatic rotation , the device , after being serviced , receives the ________ priority
9.Which port of the 8255 PPI is capable of performing the handshaking function with the
interfaced devices?
a. Port A
b. Port B
c. Port C
D.All of the above
a) verifying DMA operation b) write operation c) read operation d) all of the mentioned
11.The 8237 can accomplish three types of operations and they are
12.The bus is available when the DMA controller receives the signal
13. To indicate the I/O device that its request for the DMA transfer has been honoured by
theCPU, the DMA controller pulls
a) HLDA signal b) HRQ signal c) DACK (active low) d) DACK (active high)
14. If more than one channel requests service simultaneously, the transfer will occur as
15. The continuous transfer may be interrupted by an external device by pulling down the signal
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) none of the
17 . In 8237, if each device connected to a channel is assigned to a fixed priority then it is said to
be in
a) rotating priority scheme b) fixed priority scheme c) rotating priority and fixed priority scheme
d) none of the mentioned
1 8. The priority of the channels varies frequently in a) rotating priority scheme b) fixed priority
scheme c) rotating priority and fixed priority scheme d) none of the mentioned
1 9. The register of 8237 that can only be written in is a) DMA address register b) terminal count
register c) mode set register d) status register
a) write operation b) read operation c) read and write operations d) none of the mentioned
21. The block of 8237 that decodes the various commands given to the 8237 by the CPU is
a) timing and control block b) program command control block c) priority block d) none of the
mentioned
22. The priority between the DMA channels requesting the services can be resolved by
a) timing and control block b) program command control block c) priority block d) none of the
mentioned
a) current word register b) current address register c) base address register d) command register
24. The register that holds the data byte transfers to be carried out is
a) current word register b) current address register c) base address register d) command register
25. When the count becomes zero in the current word register then a) input signal is enabled b)
output signal is enabled c) EOP (end of process) is generated d) start of process is generated
a) current word register b) current address register c) base address register d) command register
28. The register that maintain an original copy of the respective initial current address register
and current word register is
29. The register that can be automatically incremented or decremented, after each DMA transfer
is a) mask register b) mode register c) command register d) current address register