Computer Architecture anna university question papers

NOVE-2010                                                                                                   SAE5C

Part-A

1. What are the basic functions of a digital computer?
2. Draw the basic instruction cycle of a computer.
3. List the various optical disk products.
4. List any four types of memory.
5. List the requirements of an I/O module.
6. What are the three techniques which are possible in I/O operations?
7. List the types of registers used in Pentium processor.
8. What is RISC?
9. What are controls and status registers?
10. List the subcycles of micro operations.
11. What is micro instruction? List the types.
12. What is hardwired implementation.

Part-B

13. List and explain the key characteristics of a computer family.
14. Explain the principle of working of magnetic read/write mechanisms.
15. Explain the method of interrupt driven I/O processing.
16. Explain with a neat sketch, the Generic model of an I/O module.
17. What is Instruction pipelining? Explain.
18. Explain with neat sketches the power PC register organization.
19. Write a note on micro instruction encoding.

Part-C

20. Write a note on Pentium and Power PC evolution.
21. Explain the various types of RAID schemes with necessary diagrams.
22. Explain the various types of operations that are found on all machines.
23. Discuss in detail the Register organization.
24. Explain the various subcycles of micro operations.

APRIL-2011                                                                           SAE5C

PART-A

 1. Mention four components of computer system. 

 2.  Mention the role of Cache memory. 

 3.  What is the use of Main memory?

 4.  List any four external memory storage.  

 5. What are addressing modes? Mention any two addressing modes. 

 6.       List the various instruction formats. 

 7.       Mention the use of DMA. 

 8.       List any four features of pipelined processing. 

 9.       Define the term instruction cycle. 

 10.   Compare CISC and RISC processors. 

 11.   What are micro operations? 

 12.   What are the functions of control unit?

PART-B

13.   What are bus interconnecting system? Explain. 
14.   Explain the concept of memory hierarchy. 
15.   Compare static and dynamic RAM. 
16.   Mention the features of optical storage. 
17.   Explain the advantage of floating point representation. 
18.   Mention different types of instructions available in the instruction set. 
19.   Write short notes on microinstruction sequencing.

PART-C 

20.   Explain the evolution of computer systems. 
21.   Explain the principles of cache design. 
22.   Explain the structure and functions of magnetic disk storage.
23.   Discuss about different addressing mode with examples.
24.   Explain the Hardwired implementation of control unit.

