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Computer Archtecture: S.B. Roll No....................................

1) The document is a past exam paper for a Computer Architecture exam with three sections - Section A with multiple choice questions, Section B with short answer questions, and Section C with longer answer questions. 2) Section A contains 15 multiple choice questions testing concepts like nibbles, 2's complement, register types, addressing modes, and computer components. 3) Section B requires answering 6 out of 10 short answer questions covering topics such as instruction cycles, registers, cache memory, addressing modes, algorithms, and memory hierarchy. 4) Section C requires answering 3 out of 7 longer answer questions on topics such as DMA controllers, RISC vs CISC architectures, virtual memory, parallel

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Computer Archtecture: S.B. Roll No....................................

1) The document is a past exam paper for a Computer Architecture exam with three sections - Section A with multiple choice questions, Section B with short answer questions, and Section C with longer answer questions. 2) Section A contains 15 multiple choice questions testing concepts like nibbles, 2's complement, register types, addressing modes, and computer components. 3) Section B requires answering 6 out of 10 short answer questions covering topics such as instruction cycles, registers, cache memory, addressing modes, algorithms, and memory hierarchy. 4) Section C requires answering 3 out of 7 longer answer questions on topics such as DMA controllers, RISC vs CISC architectures, virtual memory, parallel

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S.B. Roll No.....................................

COMPUTER ARCHTECTURE
4th/Comp/IT/3621/0162/2962/May’16
Duration: 3 Hrs. M. Marks=75
SECTION- A
Q1 Fill in the blanks and True/False. 15x1=15

a) A nibble contains ____________bits.


b) 2’s complement of 111101 is _________________.
c) EBCDIC stands for ______________________
d) The register that holds the address for the stack is called a _____________
e) MIMD stand for ……………………..
f) _______and decode are two main steps in instruction pipeline.
g) The I/O bus consists of ______________,____________________ and _________________.
h) WORM stands for ___________________.
i) The performance of cache memory is frequently measured in terms of a quantity

j)
called_____________.

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Interrupts which are initiated by I/O drive are _____________ called interrupts.

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k) In immediate addressing operand is placed in _______________.
l) During DMA transfer the _________________ is idle and has no control of the memory buses.
m) The ___________________stores intermediate data used during the execution of the instruction.

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n) EBCDIC is an eight bit code. (T/F)
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Hexadecimal number has base of 15. (T/F)

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SECTION B
Q2. Attempt any SIX questions.

p a 6x5=30

(a)
(b)
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What do you mean by instruction cycle? Explain in detail.
Explain general register organization in CPU.

b
What is cache memory? Explain its types.

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a
(d) What do you mean by addressing mode? Explain the types of addressing modes.
(e) Explain multiplication algorithm.

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(f) What is stack organization? Enlist its types.
(g) Write a short note on memory hierarchy.

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(h) What is associative memory? Explain its hardware organization.
(i) Write a short note on interrupt cycle.

SECTION- C
Note: Attempt any THREE questions. 3x10= 30

Q3.Explain DMA controller


Q4.Explain Characteristics of RISC and CISC architecture.
Q5.What is virtual memory? Explain in detail the concept of paging and segmentation.
Q6.What is parallel processing? Explain parallel processing with an example.
Q7.Write a note on:
a. Program initiated I/O operation
b. Interrupt Initiated I/O Operation
c. Isolated versus memory mapped I/O

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