Computer Architecture Question Paper of 3rd Semester CSE74 Download Previous Years Question Paper 3

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Total No. of Questions : 091

Paper ID [A0451]

B.Tech. (Sem. – 3^rd )

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (CS - 201)

Time : 03 Hours

Instruction to Candidates:

1) Section. A is Compulsory.

2) Attempt any Four questions from Section - B

3) Attempt any Two questions from Section - C.

Section - A

Q1)

a) What is the concept of layers in architectural design?

b) What do you rnean by memory hierarchy? Briefly discuss.

c) What is instruction pipelining?

d) What is an I/O processor? Briefly discuss.

e) Brielly explain an instruction fornrat.   

0 What is cache rnemory?

g) What is a multiprocessor? Explain the term SIMD

h) Differentiate between computer architecture and computer organization.

i) What do you mean by interleaved memory?

j) What is the role of shift register in digital Cornputer?

Section - B

Q2) How pipelining would improve the performance of cPU? Justifu.

Q3) Discuss the Booth'sAlgorithm for binary multiplication.

Q4) Compare and Contrast Super pipelined rnachine and Super scalar machines,

Q5) What are Benchmarks? Discuss various kinds of Benchmarks. Give their

significance in cotnputer architecture

Q6) Discuss DMAr,vith help of schematic diagram of controller.

Section - C

Q7) Explain the various Addressing modes in detail.

Q8) Write shorl note on the following.

(a) Parallel Cornputing.

(b) Distributed Computrng.

(c) Serial and Parallel intedace.

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Q9) (a) What is the difference betrveen I/O mapped input/or"rtput aud tnemory

mapped input/ogtput. What are the advantages atrd disadvantages of

each?

(b) Software interrupt and hardware internrpt.

(c) Polling and Interrrqrt driven IiO.