FOURTH SEMESTER BCA MODEL EXAMINATION – MARCH 2023

MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE AND PROGRAMMING

MARKS :60 TIME :2 HRS
SECTION A(2 MARKS EACH Maximum 20Marks)

1 . What are registers? Name the registers in 8085 microprocessor?

2.What is the function of status line S1 and S0 in 8085?
3.What are the functions of the HOLD and HLDA signals in 8085?
4.What are the different flags in the flag register of 8085 microprocessor?
5.Explain the DAA instruction of 8085.Illustrate with example?
6.Explain the PUSH and POP instructions of 8085 microprocessor?
7.Explain the CALL and RET instructions of 8085 microprocessor?
8.What is a stack?
9.What is the functions of NMI signal in 8085?
10. What is the function of 8086 CX register?
11.How physical address is generated in 8086?
12. What is meant by immediate addressing in 8086?

SECTION B (5 Marks each ,Maximum 30 Marks)

13. With a pinout diagram ,explain the pinout architecture of the 8085 microprocessor?
14.List and explain the different types of buses in 8085 microprocessor?

15.What is mean by addressing modes ? Deascribe various addressing modes of the 8085
microprocessor?

16.What are interrupts ?Describe the interrupt structure of 8085 microprocessor?

17. Describe the maximum mode configuration of the 8086 microprocessor?

18.What is pipelining?How is achived in 8086?

19. What are segment registers?

SECTION C(10 marks Answer any one question)

20. With a functional block diagram , Explain the functional units of the 8085
microprocessor.
21. With a functional block diagram , Explain the functional units of the 8086
microprocessor