A ____ a set of wires and a rigidly defined protocol that specifies a set of messages that can be sent on the wires.

A. Port
B. Node
C. Bus
D. None of the mentioned

When device A has a cable that plugs into device B, and device B has a cable that plugs into device C and device C plugs into a port on the computer, this arrangement is called a _________

A. Port
B. Daisy chain
C. Bus
D. Cable

The _________ present a uniform device-access interface to the I/O subsystem, much as system calls provide a standard interface between the application and the operating system.

A. Devices
B. Buses
C. Device drivers
D. I/o systems

A ________ is a collection of electronics that can operate a port, a bus, or a device.

A. Controller
B. Driver
C. Host
D. Bus

An I/O port typically consists of four registers status, control, ________ and ________ registers.

A. System in, system out
B. Data in, data out
C. Flow in, flow out
D. Input, output

The ______ register is read by the host to get input.

A. Flow in
B. Flow out
C. Data in
D. Data out

The ______ register is written by the host to send output.

A. Status
B. Control
C. Data in
D. Data out

The hardware mechanism that allows a device to notify the CPU is called _______

A. Polling
B. Interrupt
C. Driver
D. Controlling

The CPU hardware has a wire called __________ that the CPU senses after executing every instruction.

A. Interrupt request line
B. Interrupt bus
C. Interrupt receive line
D. Interrupt sense line

The _________ determines the cause of the interrupt, performs the necessary processing and executes a return from the interrupt instruction to return the CPU to the execution state prior to the interrupt.

A. Interrupt request line
B. Device driver
C. Interrupt handler
D. All of the mentioned