MICROPROCESSOR AND INTERFACES

Computer Science and Engineering

UNIT-1 & 2
Two Marks Questions:
1. What is need of multiplexing the address and data bus?
2. What is the need to demultiplex the bus AD0-AD7.
3. What is the significance of address and data lines in any Microprocessor unit?
4. What is the difference between minimum and maximum mode of 8086?
5. Draw the flag register format of 8085.
6. Draw the flag register format of 8086.
7. How cum Microprocessor understand the difference between Opcode and Data?
8. Explain different memory segments of 8086.
9. What is the role of IQ in 8086.
10. Which Intel Microprocessor was the first to address 1M byte of memory?
11. Predict the output of following program:
MOV AX, 0000H
PUSH AX
POPF
12. Define a cycle of the processor?
13. What is the advantage of segmented memory in 8086?
14. Write two differences between 8085 and 8086, similarly 8086 and 8088 or 8085 and 8088.

Any instruction or pins can be asked to explain.

Seven Marks Questions:

1. Explain architecture of 8085 Microprocessor with its basic functional blocks.
2. Compare Harvard architecture and Princeton architecture of Microprocessor with their
proper diagrams.
3. Compare 8085 and 8088 microprocessor in detail.
4. Explain various functional blocks of BIU & EU of 8086 Microprocessor.
5. What is the length of queue in 8086? Explain the queue operation in detail.
6. Draw flag register format of 8086 and explain the operation of each flag.
7. What do you understand by addressing modes? Discuss in detail the various addressing
modes of 8086 with examples.
8. Explain the concept of segmented memory and what are its advantages? What is the
role of segment register and instruction pointer?
9. Explain the working of HOLD, HLDA, RESET, READY, IO/M’, ALE, S0, S1, SID, SOD,
RESETIN’.
10. Explain the function of following signals of 8086:
ALE,
DT/R’,
LOCK’,
TEST’,
MN/MX’,
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Assistant Professor,
Electronics and Telecommunication, SSGI-SSTC.
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RQ’0/GT’0,
QS0, QS1,
OR
Explain the function of different pins available in maximum mode operation of 8086.
OR
Explain the function of different pins available in minimum mode operation of 8086.

11. Programs covered in Classroom.

UNIT-3
Two Marks Questions:
1. What is Maskable and Non-maskable interrupt? Give one example.
2. Type 0 interrupt is used to handle divide error (true/false)?
3. Write classification of 8086 interrupts.
Seven Marks Questions:
1. Explain classification of interrupts used in 8086.
2. Explain timing diagram of read and write cycle of 8086 in minimum mode.
3. Draw IVT of 8086 and explain interrupt type 0 to type 4.
4. How many interrupt supported by the 8086 processor? Explain function of predefined
interrupts of the processor.
5. Draw suitable timing diagram for instruction MOV BL, A5h.
6. Draw the structure of interrupt vector table (IVT). Explain interrupt sequence in 8086.

UNIT-4
Two Marks Questions:
1. Explain two modes of 8255.
2. Pin A0 is used to select odd memory bank. (True/False)?
3. Differentiate between minimum and maximum mode of 8086 processor.
4. What is the difference between absolute and linear decoding?
Seven Marks Questions:
1. Design an interface between 8086 CPU and two chips of 16K X 8 EPROM and two chips
of 32K x 8 RAM. Select the starting address of EPROM suitably. The RAM address must
start 00000H.
2. Explain architecture of 8255 with its control word format.
3. Explain architecture of DMA 8237 and also explain its transfer modes.
4. Draw and explain block diagram of 8255 and 8254.
5. Explain DMA controller as follows:
i. Architecture
ii. Different operating Modes.
6. Connect given memory chips with 8086 processor as per given address range:
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Assistant Professor,
Electronics and Telecommunication, SSGI-SSTC.
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2 RAM chip of size 8K X 8 Address range (00000H to 00FFFH)
2 EPROM chip of size 8K X 8 Address range (FC000H to FFFFFH)
7. Connect given memory chips with 8088 processor as per given address range:
2 RAM chip of size 256K X 8
2 EPROM chip of size 256K X 8
UNIT-5
Two Marks Questions:
1. Differentiate between cold restart and warm restart.
2. Write short notes on Pentium 3.
3. 80386 has three 32 bit control registers (CR0, CR2, CR3)- True or false?

Seven Marks Questions:

1. Write short notes on segment descriptor of 80386.
2. Explain paging mechanism in 8086 microprocessor.
3. Compare modern microprocessor (i3,i5 and i7).
Or
Give comparison among core i3, i5 and i7.
4. Explain and compare real mode and protected mode operation of 80386 processor.
Or
Explain the operating modes of 80386.
5. Draw and explain the block diagram of 80386.
6. Compare 80386 with 80486 processor.

Ashish Tiwari,
Assistant Professor,
Electronics and Telecommunication, SSGI-SSTC.