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Computer Architecture Question Bank: 1. What Are The Basic Components of A Computer?

The document discusses the basic components of a computer system and their roles. It addresses topics like: [1] The basic components include the input/output units, memory unit, ALU, control unit, clock and bus. [2] The MAR holds the address of the current instruction being fetched from memory and the MDR holds the contents found at that address or data being transferred. [3] Primary storage is directly accessible by the CPU, volatile in nature and uses semiconductor memory. Secondary storage is permanent, non-volatile and uses magnetic/optical devices.

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Computer Architecture Question Bank: 1. What Are The Basic Components of A Computer?

The document discusses the basic components of a computer system and their roles. It addresses topics like: [1] The basic components include the input/output units, memory unit, ALU, control unit, clock and bus. [2] The MAR holds the address of the current instruction being fetched from memory and the MDR holds the contents found at that address or data being transferred. [3] Primary storage is directly accessible by the CPU, volatile in nature and uses semiconductor memory. Secondary storage is permanent, non-volatile and uses magnetic/optical devices.

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Computer Architecture Question bank

1. What are the basic components of a computer?


• Input unit, Output unit
• Memory unit
• Arithmetic and Logic Unit
• Control unit
• Clock, Bus
• Registers
2. State the role of MAR and MDR.
Memory Address Register (MAR) - holds the address of the current instruction that is to be
fetched from memory, or the address in memory to which data is to be transferred. Memory Data
Register (MDR) - holds the contents found at the address held in the MAR, or data which is to be
transferred to primary memory

3. Differentiate primary storage and secondary storage of a computer.


Sr.No. Primary memory Secondary memory

Secondary memory is
1. Primary memory is temporary. permanent.

Primary memory is directly Secondary memory is not


2. accessible by Processor/CPU. directly accessible by the CPU.

Nature of Parts of Primary


memory varies, RAM- volatile in It’s always Non-volatile in
3. nature. ROM- Non-volatile. nature.

Primary memory devices are Secondary memory devices are


more expensive than secondary less expensive when compared
4. storage devices. to primary memory devices.

The memory devices used for The secondary memory


primary memory are devices are magnetic and
5. semiconductor memories. optical memories.
Primary memory is also known Secondary memory is also
as Main memory or Internal known as External memory or
6. memory. Auxiliary memory.

Examples: RAM, ROM, Cache


memory, PROM, EPROM, Examples: Hard Disk, Floppy
7. Registers, etc. Disk, Magnetic Tapes, etc.
4. Outline the flow of Instruction cycle.
A program residing in the memory unit of the computer consists of a sequence of instructions.
In the basic computer each instruction cycle consists of the following phases:
• Fetch an instruction from memory.
• Decode the instruction.
• Read the effective address from memory if the instruction has an indirect address.
• Execute the instruction
5. Define indirect addressing mode
6. Elaborate the memory reference, register reference and I/O reference instructions with suitable
example.

Register Reference Instruction


Input/Output Instructions

7.Classify the different components of computer system with a neat diagram.


8. Evaluate the basic functional units of accumulator-based CPU organization
9. Illustrate the basic operation of I/O and Interrupt
10. Enumerate the different types of addressing modes with suitable example.
Refer Page No: 260
11. Elucidate instruction formats with an example.
Refer Page No: 255

12. Interpret the basic function of stack with its types.


Refer Page No: 247

13. Summarize the role of data transfer, logic and program control instructions.
Refer Page No: 266

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