Internal Examination for 2nd Year B.

Tech course
(Semester III)
Subject: Computer Organization
Department: CSE
Subject Code: PCC CS 302
Time-1 hr
Full Marks: 25
Short Answer Type(5*1 marks)

1. A hit is considered when a

a)word is found in cache b) Word is found in RAM

c) word is found in virtual memory d)Word is found hard disk
2. Which of the memory is volatile in nature
a)ROM b)DVD-ROM
c)CD-ROM d)RAM

3.How many memory location can be accessed by a 32 bit computer?

a)4Mb b)34kb
c)34Gb d)4GB
4.How many address bit is required for a 1024*8 memory?

a)4 b)3
c)2 d)10

5.Associative memory is a

a)point addressable memory b)very cheap memory

c)content addressable memory d)none of these

Short Answer Type(5*2 marks)

6. Draw the hierarchy of Different storage areas?
7. Illustrate the difference between different cache writing methods ?
8. TLB access time=20ns,main memory access time=100ns,TLB hit ratio=0.8.calculate the
effective memory access time?
9. Why periodic refreshing is needed in DRAM?
10. What is a miss penalty?
Long Answer Type Question(2*5 Marks)

11. A hierarchical cache-main memory subsystem has the following specification:

 Cache access time=160ns
 Main memory access time=960ns
 Hit ratio=0.9
Calculate the average access time of the memory system and efficiency
What are the different types of locality of reference?
2+1+2

12. Difference between Write Through and Write Back? Discuss Paging? 2+3