Microprocessor
The interrupt facility is provided in microprocessor to

 keep a control on the working of the microprocessor
 change the sequence of the instructions being executed
 stop the microprocessor when it starts malfunctioning
 stop the microprocessor when desired

ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP

Microprocessor
Cycle stealing mode of DMA operation involves

 Data transfer takes place between the I/O device and memory during every alternate clock cycle
 The DMA control waiting for the microprocessor to finish execution of the program and then takes over the buses
 While the microprocessor is executing a program an interface circuit takes over control of address, data, control buses when not in use by microprocessor
 DMA controller taking over the address, data and control buses while a block of data is transferred between memory and I/O device

ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP

Microprocessor
When referring to instruction words, a mnemonic is

 a short abbreviation for the operation to be performed.
 a short abbreviation for the data word stored at the operand address.
 shorthand for machine language.
 a short abbreviation for the operand address.

ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP