Darshan Institute of Engineering & Technology, Rajkot

Computer Engineering Department

BE IV Semester - Computer Organization and Architecture (3140707)

Sr Unit Question
1 1 Explain shift micro-operations with necessary diagrams.
Write a truth table of three state buffer and explain high impedance state in it with logic symbol
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diagram. OR Explain Tri-state buffer in detail.
3 1 Explain 4-bit arithmetic circuit with neat and clean diagram.

4 2 Draw and explain a flowchart of interrupt cycle.

5 2 Explain Design of Control Unit with block diagram.

6 2 Draw flowchart for instruction cycle and explain it.

7 2 Explain the following instructions: CIL, SNA, INP, BSA, ISZ, SZE, ADD, BUN, STA, LDA

8 3 What is role of first pass assembler? Explain assembler’s second pass with flowchart.
Write an assembly language program to multiply two positive numbers. OR Write an ALP for
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multiplying 3 integers stored in register stack.
10 5 What is register stack? Explain Push and Pop operation.

11 5 Explain four types of instruction formats.

12 5 Briefly explain any four characteristics of RISC.

13 6 What is Flynn's taxonomy? Explain it in brief.

14 7 Explain Booth Multiplication Algorithm with example.

15 7 Explain BCD adder with diagram.

What is cache memory mapping? Explain direct cache memory mapping in detail. OR Discuss
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associative mapping and direct mapping in organization of cache memory.
17 9 Write a short note on DMA.

18 10 Draw and explain shared memory architecture of multiprocessor system.

19 10 Differentiate between tightly coupled and loosely coupled systems.