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COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
4th Exam/Comp/IT/CSE/3621/Nov’18
Duration: 3Hrs. M.Marks:75
SECTION-A
Q1. Fill in the blanks. 15x1=15
a. BCD stands for ______
b. A byte contains ______ Bits.
c. ASCII stands for ______
d. Stack is based on ______ Principle.
e. Control word is a collection of ______ bits.
f. CISC stands for ______
g. 2’s complement of 000001 is ______?
h. 1’s complement of 111101 is ______?
i. Register and memory are the types of ______
j. During DMA transfer, the ______ is idle and has no control of the memory buses.
k. DRAM stands for ______
l. MMU stands for Memory management units. (T/F)
m. DVD stands for ______
n. EPROM stands for______
o. WORM stands for ______

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SECTION-B
Q2. Attempt any five questions. 5x6=30
i. What are the important characteristics of RISC architecture?

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ii. Explain multiplication algorithm of 2 numbers with an example.
iii. Explain any 3 number systems with an example each.

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iv. Explain any 6 addressing modes.
v. Differentiate between RISC and CISC.
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vi. Explain various components of CPU.

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vii. Explain control word with the help of an example.

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viii. Explain the concept of pipeline processing.
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Q3. Attempt any three questions.
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a. Explain general register organization with the help of a diagram.
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b. Explain DMA controller with the help of a diagram.
c. Explain memory hierarchy in detail with the help of a diagram.
d. What is an instruction format? Explain different types of instructions.
e. Convert: i) (10101)2 to decimal. ii) Decimal (25)10 to binary.