FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
TOP UP AND CONVERSION IBADAN CENTRE
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERING
EEE 471: ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL COMPUTERS
INDIDIVIDUAL MID EXAM ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
Instructions of the Mid Exam Assignment
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will be invalid.
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your mid exam assignment.
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assignment.
The page number of the mid exam assignment must not be more than ten and not be less than
eight pages without containing the cover page.
The assignment must be sent to assignmentstudent209@gmail.com before the final exam day
in 2025.
Students who submit after the final exam day will receive a zero for their 30 mark.
Questions:
Que 1. Electrical systems and mechanical systems are two physically different
systems. Draw and explain force voltage analogy and force current analogy with
their mathematical equations?
a. Which type of computer has the features of both digital and analog
computers?
b. Name several different bases used for floating point arithmetic and the
early computers they were used on.
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Que 2. Analog computers are often used in specialized areas like flight simulation,
Elucidate the three (3) advantages of using analogue computers?
a. What type of storage device was used as both main and secondary memory
with the early computers?
b. What type of storage replaced it and approximately when?
Que 3. Briefly explain the following types of approaches to be able to process data the
computer is made of various functional units to perform its specified task:
(i) Memory Size (ii) Output Unit (iii) Arithmetic Logical Unit (iv) Control Unit (v)
Central Processing Unit.
a. Why were hybrid systems (composed of analog and digital computers)
created?
b. Where and when were the early attempts?
Que 4. Based on your understanding, all modern computers like laptops, desktops
including smartphones that we use at home or office are digital computers. Describe in
details, seven (7) advantages of digital computers.
a. What is the relationship between analog computers and programming
languages?
b. Ascertain the four (4) advantages of using hybrid computers.
Que 5. Hardwired control units used a network of logic gates, flip-flops, and decoders to
directly translate instructions into control signals. Draw and label hardwired control
organization, explain the advantage and disadvantage of hardwired control.
a. Enumerate and explain five (5) components of servomechanism systems.?
b. Where, when, and in what context did the term software engineering seem to
appear first?
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