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Computer Organisation and Arch..... Chapters Querstions and Answers

The document summarizes key topics related to computer memory and storage. Chapter 5 discusses properties of semiconductor memory including DRAM and SRAM characteristics. Chapter 6 covers magnetic disk storage, including track/cylinder/sector definitions and RAID levels. Chapter 7 lists external device classifications and I/O techniques. Chapter 8 defines operating systems and processes. Chapter 9 examines number representations such as two's complement and floating point.

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Computer Organisation and Arch..... Chapters Querstions and Answers

The document summarizes key topics related to computer memory and storage. Chapter 5 discusses properties of semiconductor memory including DRAM and SRAM characteristics. Chapter 6 covers magnetic disk storage, including track/cylinder/sector definitions and RAID levels. Chapter 7 lists external device classifications and I/O techniques. Chapter 8 defines operating systems and processes. Chapter 9 examines number representations such as two's complement and floating point.

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Chapter 5

5.1 What are the key properties of semiconductor memory?

5.2 What are two senses in which the term random-access memory is used?

5.3 What is the difference between DRAM and SRAM in terms of application?

5.4 What is the difference between DRAM and SRAM in terms of characteristics such as
speed, size, and cost?

5.5 Explain why one type of RAM is considered to be analog and the other digital.

5.6 What are some applications for ROM?

5.7 What are the differences among EPROM, EEPROM, and flash memory?
5.8 Explain the function of each pin in Figure 5.4b.

5.9 What is a parity bit?

5.10 How is the syndrome for the Hamming code interpreted?

5.11 How does SDRAM differ from ordinary DRAM?


Chapter 6

6.1 What are the advantages of using a glass substrate for a magnetic disk?

6.2 How are data written onto a magnetic disk?

6.3 How are data read from a magnetic disk?

6.4 Explain the difference between a simple CAV system and a multiple zoned recording
system.

6.5 Define the terms track, cylinder, and sector.

6.6 What is the typical disk sector size?


6.7 Define the terms seek time, rotational delay, access time, and transfer time

6.8 What common characteristics are shared by all RAID levels?

6.9 Briefly define the seven RAID levels.

6.10 Explain the term striped data.

6.11 How is redundancy achieved in a RAID system?

6.12 In the context of RAID, what is the distinction between parallel access and independent access?
6.13 What is the difference between CAV and CLV?

6.14 What differences between a CD and a DVD account for the larger capacity of the latter?

6.15 Explain serpentine recording.


Chapter 7

7.1 List three broad classifications of external, or peripheral, devices.

7.2 What is the International Reference Alphabet?

7.3 What are the major functions of an I/O module?

7.4 List and briefly define three techniques for performing I/O.

7.5 What is the difference between memory-mapped I/O and isolated I/O?

7.6 When a device interrupt occurs, how does the processor determine which device
issued the interrupt?

7.7 When a DMA module takes control of a bus, and while it retains control of the bus,
what does the processor do?
Chapter 8

8.1 What is an operating system?

8.2 List and briefly define the key services provided by an OS.

8.3 List and briefly define the major types of OS scheduling.

8.4 What is the difference between a process and a program?

8.5 What is the purpose of swapping?

8.6 If a process may be dynamically assigned to different locations in main memory, what
is the implication for the addressing mechanism?

8.7 Is it necessary for all of the pages of a process to be in main memory while the process
is executing?

8.8 Must the pages of a process in main memory be contiguous?

8.8 No.
8.9 Is it necessary for the pages of a process in main memory to be in sequential order?

8.9 No.
8.10 What is the purpose of a translation lookaside buffer?
Chapter 9

9.1 Briefly explain the following representations: sign magnitude, twos complement,
biased.

9.2 Explain how to determine if a number is negative in the following representations:


sign magnitude, twos complement, biased.

9.3 What is the sign-extension rule for twos complement numbers?

9.4 How can you form the negation of an integer in twos complement representation?

9.5 In general terms, when does the twos complement operation on an n-bit integer produce the same integer?

9.6 What is the difference between the twos complement representation of a number and
the twos complement of a number?

9.7 If we treat 2 twos complement numbers as unsigned integers for purposes of addition,
the result is correct if interpreted as a twos complement number. This is not true for
multiplication. Why?
9.8 What are the four essential elements of a number in floating-point notation?

9.9 What is the benefit of using biased representation for the exponent portion of a
floating-point number?

9.10 What are the differences among positive overflow, exponent overflow, and significand
overflow?

9.11 What are the basic elements of floating-point addition and subtraction?

9.12 Give a reason for the use of guard bits.

9.13 List four alternative methods of rounding the result of a floating-point operation.

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