St.

Joseph’s Institute of Technology

CSE
Model Question Paper - June 2020

Subject Name: Computer Architecture

Subject Code: CS8491
Marks : 100
Year and Semester: II and IV

Part-A (Any 8 Questions) (8*3=24 Marks)

1. Define Amdahl’s law.

2. Define Memory unit.

3. Write the rules for add/sub operation on floating point numbers?

4. What is arithmetic overflow?

5. Name the control signals required to perform arithmetic operations.

6. Convert the following code segment in C to MIPS instructions, assuming all variables are in memory and are
addressable as offsets from $t0:
a=b+c: c=b+f:
7. What are the properties of Multi-Core Systems?

8. Define GPUs.

9. What do you mean by static memories?

10. Define Hit and Miss in cache

Part-B(Any 4 Questions)(4*19=76 Marks)

11. (i) What is an addressing mode? What is the need for addressing in a computer system? Explain the various
addressing modes with suitable examples. (or) Describe the different types of addressing modes with example

ii) Explain the important measure of the performance of a computer and derive the basic performance equation

12. Explain the Booth’s multiplication algorithm with suitable example

13. Explain the pipeline hazards in detail

14. Explain with diagrammatic illustration Flynn’s classification

15. (i) Draw the typical block diagram of a DMA controller and explain how it is used for direct data transfer
between memory and peripherals?

(ii) Explain in detail about the basic structure of a memory level hierarchy with suitable diagram.