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Important Questions of Coa

The document lists important long questions related to Computer Organization and Architecture, covering topics such as functional units, IEEE-754 standard, pipelining, interrupts, processor organization, memory hierarchy, DMA controllers, data transfer modes, and virtual memory. Each question requires detailed explanations, examples, and diagrams where applicable. The questions aim to assess understanding of fundamental concepts and their applications in computer systems.

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Important Questions of Coa

The document lists important long questions related to Computer Organization and Architecture, covering topics such as functional units, IEEE-754 standard, pipelining, interrupts, processor organization, memory hierarchy, DMA controllers, data transfer modes, and virtual memory. Each question requires detailed explanations, examples, and diagrams where applicable. The questions aim to assess understanding of fundamental concepts and their applications in computer systems.

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IMPORTANT LONG QUESTIONS

SUBJECT-COMPUTER ORGANIZATION & ARCHITECTURE


1. Explain functional units of computer system in detail.
2. Explain IEEE-754 standard for floating point representation. Express (314.175) 10 in all
the IEEE-754 models.
3. Explain the concept of pipelining and also explain types of pipelining.
4. Define interrupt. Also discuss different types of interrupt.
5. What do you mean by processor organization? Explain various types of processor
organization.
6. Describe the derivation procedure of look ahead carry adder by an example with
the help of block diagram.
7. Show the systematic multiplication process of (-15) × (-16) using Booth’s
Algorithm.
8. What are the differences between hardwired and micro-programmed control unit?
9. Discuss the Memory Hierarchy in computer system with regard to Speed, Size
and cost.
10. With a neat schematic diagram, explain about DMA controller and its mode of
data transfer.
11. Discuss the design of a typical input or output interface.
12. What is meant by the term BUS arbitration? Why is it needed? How can bus
arbitration be implemented in Daisy changing scheme?
13. Differentiate between Memory stack and register stack.
14. What do you mean by asynchronous data transfer? Explain strobe control and
handshaking mechanism.
15. Explain the various modes of data transfer and discuss direct memory access mode
in detail. Also explain how DMA is superior to other modes.
16. Explain the different cycles of an instruction execution.
17. Discuss 2 D RAM and 2.5D RAM with suitable diagram.
18. What is a micro program sequencer? With block diagram, explain the working of
micro program sequencer.
19. What are the basic differences between interrupt initiated I/O and programmed
I/O? Explain in detail.
20. Describe in detail the different kinds of addressing modes with an example.
21. What do you mean by virtual memory? Discuss how paging helps in
implementing virtual memory.
22. Discuss the different mapping techniques used in cache memories and their
relative merits and demerits.
23. Write a short note on I/O processors(IOP), magnetic disk, magnetic tape and optical
disk, cache memory concept

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