Question

_______ is the maximum number of bits that a microprocessor can process at a time.
1. Memory size
2. Word size
3. Clock speed
4. Data size

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Word size

The correct answer is Word size.

• Word Length is determined by the width of the internal data bus, registers, and ALU, among other factors. At a time, an 8-bit CPU can process 8 bits of data.
• Depending on the type of microcomputer, the word length might range from 4 to 64 bits.
• The largest amount of data that a processor's accumulator/working register can handle at a given time instant is the data bus width.
• The size of the internal data registers (e.g. accumulators) and data bus is referred to as an n-bit microcontroller.
• Because an 8-address bus could only address 256 bytes of memory, virtually all 8-bit CPUs feature a broader address bus.

• A memory device is a device that has the ability to store data.
• The clock speed of your CPU is measured in GHz and represents the number of cycles it performs per second (gigahertz).
• A data size, for example, '12MB.' This class is thread-safe and immutable, and it models data size in bytes.