COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION

(CSE)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70
PART – A
Answer ALL questions
All questions carry equal marks
10 x 2
1. Explain the operation of NAND gate.
2. Differentiate between Decoder and Multiplexer.
3. Identify the uses of error detection codes.
4. Generate the gray codes for the decimal numbers 12 and 15.
5. Distinguish between RISC & CISC.
6. What are Arithmetic Micro operations? Explain.
7. List various peripheral devices used for I/O.
8. Identify when to use asynchronous data transfer.
9. Show the memory hierarchy and give the brief explanation.
10. List various cache memory mapping techniques.

PART – B
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
5 x 10
1. What are universal gates, Realize all gates using NOR gate.
2. Explain Flip-Flop in detail.
3. Explain the organization of 4-bit binary adder and 4 bit binary incrementor. Illustrate the
functioning of the same with examples.
4. What is the purpose of an addressing mode, Explain different addressing modes with
examples?
5. Explain Booth’s algorithm in detail with example.
6. Explain RISC pipeline in detail.
7. Differentiate between Virtual memory and associate memory organizations with neat
sketches.
8. Explain the operation of DMA.
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