MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following operations are NOT performed by Arithmetic and logic unit?
A
Addition, subtraction and multiplication
B
READ and WRITE operation
C
AND, OR and NOT
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The ALU performs simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and logic operations, such as OR and AND. The memory stores the program’s instructions and data.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is CPU. CPU performs arithmetic and logical operations.

Detailed explanation-3: -ALUs perform arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication, and logical operations such as NOR, NOT, AND, and OR. The arithmetic operation of division is typically done by another component of the CPU called a Floating-Point Unit, or FPU.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inside a computer, there is an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), which is capable of performing logical operations (e.g. AND, OR, Ex-OR, Invert etc.) in addition to the arithmetic operations (e.g. Addition, Subtraction etc.).

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