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COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
4th Exam/3621/0162/2962/Comp/IT/CSE/Nov’17

Duration: 3Hrs. M.Marks.75

SECTION-A
Q1. Do as directed. 10x1.5=15
a. Hexadecimal number system has base of _________.
b. The Basic arithmetic operations are ___________.
c. 1’s complement of 111101 is ___________.
d. The register that holds the address for the stack is called __________.
e. Main memory is also known as secondary memory. (T/F)
f. The operation of insertion in a stack is called PUSH. (T/F)
g. A memory address is an identifier for a memory location. (T/F)
h. EI stands for ________.
i. ROM Stands for _______.
j. EBCDIC stands for_______.

SECTION-B
Q2. Attempt any six questions. 6x5=30
i. Explain Data transfer techniques in detail.
ii. What is Stack organization? Enlist its types.
iii. What do you mean by arithmetic operations?
iv. Write a note on Gray Code and BCD Code.
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v. Differentiate between primary and Secondary memory
vi. Explain memory segmentation.

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vii. Differentiate between CISC and RISC?
viii. Write a short note on interrupt cycle.

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SECTION-C
Q3. Attempt any three questions.

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a. Explain the concept and working of DMA controller in detail.
3x10=30

d. Explain following.
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b. Explain memory hierarchy in detail.
c. Discuss various addressing modes by giving examples.

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i. Associative memory
ii. Pipelining
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