NOVE-2011                                                                                                   SAE5C

PART-A

1.       What is PCI Bus?

2.       What is main memory?

3.       What is locality of reference?

4.       What is RAID?

5.       List any two types of DRAM.

6.       List the factors to be considered while selecting a memory chip.

7.       What is DMA?

8.       What are I/O channels?

9.       What is pipeline?

10.   What is CPU?

11.   What is microinstruction?

12.   What is microprogram?

PART-B

13.   Explain the functional units in the computer.

14.   Give a brief account on memory hierarchy?

15.   What are the types of ROM? Explain.

16.   Distinguish between dynamic and static RAM.

17.   Explain the different instruction formats used in a computer.

18.   Distinguish between RISC and CISC characteristics.

19.   Write a short note on microinstruction sequencing.

PART-C

20.   Describe the various interconnection structures in detail.

21.   Explain the principle of Hard disk. How is data stored in magnetic disk?

22.   Explain the various addressing modes with examples.

23.   Describe the registers of CPU with a block diagram.

24.   Explain briefly the two approaches to the design of control unit.

APRIL-2012                                                                           SAE5C

PART-A

1.       What is data channel?

2.       Define system bus.

3.       Define access time.

4.       What are the physical types of memory?

5.       What is dynamic RAM?

6.       Define rotational delay.

7.       What are the three broad categories of external devices?

8.       What is interrupt driven I/O?

9.       List out the four registers essential for instruction execution.

10.   What is fetch overlap?

11.   Define machine cycle.

12.   What is the purpose of MBR?

PART-B

13.   What are the characteristics of memory systems? Explain.

14.   Write short notes on write policy of cache memory.

15.   What is synchronous and asynchronous timing? Discuss.

16.   Give a brief note on the various types of ROM.

17.   What are the elements of machine instruction? Discuss.

18.   Explain how interrupt is processed in Pentium processor.

19.   Illustrate the functioning of control unit with an example.

PART-C

20.   Discuss the data transfer operation and arbitration scheme in PCI bus with neat diagrams.

21.   Discuss the mapping techniques in cache memory.

22.   Write a brief note on floating point representation.

23.   Explain the RISC architecture with necessary diagrams.

24.   What is microinstruction sequencing? Explain.

NOVEMBER 2012                                                                                       50417/SAE5C

PART-A

1.       What are the major components of computer system?

2.       What is an instruction cycle?

3.       List the four memory access modes?

4.       What are the two common types of DRAM?

5.       What are the applications of ROM?

6.       Give any two disadvantage of CD-ROM?

7.       What are the major functions of I/O module?

8.       Write the typical elements of machine instruction?

9.       What are the role performed by processor register?

10.  What is delayed branch?

11.  What are the two approaches to implement control unit?

12.  What is microinstruction?

PART-B

13.  List and briefly define the functional groups of signal for PCI?

14.  Give a brief account on memory hierarchy.

15.  Distinguish between Dynamic RAM and Static RAM.

16.  Define the following term:

  Seek Time, Rotational Time, Access Time and Transfer Time.

17.  What are the factor go into determining the use of the addressing bits of         

       instruction?

18.  What are the characteristics of Reduced Instruction Set Architectures?

19.  Explain the control unit with a neat block diagram.

PART-C

20.  Describe various  elements of cache design in detail.

21.  Explain how data is read and written on to the Magnetic disk.

22.  Explain the Intel 8237 DMA controller with a neat block diagram.

23.  Explain the various ways in which instructional pipeline can deal with conditional   branch instruction.

24.  Write a detailed note on microprogrammed control unit.

APRIL - 2013                                                                               SAE5C

                                           PART-A
1. What is PCI?
2. What are the two steps involved in instruction processing?
3. What is the purpose of Cache memory?
4. What are the two forms of RAM used in computer?
5. List any two applications of ROM
6. What are the advantages of using a glass substrate for a magnetic disk?
7. What is the International Reference Alphabet?
8. Name the two common types of I/O channel.
9. What is PSW?
10. What is pipelining?
11. What is microprogrammed control unit?
12. What is microprogram?

                                       PART-B

13. What are elements of bus design? Explain.
14. Write s short note on memory hierarchy.
15. Explain briefly the types of ROM.
16. Explain the format of Winchester Disk.
17. List and briefly explain the five important instruction set design issues.
18. Explain the internal structure of CPU.
19. Explain the ways of determining the next micro instructions address.

                                    PART-C

20. Describe the key characteristics of memory system in detail.
21. Write a detailed note on magnetic tape.
22. Describe the various addressing mode techniques.
23. Discuss the RISC Pipelining in detail.
24. Explain the Hardwired implementation of control unit.

NOVE-2013                                                                          SAE5C
                              PART-A
1. List the four basic components of a General purpose computer.
2. What are the general categories of functions specified by computer Instructions?
3. What is RAID?
4. How do DVDs differ from CDs?
5. List the different types of external devices.
6. What are the major functions of an I/O module?
7. What are the two types of registers in CPU?
8. What is instruction pipelining?
9. List the characteristics of RISC.
10. What are the subcycles of mirco-operations?
11. What is micro instruction? List the types.
12. Write the advantages and disadvantages of microprogramming.

                          PART-B
13. Write a note on Interconnection structures.
14. Briefly explain the various types of memory.
15. Explain a typical I/O module with its functions.
16. Write a short note on the most important general categories of data.
17. Explain the method of Instruction Pipelining.
18. Draw the Internal Structure of the CPU and explain it.
19. Explain about wilkes's Microprogrammed control unit.

