1.The approximate cost of building a chip fabrication plant today is:

	A.	just under $1 billion
	B.	between $1 billion and $15 billion
	C.	between $15 billion and $100 billion
	D.	over $100 billion

2.The Boolean function F(x, y) = x'y' + x'y + xy is equivalent to:

	A.	x + y'
	B.	x'(y + xy')
	C.	y(x + x'y')
	D.	(xy')'

3.The groupings of micro-operations must follow which rule?

		A. a sequence of events does not need to be followed
		B. use read to and write from the same register in one time unit
		C. conflicts must be avoided
		D. all of the above

4.The offset field of a main memory address is used to determine:

	A.	if the cache entry is valid
	B.	if the cache entry is the desired block
	C.	the location of the desired data in the cache block
	D.	none of these

5.The complement, F', of F(x, y, z) = x(y'z + y) + x'(y + z')' (not simplified) is:

	A.	(x' + (y + z')(y'))(x'(y + z'))
	B.	(x' + (y + z')(y'))(x + (y + z'))
	C.	(xy'z + xy')(xy' + xz)
	D.	(x'yz' + x'y')(x'y + x'z')

6.Cache mapping is necessary because

		A.the address generated by the CPU must be converted to a cache location
		B.cache is so small that its use requires a map
		C.cache is larger than main memory and mapping allows us to store multiple copies of each piece of data from main memory
		D.none of the above

7.The Boolean function F(x, y) = x'y' + x'y + xy is equivalent to:

	A.	x + y'
	B.	x'(y + xy')
	C.	y(x + x'y')
	D.	(xy')'

8.The RTN for the first step in the fetch-decode-execute cycle is:

		A.MAR PC
		B.PC PC + 1
		C.IR MAR
		D.IR MBR

9.To prevent the whole WSC from going offline if power is lost, a WSC has an _______

		A.uninterruptible power supply
		B.signal tower
		C.charger
		D.battery