KABARAK UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
MAIN CAMPUS
SECOND SEMESTER 2020/2021 ACADEMIC YEAR
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN COMPUTER FORENSICS AND SECURITY

COSF 123 COMPUTER SYSTEMS SECURITY

STREAM: Y1S2 TIME: 11:30

1:30PM
EXAMINATION SESSION: JAN.-APRIL
DATE:20/04/2021

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Answer Question 1 and any other two questions in the answer
booklet provided.
2. Do not write on your question papers. All rough work should be
done in your answer booklet.
3. Clearly indicate which question you are answering.
4. Write neatly and legibly.
5. Edit your work for language and grammar errors.
6. Follow all the instructions in the answer booklet.
SECTION A: (COMPULSORY) TOTAL MARKS FOR THIS SECTION
IS 30.
QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)
a) Using a diagram, discuss the dynamic view of system
components. [6 Marks]
b) List down FOUR types of operating systems. [4 Marks]
c) Discuss the AND gate. [4 Marks]
d) State the parts of an embedded system. [6 Marks]
e) State the difference between an SR Latch and an SR Flip
flop. [5 Marks]
f) Write a simple assembly language code to solve the following
X=A+B/(C-D) given that A=2,B=1, C=4,
D=1. [5 Marks]

SECTION B. TOTAL MARKS FOR THIS SECTION IS 40.

ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION. EACH
QUESTION IN THIS SECTION CARRIES 20 MARKS.
QUESTION TWO (20 Marks)
a) Draw the characteristic table of a T flip flop. [6 Marks]
b) Using a AND and NOR gates make a D Latch. [4
Marks]
c) Discuss the IAS machine Instruction Cycle. [5 Marks]
d) Discuss the significance and contributions of ENIAC computer. [5
Marks]
QUESTION THREE
(20 MARKS)
a) Explain how the CPU knows which instruction to execute next.
 [4 Marks]
b) Using a diagram, describe the mechanism of transferring data from main
memory to CPU. [6
Marks]
c) Discuss the general purpose register architecture using.
[6 Marks]
d) Write a note on the Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM) [4
Marks]
QUESTION FOUR (20
MARKS)
a) With the help of a diagram, write a note on the generic model of an I/O
module. [4 Marks]
b) List down the SIX basic input output (I/O) steps [6
Marks]

c) Discuss about Direct Memory Access (DMA)

[6 Marks]
d) Discuss the Interrupt Driven I/O basic operation. [4
Marks]
QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)
a) Define the following terms
i. Pipelining. [2 Marks]
ii. Stalling [2 Marks]
b) A pipeline hazards are occurrences that have a potential of disrupting
the smooth flow of a pipeline. Discuss the THREE pipeline hazards
that exist. [6
Marks]
c) With the help of a diagram, discuss about Uniform Memory Access
(UMA). [6 Marks]
d) Write a note on Single Instruction Multiple Data classification of
parallel processing. [4
Marks]