COA Question Bank
COA Question Bank
COA Question Bank
1. Draw the schematic diagram of the architecture of a single bus CPU, clearly showing
the general purpose, Special purpose registers and the data path. Explain the function
of each component.
2. Explain the working principle of DRAM cell
3. Write different mapping techniques in cache with their merits and demerits.
4. Write the sequence of control steps required for single bus CPU organization of the
following instruction ADD R1, NUM
5. Implement the LRU algorithm on the following data. Assume cache size is 3 blocks.
1,1,2,3,3,4,5,1,2,5
6. Write the sequence of control steps for the following instruction for multi bus CPU
organization ADD (R1), R2 // R2←[R1]+R2
7. Design a 4M X 32 bits memory using 512X8 bits memory chip
8. A cache consists of a total of 128 blocks. The main memory contains 2K blocks,
each consisting of 32 words. ( I )How many bits are there in each of the TAG, BLOCK
and WORD field in case of direct mapping? ( ii )How many bits are there in each of
the TAG, SET, and WORD field in case of 4-way set-associative mapping?
9. Explain the working principle of Hardwired control unit design along with neat diagram.
Explain its advantages and disadvantages
10. What is the difference between memory access time and memory cycle time?
11. What is the need of locality of reference? Explain about the different types of locality of
references
12. Draw and explain the working principle of microprogrammed control unit.