Madras University (UnOM) 2005 B.Sc Computer Science computer architecture - Question Paper

PART A - (10 x three = 30 marks)

ans any TEN ques.. All ques. carry equal marks. every ans should not exceed 50 words.

1. What is meant by computer architecture?

2. What is a system software?

3. elaborate the various kinds of RAM?

4.Write about magnetic DISK.

5. What is an interrupt?

6. How will you represent a floating-point number?

7. What is a pipelining?

8. What is the use of a register?

9. elaborate the steps involved by CPU to execute an instruction?

10. What is a memory interleaving?

11.What do you mean by memory hierarchy?

12. What is a stack?



PART B - (5 x six = 30 marks)

ans any 5 ques..

All ques. carry equal marks. every ans should not exceed 200 words.



13.Explain the processor bus organization.

14.What are the basics of RAID? discuss.

15.Explain about main memory in detail.

16. explain the different addressing modes with suitable example.

17.Explain about direct memory access.

18.Explain the characteristics of Risc Vs. Cisc

19.Explain the working of hard wired control unit.



PART C - (4 x 10 = 40 marks)

ans any 4 ques.. All ques. carry equal marks.

every ans should not exceed 500 words.

20.Write a detailed note on cache memory.

21.Explain briefly about the concept of magnetic tape.

22. With a neat block diagram and discuss the cons~ruction and function of arithmetic and logic unit.

23. What is exceptions? define about few common exception in detail.

24.Describe the design of pipelined instruction units.

25.Define the following:

(a) Micro operation

(b) Micro instruction

(c) Micro program

(d) Micro code.

Earning:   Approval pending.