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(B) Attempt Any 4 Questions From Part-B. Each of The Questions Carries 10 Marks

The document describes a 3-hour exam for a computer system architecture course. It includes 10 short answer questions in Part A worth 2 marks each, and 4 long answer questions in Part B worth 10 marks each. Question 5 asks students to determine the number of bits used for different parts of a computer's 32-bit instruction word format, including the operation code, register code, and address. It also asks for the number of data and address bits in the computer's memory. The response provides the breakdown of bits for each part of the instruction word, draws the format, and states that data is 32 bits and address is 19 bits in memory.

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(B) Attempt Any 4 Questions From Part-B. Each of The Questions Carries 10 Marks

The document describes a 3-hour exam for a computer system architecture course. It includes 10 short answer questions in Part A worth 2 marks each, and 4 long answer questions in Part B worth 10 marks each. Question 5 asks students to determine the number of bits used for different parts of a computer's 32-bit instruction word format, including the operation code, register code, and address. It also asks for the number of data and address bits in the computer's memory. The response provides the breakdown of bits for each part of the instruction word, draws the format, and states that data is 32 bits and address is 19 bits in memory.

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BS-201: COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Time Allowed: 3Hrs

Maximum Marks: 60

Note: (a) Attempt all parts in Part-A. Each part carries 2 marks.
(b) Attempt any 4 questions from Part-B. Each of the questions carries 10 marks.
PART-A
Q1.(a) How does the Herman Hollerith punch cards do work?
(b)

Name various fifth generation languages.

(c)

What is the role of stack pointer in PUSH and POP operations?

(d)

What are micro-operations?

(e)

What is the difference between internal and external interrupts?

(f)

What is the difference between machine and the assembly language?

(g)

What are the advantages of serial communication over parallel?

(h)

What does the CPU do during the DMA?

(i)

What is hit ratio? Give example.

(j)
2.

What is the advantage of associative memory?


PART-B
Explain the various computer generations with their inherent features,

3.

technology used and language characteristics.


Explain various memory reference, register reference and input-output

4.

instructions in detail.
What is an interrupt? What is its purpose? What are the types of interrupts

5.

supported by a computer system?


A computer uses memory unit of 512K words of 32-bit each. Binaryinstruction code is stored in one word of memory. The instruction has four
parts an I bit, an operation code, a register codes part to specify one of the 64
registers and an address part:
(i) How many bits are there in the operation code, the register code part and the
address part?
(ii) Draw the instruction word format and indicate the number of bits in each
part.

6.
7.

(iii) How many bits are there in data and address inputs of memory?
Explain the memory hierarchy in detail.
Discuss various rules for writing a program in assembly language.

Solution
Answer 5:
512K = 2 19
(a) Address : 19 bits + register code : 6 bits + indirect bit:1 = 25 bits (total)
32 25 = 7 (bits for the opcode)
(b)
I
Opcode
register
address
1
7
6
18
(c)

data = 32 bits and address : 19 bits.

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