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This document contains details about the Term-End Examination for the course MCS-012: Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming. It includes 8 questions covering topics like number representation, Boolean logic, cache memory, I/O techniques, instruction execution, register files, assembly language programming, and computer architecture concepts. Students must answer question 1, which is compulsory, and any 3 other questions out of the remaining 7 questions. The exam is worth a total of 100 marks and carries a weightage of 75%.

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MCS 012june2020

This document contains details about the Term-End Examination for the course MCS-012: Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming. It includes 8 questions covering topics like number representation, Boolean logic, cache memory, I/O techniques, instruction execution, register files, assembly language programming, and computer architecture concepts. Students must answer question 1, which is compulsory, and any 3 other questions out of the remaining 7 questions. The exam is worth a total of 100 marks and carries a weightage of 75%.

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MASTER OF COMPUTER
APPLICATION/BACHELOR OF
COMPUTER APPLICATION
(REVISED) (MCA/BCA)
Term-End Examination
June, 2020
MCS-012 : COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND

ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Weigthage : 75%

Note : (i) Question No. 1 is compulsory and carries

40 marks.

(ii) Attempt any three questions from the

rest.
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1. (a) Convert the following numbers as stated : 6

(i) (23.125)/0 to binary

(ii) (36.5)10 to octal

(135)10 to hexadecimal

(b) Draw the truth table for the following

Boolean function :

F = (A . B + C) + (A . C) + (13 .A .

Use k-map to simplify the above Boolean

function. 5

(c) What is the need of Cache memory ?

Explain the direct Cache mapping scheme

with the help of an example/diagram. 6

. (d) Explain the interrupt-driven I/O technique

with the help of a diagram. 4


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(e) How is the next instruction that is to be

executed brought into Instruction Register

for execution ? Explain the sequence of

micro-operation that are needed to perform

this operation. Which of these

micro-operations will take longest time to

execute ? Give justification in support of

your answer. 6

(f) How is the large register file of RISC

useful ? 3

(g) Write a program using 8086 assembly


language that finds the larger of two byte

values stored in two memory locations

named A and B respectively. The larger

of two values should be stored in AL

register. 6

P. T. O.
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(h) Calculate the physical address for the

following segment register : 4

Offset (or Register) pair

(i) Offset of date byte in segment (0200) h

DatSegmn():IFh

(ii) Code Segment Register (CS) : OF10

Instruction Pointer Register op) :


2562
2. (a) Explain the 'Stored Program Concept' for a

Von Neumann machine. 4

(b) What is an I/O processor ? Explain its

characteristics. Explain the selector and

multiplexer channels with the help of

diagram(s).
6
(c) Consider the Registers RI having value

(1011 0101) 2 and R2 having value


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(0110 0111)2 . Perform the. following

operations using El and/or R2. The result

should be stored in a register It :

(i) Addition of El and R2 with carry

(ii) Decrement Itl

(iii) Increment El.

(iv) Subtract R2 from RI

It may be noted that only addition micro-

operation is allowed.

(d) Explain the FAR procedure call in the

context of 8086 assembly language. 4

3. (a) What is an Interrupt Vector Table in 8086

microprocessor ? How is it used to process

an Interrupt ? Explain with the help of a

diagram. 6

P. T. O.
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(b) Explain the following in the context of

micro-programmed control unit : 6

(i) Control memory

(ii) Sequencing logic

(iii) Vertical micro-instruction

(c) Explain the following in the context of

printing technology : 6

(i) Print quality

(ii) Impact and non-impact printers

(iii) Print resolution

(d) List any four advantages of densely

packed integrated circuits. 2

4. (a) What is the use of Multiplexers ? Draw and

explain the logic diagram of a 4 x 1

multiplexer. Also draw the truth table for

this multiplexer. 6
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(b) A memory chip has a capacity of 1 M x 16

bits : 4

(i) How many address lines does it have ?

(ii) What is the capacity of the chip in

bytes ?

(c) What is an Accumulator base Instruction

Set Architecture ? Write the assembly code

for the expression A = B "c C + D for

Accumulator based machine. 6

(d) What is the role of Flag register in 8086

microprocessor ? Explain the role of any

three flags in this register. 4

5. Explain briefly any eight of the following :

8x 2
= 20

(a) Assembler

(b) Stack segment


P. T. O.
MCS-012

EXE programs

Shift instruction

D flip-flop

Memory interleaving

Latency time in disk access

Normalization of floating point numbers

Unicode

Counters

6520
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