SLAE General

Question 1

EAX

Answer 1

Accumulator Register

Question 2

AX

Answer 2

Least significant 16 bits of EAX

Question 3

AH

Answer 3

Most significant 8 bits of AX

Question 4

AL

Answer 4

Least significant 8 bits of AX

Question 5

EBX

Answer 5

Base Register

Question 6

ECX

Answer 6

Counter Register

Question 7

EDX

Answer 7

Data Register

Question 8

ESI

Answer 8

Source Index

Question 9

EDI

Answer 9

Destination Index

Question 10

EBP

Answer 10

Base Pointer

Question 11

ESP

Answer 11

Stack Pointer

Question 12

EIP

Answer 12

Instruction Pointer

Question 13

JE JZ

Answer 13

Conditional jumps

Question 14

PEB

Answer 14

Process Environment Block

Question 15

TEB

Answer 15

Thread Environment Block

Question 16

EPROCESS

Answer 16

Structure that contains process attributes and pointers to related data structures

Question 17

DLL

Answer 17

Dynamic link library

Question 18

Program image

Answer 18

Portion of memory where the executable resides

Question 19

. text

Answer 19

Executable CPU instructions

Question 20

.data

Answer 20

Programs global data

Question 21

.rsrc

Answer 21

Non-executable resources

Question 22

Heap

Answer 22

Dynamically allocated memory

Question 23

Stack

Answer 23

Storage for local variables

Question 24

Control Unit

Answer 24

Part of CPU that retrieves and decodes instructions and retrieves and stores data in memory

Question 25

Execution Unit

Answer 25

Part of the CPU where the execution of instructions happens

Question 26

SP

Answer 26

Least significant 16 bits of ESP

Question 27

BP

Answer 27

Least significant 16 bits of EBP

Question 28

SI

Answer 28

Least significant 16 bits of ESI

Question 29

DI

Answer 29

Least significant 16 bits of EDI

Question 30

What are the segment registers?

Answer 30

CS (code) DS SS (stack) ES FS GS

Question 31

How big is a segment register?

Answer 31

16 bits

Question 32

FPU

Answer 32

Floating Point Unit

Question 33

What are the different CPU modes

Answer 33

Real, protected and system management

Question 34

Real mode

Answer 34

At power up or reset, can only access 1MB of memory and no privilege levels

Question 35

Protected mode

Answer 35

Up to 4MB memory with privilege levels and multi-tasking

Question 36

System Management mode

Answer 36

Used for power management tasks

Question 37

What are the 3 memory models?

Answer 37

Flat, segmented and real-address mode

Question 38

CALL

Answer 38

FF Dx

Question 39

JMP

Answer 39

EB

Question 40

INC

Answer 40

4x

Question 41

DEC

Answer 41

4x