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This document provides a tutorial on computer organization and architecture (COA) concepts. It contains 20 questions covering basic computer components, architecture and organization principles, instruction execution, buses, bus buffer registers, finite state machines, early computer models like ENIAC and EDVAC, Von Neumann concepts, addressing modes, MIPS architecture, memory size impacts, and swapping. The tutorial is led by staff member Karthik.S and aims to explain fundamental COA concepts.

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Coa Tutorial

This document provides a tutorial on computer organization and architecture (COA) concepts. It contains 20 questions covering basic computer components, architecture and organization principles, instruction execution, buses, bus buffer registers, finite state machines, early computer models like ENIAC and EDVAC, Von Neumann concepts, addressing modes, MIPS architecture, memory size impacts, and swapping. The tutorial is led by staff member Karthik.S and aims to explain fundamental COA concepts.

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COA TUTORIAL

PART ONE

Staff in-charge: KARTHIK.S

1. What are the basic components of a computer?


2. What is architecture and organization
3. Show where the COA principles are applied.
4. What is the difference b/w opcode and operands
5. What is the need for I/O devices
6. Why the address bus is unidirectional & data bus is bidirectional
7. Ben Bitdiddle is having a picnic. He won’t enjoy it if it rains or if there are ants. Design a
circuit that will output TRUE only if Ben enjoys the picnic.
8. Write down the steps to execute the following instructions:
a. Move R0,R1; b. Add A,#05H; c. Add 4500, 02H;

9. What is a bus? List the pros & cons of using common bus.
10. What is the need of BUS BUFFER REGISTER
11. What is a reasonable computer?
12. What is the difference FSM & IFSM? Give example.
13. Write about ENIAC & EDVAC
14. Explain Von-Neumann concept.
15. Show the difference b/w Direct and indirect addressing modes with examples.
16. Determine the size of the following instructions:
a. Move R0,#02H; b. Add A,4500;
17. What is MIPS
18. How the main memory size determine the speed & performance of the computer.
19. List the specifications of your own computer/Laptop.
20. What is called swapping in and swapping out?

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