                       PART-C
20. Write a note on various stages of pentium and power PC evolution.
21. Explain the working principle of magnetic disk.
22. Explain in detail the programmed I/O and Interrupt driven I/O operations.
23. Discuss in detail about RISC and compare with CISC.
24. Explain  the process of micro-instruction sequencing.

APRIL-2014                                                                            SAE5C

                           PART-A
1. What is an interconnection structure?
2. What is SCSI?
3. What is the use of SRAM?
4. List the types of DRAM.
5. What is CAV?
6. Name the two types of I/O channels.
7. What are the four basic phases of the algorithm for addition and subtraction?
8. Give the categories of instruction types.
9. What are the major components of processor?
10. What is RISC?
11. What basic tasks does control unit perform?
12. What is micro instruction?

                     PART-B
13. Explain briefly the basic instruction cycle.
14. Explain the access methods in computer memory system.
15. Give a briefly account on: Serpentine recording.
16. Explain the floating-point representation with an example.
17. Explain briefly the types of operands.
18. Explain the operation of the 80846 instruction pipeline with examples.
19. Explain the structure of micro-programmed control unit.

                    PART-C
20. Describe the evolution of Pentium and Power Systems.
21. List and explain the various optical-disk systems in detail.
22. Explain any five addressing modes with examples.
23. Describe the compiler-based register optimization.
24. Describe the various micro-operations in a control unit.

Nove - 2014                                                                                                        SAE5C

Part - A

1 .What are the three key concepts of von neumann architecture?
2. Differentiate SRAM and DRAM.
3. List are fields available in a CD-ROM block.
4. What are the elements forms a machine instruction.
5. State the two major roles performed by the registers in the processor.
6. Write the five classes of exceptions and interrupts based on priority.
7. What are the two categories of assessing merits of the RISC approach?
8. What is called hard failure?
9. Which causes an exponent overflow condition in floating point-operation?
10. Write down the two task performed by the control unit of a processor.
11. Give the components of the control unit.
12. What are the three decisions made by control buffer register?

Part -B

13. Discuss about the bus interconnection scheme.
14. Briefly explain the memory hierarchy with a neat diagram.
15. Describe the various types of DRAM.
16. Discuss in detail about magnetic tape.
17. Explain the major functions of an O/I module.
18. Explain the six-stage CPU instruction pipeline.
19. Explain the basic concept of micro-instructions.

Part - C

20. Discuss in detail about peripheral component interconnect.
21. Explain the different RAID levels.
22. Explain the addition and subtraction of floating point arithmetic.
23. Discuss the characteristics of RISC architecture in detail.
24. Explain how the concept of micro- operations serves as a guide to the design of control unit.



April-2016                                                                                                           SAE5C

Part- A

1. What is time multiplexing?
2. List any two performance parameters of computer memory system.
3. Name the two basic forms of semiconductor random access memory.
4. Write any four physical characteristics of disk systems.
5. What is RAID?
6. What is International Reference Alphabet?
7. What is ALU?
8. What are the elements of machine instruction?
9. Give the categories of user-visible registers.
10. Define machine cycle.
11. Name the three types of control signals.
12. What are the ways of classifications of micro instructions?

Part - B

13. Explain briefly the modules of interconnection structures.
14. Explain the concept of cache memory
15. Explain the magnetic read and write mechanism.
16. Write a brief note on I/O channel architecture.
17. List and explain the five types of data transfer instructions.
18. Explain the internal structure of CPU.
19. Explain the function of control unit with a block diagram.

Part - C

20. Describe the two approaches for dealing with multiple interrupts.
21. Explain the various types of DRAM in detail.
22. Explain the Booth's Multiplication algorithm with an example.
23. Describe the characteristics of reduced instruction set architecture.
24. Explain the organization of Intel 8085 with a neat block diagram.