School of Computer Science, Engineering and Applications
BHARTHIDASAN UNIVERSITY
APRIL 2011 - IVth Semester
COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
Date fo Exam : 02/05/12
INSTRUCTIONS :
Part - A : Answer all Questions
Part - B : Answer all Questions, either (a) or (b), one only
Part - C : Answer any Three only
PART - A
1. What is a stack pointer
2. What are the four Commonly Used Flags
3. What are the two techniques for speeding up the multiplication operation
4. What is chopping
5. What is pipelining
6. What is superscalar execution
7. Define the cache memory. Mention its use
8. Define Winchester techonology? Give its Advantages
9. What is Known as DMA and DMA Controller
10. Give applications and use of SCSI bus
PART - B
11. (a) Write the difference between RISC & CISC. [OR]
11. (b) What are stacks and queues? Explain its use and give its difference
12. (a) Explain the representaions of floating point numbers in detail [OR]
12. (b) Discuss the Algorithm of nonrestoring division
13. (a) Explain pipelining concept and its various hazards [OR]
13. (b) Explain the multiple bus organization in detail.
14. (a) Explain in detail semiconductor RAM memories. [OR]
14. (b) What is the different Secondary storage devices? Eloborate on Magnetic Hard Discks
15. (a) Explain the Synchronus and Asynchronous bus. [OR]
15. (b) Explain the function of DMA and usage of system bus in DMA
PART - C
16. Describe all the Addressing mode in detail
17. State the Booths Algorithm and expalin with example
18. Give the organization of typical hardwired control unit and explain the functions performed by various blocks
19. Expalin how the virtual address is converted into real address in a paged virtual memory system
20. What are the different types of interrupts? Expalin in Detail the how interrupts are handled
TAGS : Sem 4, Semester Paper, Semester Question Paper, April 2012, Computer Organization and Architecture
