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CompArchit Exam2012

This document appears to be an exam for a computer architecture class covering various topics: 1. It asks questions about micro-operations, how replacing or adding computers affects throughput and response time, and calculating speedup using Amdahl's law. 2. It also asks about distinguishing between computer organization, design, and architecture, defining response time, and calculating percentage improvement from replacing a processor. 3. Additional questions cover distinguishing DRAM and cache memory, types of computers by application, computer buses, multicore processors, and matching terms like byte, bit, and terabytes to their definitions.

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CompArchit Exam2012

This document appears to be an exam for a computer architecture class covering various topics: 1. It asks questions about micro-operations, how replacing or adding computers affects throughput and response time, and calculating speedup using Amdahl's law. 2. It also asks about distinguishing between computer organization, design, and architecture, defining response time, and calculating percentage improvement from replacing a processor. 3. Additional questions cover distinguishing DRAM and cache memory, types of computers by application, computer buses, multicore processors, and matching terms like byte, bit, and terabytes to their definitions.

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University of Aden Faculty of Engineering Odd Semester Examination (2011-2012) Subject: Computer Architecture Date: /4/2012 Class: B4EC/B4ECS

Time: 2 hours -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS 1# (a) What is a micro-operation? (b) Do the following changes to a computer system increase throughput, decrease response time, or both? 1. Replacing the processor in a computer with a faster one. 2. Adding additional computers to a system. 2# (a) What is the response time of a system? (b) Differentiate between the Computer Organization, Computer Design and Computer Architecture? (Give definitions) 3# (a) How to calculate the overall speedup a system according to the amdahls law? (b) How much do we have to improve the overall performance of a computer, if the microprocessor is replaced by another 10 times faster one. Suppose that the microprocessor is used 70% of the total execution time? 4# (a) Distinguish between the DRAM and the Cache memories? (b) If computer A runs a program in 20 seconds and computer B runs the same program in 28 seconds, then A is n% time faster than B? Find this percentage? 5# (a) What are the main classes of Computers according to their applications? (b) Give a brief description of the different system Buses used in communication between the major components of the computer? Give a sketch diagram? 6# (a) What is a Multicore processor? (b) Find the word or phrase from the list below that best matches the description in the following questions.
Operating system, Desktop computer , Byte, Compiler, Server , Bit, Instructions, Supercomputer,, terabytes, machine language, petabyte , Java, blu-ray, Embedded computers , Multicore processor, Application, DDR2 , CPU, CD, gigabytes, Cache, Linker, Assembly language, Loader. (i) Computer used to run large problems and usually accessed via a network. (ii) Either 1000 or 1024 terabytes. (iii) Binary language that the processor can understand (iv) Binary digit (value 0 or 1) (v) Links the object files to generate .EXE file. (vi) A kind of dynamic random access memory . (vii) Is a type of optical storage have higher capacity than DVD. (viii) Desktop computer without screen or keyboard usually accessed via a network. (ix) Either 1012 or 240 bytes. (x) A computer inside another device used for running one predetermined application.

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