The 8051 Microcontroller MCQ Questions & Answers

Question 1

A HIGH on which pin resets the 8051 microcontroller?

A. RESET
B. RST
C. PSEN
D. RSET

Question 2

A label is used to name a single line of code.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 3

An alternate function of port pin P3.0 (RXD) in the 8051 is:

A. serial port input
B. serial port output
C. memory write strobe
D. memory read strobe

Question 4

An alternate function of port pin P3.1 in the 8051 is:

A. serial port input
B. serial port output
C. memory write strobe
D. memory read strobe

Question 5

An alternate function of port pin P3.4 in the 8051 is:

A. Timer 0
B. Timer 1
C. interrupt 0
D. interrupt 1

Question 6

Bit-addressable memory locations are:

A. 10H through 1FH
B. 20H through 2FH
C. 30H through 3FH
D. 40H through 4FH

Question 7

Both registers TL0 and TL1 are needed to start Timer 0.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 8

Data transfer from I/O to external data memory can only be done with the MOV command.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 9

Data transfer from I/O to external data memory can only be done with the MOVX command.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 10

Device pins XTAL1 and XTAL2 for the 8051 are used for connections to an external oscillator or crystal.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 11

Microcontrollers often have:

A. CPUs
B. RAM
C. ROM
D. all of the above

Question 12

MOV A, @ R1 will:

A. copy R1 to the accumulator
B. copy the accumulator to R1
C. copy the contents of memory whose address is in R1 to the accumulator
D. copy the accumulator to the contents of memory whose address is in R1

Question 13

The 8051 can handle ________ interrupt sources.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

Question 14

The 8051 has ________ 16-bit counter/timers.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Question 15

The 8051 has ________ parallel I/O ports.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

Question 16

The 8-bit address bus allows access to an address range of:

A. 0000 to FFFFH
B. 000 to FFFH
C. 00 to FFH
D. 0 to FH

Question 17

The ADC0804 has ________ resolution.

A. 4-bit
B. 8-bit
C. 16-bit
D. 32-bit

Question 18

The address space of the 8051 is divided into four distinct areas: internal data, external data, internal code, and external code.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 19

The contents of the accumulator after this operation MOV A,#0BH ANL A,#2CH will be

A. 11010111
B. 11011010
C. 1000
D. 101000

Question 20

The contents of the accumulator after this operation MOV A,#2BH ORL A,00H will be:

A. 1B H
B. 2B H
C. 3B H
D. 4B H

Question 21

The designs of a centigrade thermometer and a PWM speed-control circuit can be implemented by the 8051.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 22

The following command will copy the accumulator to the location whose address is 23H: MOV 23H,A

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 23

The following command will rotate the 8 bits of the accumulator one position to the left: RL A

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 24

The following program will cause the 8051 to be stuck in a loop: LOOP: MOV A, #00H  JNZ LOOP

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 25

The following program will receive data from port 1, determine whether bit 2 is high, and then send the number FFH to port 3: READ: MOV A,P1 ANL A,#2H CJNE A,#02H,READ MOV P3,#FFH

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 26

The I/O port that does not have a dual-purpose role is:

A. port 0
B. port 1
C. port 2
D. port 3

Question 27

The I/O ports that are used as address and data for external memory are:

A. ports 1 and 2
B. ports 1 and 3
C. ports 0 and 2
D. ports 0 and 3

Question 28

The internal RAM memory of the 8051 is:

A. 32 bytes
B. 64 bytes
C. 128 bytes
D. 256 bytes

Question 29

The last 96 locations in the internal data memory are reserved for general-purpose data storage and stack.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 30

The microcontroller is useful in systems that have nonvariable programs for dedicated applications.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 31

The number of data registers is:

A. 8
B. 16
C. 32
D. 64

Question 32

The special function registers are maintained in the next 128 locations after the general-purpose data storage and stack.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 33

The special function registers can be referred to by their hex addresses or by their register names.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 34

The statement LCALL READ passes control to the line labelled READ.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 35

The total amount of external code memory that can be interfaced to the 8051 is:

A. 32K
B. 64K
C. 128K
D. 256K

Question 36

The total external data memory that can be interfaced to the 8051 is:

A. 32K
B. 64K
C. 128K
D. 256K

Question 37

This program code will be executed continuously: STAT: MOV A, #01H  JNZ STAT

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 38

This program code will be executed once: STAT: MOV A, #01H  JNZ STAT

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 39

This program code will read data from port 0 and write it to port 2, and it will stop looping when bit 3 of port 2 is set: STAT: MOV A, PO  MOV P2,A  JNB P2.3, STAT

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 40

This statement will set the address of the bit to 1 (8051 Micro-controller): SETB 01H

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 41

To interface external EPROM memory for applications, it is necessary to demultiplex the address/data lines of the 8051.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE

Question 42

What is the difference between the 8031 and the 8051?

A. The 8031 has no interrupts.
B. The 8031 is ROM-less.
C. The 8051 is ROM-less.
D. The 8051 has 64 bytes more memory.

Question 43

When the 8051 is reset and the EA line is LOW, the program counter points to the first program instruction in the:

A. internal code memory
B. external code memory
C. internal data memory
D. external data memory

Question 44

Which of the following commands will copy the contents of location 4H to the accumulator?

A. MOV A, 04H
B. MOV A, L4
C. MOV L4, A
D. MOV 04H, A

Question 45

Which of the following commands will copy the contents of RAM whose address is in register 0 to port 1?

A. MOV @ P1, R0
B. MOV @ R0, P1
C. MOV P1, @ R0
D. MOV P1, R0

Question 46

Which of the following commands will move the number 27H into the accumulator?

A. MOV A, P27
B. MOV A, #27H
C. MOV A, 27H
D. MOV A, @27

Question 47

Which of the following commands will move the value at port 3 to register 2?

A. MOV P2, R3
B. MOV R3, P2
C. MOV 3P, R2
D. MOV R2, P3

Question 48

Which of the following instructions will load the value 35H into the high byte of timer 0?

A. MOV TH0, #35H
B. MOV TH0, 35H
C. MOV T0, #35H
D. MOV T0, 35H

Question 49

Which of the following instructions will move the contents of register 3 to the accumulator?

A. MOV 3R, A
B. MOV R3, A
C. MOV A, R3
D. MOV A, 3R

Question 50

Which of the following instructions will move the contents of the accumulator to register 6?

A. MOV 6R, A
B. MOV R6, A
C. MOV A, 6R
D. MOV A, R6

Question 51

Which of the following statements will add the accumulator and register 3?

A. ADD @R3, @A
B. ADD @A, R3
C. ADD R3, A
D. ADD A, R3