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QUESTION BANK

2CEIT501: Computer Architecture & Organization

Chapter-4 (Overview of register transfer and micro-operations:

1. Draw and explain common bus system of four (4-bit) registers

2. Explain 4-bit adder subtractor.
3. Draw and explain 4-bit binary incrementer.
4. Draw the block diagram of 4-bit combinational circuit shifter.

Chapter-5(Basic computer Organization and Design)

1. What is addressing mode? List the all addressing mode and explain any two in details.
2. Draw and explain control unit of basic computer.
3. Draw and explain flow chart of instruction cycle.
4. Draw and explain flow chart of interrupt cycle.
5. List the all memory reference instruction and explain any two in details.
6. Draw and explain input output configuration of basic computer.

Chapter-7(Micro programmed control)

1. Draw and explain block diagram of control memory and the associated hardware needed
for selecting the next microinstruction address. pg no. 32
2. Draw and explain microinstruction code format (20 bits).

Chapter-8(Central processing Unit)

1. Draw and explain block diagram register set with common ALU.
2. Discuss various instruction format.(example).
3. Write the assembly language program to evaluate X=(A+B)*(C+D) using one address
instruction.
4. List the various data transfer instruction.
5. List the various arithmetic instructions.
6. List the logical and bit manipulation instruction.
7. List the program control instructions.
8. What is interrupt Discuss following interrupt (1)External (2)Internal
9. Differentiate RISC and SISC.
10. List out the Characteristics of CISC.
 11. List out the Characteristics of RISC.

Chapter-9(Pipeline and vector Processing)

1. Define Parallel Processing.

2. Differentiate SISD and SIMD
3. What is pipelining explain using proper example.
4. Explain arithmetic pipeline using suitable example.
5. Explain instruction pipeline using suitable example.
6. Discuss various difficulties that cause the instruction pipeline to deviate from its normal
operation.
7. Discuss the various technique that deal with data dependency conflicts.
8. Discuss the various technique that deal with Branch difficulties.

Chapter-11(Input-Output Organization)

1. Discuss asynchronous data transfer.

2. Discuss asynchronous serial transfer.
3. List the mode of transfer and explain in details.
4. Discuss priority interrupt.
5. Discuss daisy chain priority interrupts using block diagram.
6. Explain Direct Memory Access (DMA).

Chapter-12(Memory Organization)

1. Draw and explain memory hierarchy.

2. Discuss magnetic disk in details.
3. What is cache memory discuss associate cache mapping.
4. Discuss associative cache mapping.
5. Discuss set associative cache mapping.
6. Discuss direct cache mapping.
7. Define virtual memory.

Chapter-8 (Microprocessor Architecture)

1. Draw and explain 8085 Architecture.

2. Draw and explain 8086 Architecture
3. Discuss flag registers of 8085 and 8086.
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