MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Arithmetic Logic Unit is responsible for carrying out calculations and logic comparisons
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Arithmetic and logic unit is responsible for performing all the arithmetic computations such as addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and exponentiation. In addition to this it also performs logical operations involving comparisons among variables and data items.

Detailed explanation-2: -An arithmetic-logic unit is the part of a central processing unit that carries out arithmetic and logic operations on the operands in computer instruction words.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arithmetic logic unit and control unit are two typical components of a Central Processing Unit of a computer. 2. The Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) extracts instructions from memory and decodes and executes them while the Control Unit (CU) performs arithmetic and logical operations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The arithmetic logic unit (ALU) performs mathematical calculations; it is the part that computes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Abbreviation of arithmetic logic unit, the part of a computer that performs all arithmetic computations, such as addition and multiplication, and all comparison operations. The ALU is one component of the CPU(central processing unit).

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