1000+ Computer Organization Interview Questions and Answers Pdf - 1

Question: 1

What are registers?

While performing operations, the ALU takes data from the temporary storage area inside the CPU named registers. They are high speed memories which hold data for immediate processing and results of the processing.

Question: 2

What are the major components of CPU?

The major components of CPU are

1. Arithmetic Logic Unit

2. Control unit

3. Register

Question: 3

What is access time?

The average time required to reach a storage location and obtain its contents is called its access time.

Question: 4

What is the use of microphone?

Microphone serves as a voice input device. It captures the voice data and input to the computer. Using the microphone along with speech recognition software can offer a completely new approach to input information into the computer.

Question: 5

What are secondary storage devices?

The computer may need to store data, programs etc in a computer readable medium. This is called the secondary storage. Secondary storage is also called backup storage. It can be used to transmit data to another computer either immediately or a latter time. Some of the common used storage devices are hard disks, magnetic tapes, floppy disks and CD-ROM.