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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.C.A./B.C.A. (Lateral) DEGREE EXAMINATION - MAY 2021 &

MAY 2020 ARREAR EXAMINATION
Computer Applications

MICROPROCESSORS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS

(From 2003 to 2018 Calendar Year)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

Answer any FIVE questions.

(5 × 20 = 100)

1. (a) What do you mean by bus? What are the types of

buses available? Explain. (10)

(b) Describe the evolution of a microprocessor. (10)

2. (a) Explain the architecture of 8085. (12)

(b) What is interrupt? Explain the interrupt signals

available in 8085. (8)

3. Classify the instruction set of 8085 and explain each

group with examples. (20)

4. (a) Write an assembly language program to find the 2’s

complement of a given byte. (8)

(b) Write an assembly language program to find the

maximum of three bytes. (12)
5. (a) Write a note on memory hierarchy. (5)
(b) Describe the following memory chips : (15)
(i) RAM
(ii) PROM
(iii) EEPROM.

6. (a) Describe the different kinds of data transfer

methods. (10)
(b) Explain the interrupt I/O data transfer scheme. (10)

7. (a) Describe the registers available in 80486

microprocessor. (10)
(b) Explain the different kinds of Drive Controller.
(10)

8. (a) Describe the active PC preventive maintenance

procedure. (10)
(b) Why we need power protection systems? Explain.
(10)

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