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UNIT-IV
MEMORY SYSTEM
2 Marks
1. Give the features of a ROM cell (APRIL/MAY 2008)
2. List the differences between static RAM and dynamic RAM.
(APRIL/MAY 2008)
3. Define Locality of Reference. (NOV/DEC 2009)&(APRIL/ MAY 2008)

4. What is Translation Look aside Buffer? (MAY/JUNE 2006)

5. Define memory access time.
6. Define memory cycle time.
7. Define data transfer rate.
8. Define Cache memory.
9. Define Virtual Memory.
10. What are the advantages of SRAM?
11. Define Asynchronous DRAMS.
12. Define Synchronous DRAMS.
13. Define Memory latency & memory bandwidth.
14. What is Read only memory (ROM)?
15. What is Random Access Memory (RAM)?
16. What is PROM?
17. What is EPROM?
18. What is EEPROM?
19. Draw the structure of Memory hierarchy.
20. What is replacement algorithm?
21. What is write-through protocol?
22. What is write-back (or) copy-back protocol?
23. What is mapping & when do you apply the mapping techniques?
24. What is hit rate & miss rate?

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8 or 16 Marks
1. Describe the organization of a typical RAM chip. (MAY/JUNE 2007)
2. Explain about Static & Dynamic memory systems. (NOV/DEC 2007)
3. Write note on:
i. ROM technologies.
ii. Set associative mapping of cache.
4. Explain about Cache memory in detail. (NOV/DEC 2006)
5. What is mapping? Explain its types in detail. (MAY/JUNE 2006)
6. Explain various mechanisms of mapping main memory address into cache
memory addresses. (APRIL/MAY 2008)
7. Explain the performance factors in memory. (MAY/JUNE 2006)
8. Explain the concept of memory hierarchy(NOV/DEC 2007)&( NOV/DEC 2006)
9. Explain how the virtual address is converted into real address in a paged virtual
memory system. (APRIL/MAY 2008)
10. Discuss the address translation mechanism and the different page replacement
policies used in a virtual memory system. (MAY/JUNE 2006)
11. Describe the working principle of a typical magnetic disk.(APRIL/MAY 2008)
12. Define Cache Mapping Functions. Explain the methods.
13. How a virtual address gets translated into a physical address? Explain in detail
with a neat diagram. Explain the use of TLB.
(APRIL/MAY 2008)&( NOV/DEC 2006) & (MAY/JUNE 2007)
14. What is virtual memory? How is it implemented? (NOV/DEC 2007)
15. Discuss the various memory types and mention their advantages
(NOV/DEC 2009)
16. Explain the operation of Associative cache memories. (NOV/DEC 2009)
17. Explain virtual memory concept in detail.

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