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Mohamed Sathak A J College of Engineering
Siruseri IT Park, OMR, Chennai - 603103.
Assessment - II Exam(Set A)
Date /Time Max. Marks 50 Marks
Subject with Code EC 8552 - Computer Architecture And Time 90 minutes
Organization
Branch ECE Year/Semester III/V

Course Objectives
The Student should be able
S. No. Course Objective
1 To make students understand the basic structure and operation of digital computer
2 To familiarize with implementation of fixed point and floating-point arithmetic operations
3 To study the design of data path unit and control unit for processor
4 To understand the concept of various memories and interfacing
5 To introduce the parallel processing technique
Course Outcomes:
On Completion of the course the students will be able to
CO No. Course Outcome
1 Describe data representation, instruction formats and the operation of a digital computer
2 Illustrate the fixed point and floating-point arithmetic for ALU operation
3 Discuss about implementation schemes of control unit and pipeline performance
4 Explain the concept of various memories, interfacing and organization of multiple processors
5 Discuss parallel processing technique and unconventional architectures

BLOOMS TAXONOMY(BT Level)

K1-Remembering , K2-Understanding, K3-Applying, K4-Analyzing, K5-Evaluating ,K6-Creating
Part A (7x2=14 marks) CO BT level Univ. QP
(Answer all the questions) Mapping Reference
1 Define exception. Give one example of MIPS exception 3 K1 14,16,18

2 Name the control signals required to perform arithmetic operations 3 K2 MAY16

3 What are R-type instructions? 3 K2 May 2015

4 What is data path? 3 K2 16,18

5 Define ALU. 2 K1 MAY2016

6 What are the overflow/underflow conditions for addition and subtraction? 2 K2 Nov 2015

7 What do you mean by Subword Parallelism? 2 K2 15,16,18

 Part B (2x13=26marks) CO BT Univ.QP Marks
(Answer all the questions) level Reference Alloted
8 (a) Explain the various methods for performing division of n- 2 K3 May2015 13
bit numbers with suitable examples.

(OR)

(b) Explain how floating point addition is carried out in a 2 K3 Nov2016 13

computer system. Give an example for a binary floating
point addition.

9 (a) Discuss in brief about the basic MIPS implementation with 3 K3 Nov 2015 13
necessary multiplexers and control lines.

OR

(b) What is pipelining? Discuss about pipelined datapath and 3 K3 16,17,18 13

control.

Part C (1x10=10marks) CO BT Univ.QP Marks

level Reference Alloted
10. (a) What is Hazard? Explain its types with suitable examples. 3 K3 14,15,16,17 10

OR
(b) Give the result using multiplication algorithm for 2 K4 May2015 10
0.5 x -0.4375.

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