Bharathiar University 2008 B.Sc Computer Science - Question Paper

BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY

B.SC(CS) DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2008.

FIFTH SEMESTER

PART III-COMPUTER SCIENCE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE.

MARK(5*5=25)

11 A) WRITE IN BRIEF ABOUT SIC MACHINE ARCHITECTURE
(OR)
B)DIFFERENTIATE ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE EXPRESSION WITH Eg;

12 A)EXPLAIN BOOTSTRAP LOADER IN BRIEF
(OR)
B)WRITE A BRIEF NOTE ON DYNAMIC LINKING

13 A) WITH AN EXAMPLE, discuss CONCATENATION OF MACRO PARAMETERS
(OR)
B)EXPLAIN CONDITIONAL MACRO EXPANSION WITH AN EXAMPLE

14 A) WHAT IS MEANT BY CODE OPTIMIZATION? provide EXAMPLE.
(OR)
B)WITH AN EXAMPLE discuss INTERMEDIATE FORM OF PROGRAM.

15 A) WRITE DOWN AND discuss THE TASKS OF AN INTERACTIVE EDITORS
(OR)
B)WRITE DOWN THE CAPABILITIES OF AN INTERACTIVE DEBUGGING SYSTEM

MARK(5*8=40)

16 A) WRITE DOWN AND discuss THE ALGORITHM FOR PASS two PF AN ASSEMBLER
(OR)
B)DiscUSS IN DETAIL ABOUT ASSEMBLER DESIGN choices

17 A)EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ABOUT THE ALGORITHM FOR A LINKING LOADER
(OR0
B)WRITE NOTES ON(i)AUTOMATIC LIBRARY SEARCH (ii)LINKAGE EDITORS

18 A)DiscUSS ABOUT THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF A MACROPROCESSOR
(OR)
B)WRITE NOTES ON DESIGN choices FOR A MACROPROCESSOR

19 A)EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ABOUT MACHINE INDEPENDENT COMPILER FEATURE
(OR)
B)DiscUSS ABOUT DESIGN choices FOR A COMPILER

20 A)EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF AN EDITOR
(OR)
B)WRITE NOTES ON INTERACTIVE DEBUGGING SYSTEM

REGARDS
E.S.JOTHI KRISHNAN
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