Model Homework – 4

Course Code:CAP211
Course Title: COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
Sahil
A110

Part - A

Q1: Design a four bit combinational circuit Incrementer and Decrementer using full adders.

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Q2: Register A holds the 8 bit binary 11011001. Determine the B operand and the logic micro-
operations to be performed in order to change the value in A to (a) 01101101 (b) 11111101

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Q3: Starting from initial value of R=11011101, determine the sequence of binary values in R after a
logic shift left followed by circular shift right, followed by a logical shift right and a circular shift

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Part – B

Q4: How vector processors are more efficient than conventional processors in handling complex
numerical operations on large array?

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Q5: Why is micro programmed control better than hardwired? Identify some situations when
hardwired is preferred.

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Q6: Parallel processing is a useful concept. But are there any constraints in the implementation of
parallel processing environment? How one can overcome such constraints?

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