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The document outlines an online exam for the Electronics and System Components module at Badji Mokhtar Annaba University for the year 2024-2025. It includes various exercises that test knowledge on topics such as memory architecture, hard drive characteristics, and CPU instruction types. The exam consists of true/false questions, definitions, calculations, and comparisons between CISC and RISC architectures.

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The document outlines an online exam for the Electronics and System Components module at Badji Mokhtar Annaba University for the year 2024-2025. It includes various exercises that test knowledge on topics such as memory architecture, hard drive characteristics, and CPU instruction types. The exam consists of true/false questions, definitions, calculations, and comparisons between CISC and RISC architectures.

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Badji Mokhtar Annaba University C.

S Department Date : 19/01/2025


Module: Electronics and System Components Online Exam Year : 2024-2025
Family name and first name: Group:

Exercise 1 : (4.5 points)


Answer True or False. If the statement is False, correct it:
a. The linear density varies according to the positioning of sectors in older hard drives.

b. Integrated circuits were used with transistors during the second generation of computers.

c. The “SETUP” program is a part of BIOS (which stands for Binary Input/Output System) firmware stored in recent and
volatile memory chip such as a PROM.

d. During the boot process, SDRAM memory can be used to help the BIOS start before loading the operating system from
the SSD into memory.

e. When a player A uses a joystick as an input device for an online game, the physical movements of the joystick are
converted into analog signals and sent to another player B via a modem and screen that serve as the output device,
displaying these movements for B.

f. Flash memory like solid-static drive is less durable and denser than traditional magnetic storage medium. However due
to CHS addressing, modern hard drives have a greater storage capacity compared to older solid hard disk drives.

Exercise 2 : (4 points)
Find the concept that corresponds to each of the following definitions:

Definition Concept
1. A technology that overclocks the CPU to have more processing power
2. A high-speed connection for external devices can transfer multimedia and power to external devices
3. An essential HDD component for translating commands into precise head movements
4. In a CPU, elements that synchronize data processing by providing timing signals, and temporarily
store data to handle transfer speed differences
5. Essential component that directs the CPU to the specific location in memory during operations
6. Non-physical connectors enabling different programs to connect with each other
7. A compact motherboard design suffers from limited physical space for storage connectors
8. The era marked by the emergence of programmable machines

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Exercise 3 : (6 points)
1. Find the size of the MAR register of a memory with a capacity of 16 GB, where data is stored in 16-byte memory words.
2. You have a CHS hard disk drive with the following characteristics:
Capacity = 320 Gigabytes, 4 platters, 4000 tracks per surface, Sector block size = 10 KB, transfer rate of 20 MB/s.
a) What is the number of sectors per track? Calculate its linear density, knowing that the radius = 5 cm.
b) Compute the time needed to full a surface of the disk.

3. For each description provided, mark an "X" in the column that corresponds to the correct type of memory.
Description SSD SRAM Register
a) High-speed memory directly accessed by the CPU
b) Modifiable and synchronized memory, where capacitors don’t retain data for a long time
c) Memory that does not require refreshing
d) Although it is an electronic memory, it needs to be physically partitioned
e) Non-volatile memory used for permanent storage
f) Used as memory chip to copy BIOS operations, so the CPU may access to the information
quickly
Exercise 4: (5.5 points)
1. We have a processor running at 0.74 GHz and 200 MIPS, we executed a program that consists of 60% arithmetic
instructions, 30% logical instructions, and the rest are memory access instructions.
a) If each arithmetic or logical instruction takes 3 clock cycles, how many cycles are required to execute these memory
access instructions?
b) With the same processor but a different architecture (CPI = 2), is there a difference in terms of the number of
instructions per second? Justify your answer.

2. Complete the table by marking 'X' in the appropriate columns to indicate whether each statement: is associated with CISC or
RISC architecture of the CPU:
Statements CISC RISC
a) As it is focused on software, it is compatible with different logical partition file systems
b) Combined internal secure circuits, which make it only compatible with hybrid support
c) More complex hardware design
d) Increased instruction count to perform complex tasks
e) Revolutionary Instruction Control that reduces latency time
f) Complex internal circuits which lead to less storage capacity
g) Reduced code size
h) Lower performance per clock cycle

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