COA TUTORIAL

PART ONE

Staff in-charge: KARTHIK.S

1. What are the basic components of a computer?

2. What is architecture and organization
3. Show where the COA principles are applied.
4. What is the difference b/w opcode and operands
5. What is the need for I/O devices
6. Why the address bus is unidirectional & data bus is bidirectional
7. Ben Bitdiddle is having a picnic. He won’t enjoy it if it rains or if there are ants. Design a
circuit that will output TRUE only if Ben enjoys the picnic.
8. Write down the steps to execute the following instructions:
a. Move R0,R1; b. Add A,#05H; c. Add 4500, 02H;

9. What is a bus? List the pros & cons of using common bus.
10. What is the need of BUS BUFFER REGISTER
11. What is a reasonable computer?
12. What is the difference FSM & IFSM? Give example.
13. Write about ENIAC & EDVAC
14. Explain Von-Neumann concept.
15. Show the difference b/w Direct and indirect addressing modes with examples.
16. Determine the size of the following instructions:
a. Move R0,#02H; b. Add A,4500;
17. What is MIPS
18. How the main memory size determine the speed & performance of the computer.
19. List the specifications of your own computer/Laptop.
20. What is called swapping in and swapping out?