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COA Final Questions

The document outlines key concepts in computer organization across five units, covering topics such as Register Transfer Language, instruction codes, memory types, data transfer methods, and memory management techniques. Each unit delves into specific areas including micro-operations, computer architecture, peripheral devices, and memory structures. It provides explanations, examples, and comparisons to enhance understanding of computer systems and their components.

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COA Final Questions

The document outlines key concepts in computer organization across five units, covering topics such as Register Transfer Language, instruction codes, memory types, data transfer methods, and memory management techniques. Each unit delves into specific areas including micro-operations, computer architecture, peripheral devices, and memory structures. It provides explanations, examples, and comparisons to enhance understanding of computer systems and their components.

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Unit 1:

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1. Explain Register Transfer Language (RTL) and its significance in computer organization.
2. What is a Register Transfer? Explain with an example.
3. Describe the different types of Bus and Memory Transfers in computer systems.
4. Explain Arithmetic Microoperations with an example.
5. What are Logic Micro-Operations? Explain with examples.
6. Explain Shift Micro-Operations and their types.
7. What is an Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit (ALU)? How does it handle different types of
micro-operations?
8. Discuss the concept of Bus System in computer organization. How does the Bus manage
data transfer?

Unit 2:
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1. Explain the concept of Instruction Codes in Basic Computer Organization.
2. Discuss the different types of computer registers and their roles in basic computer
organization.
3. What are Computer Instructions? Explain their structure with an example.
4. Describe the Timing and Control Unit in Basic Computer Design.
5. Explain the Instruction Cycle with a step-by-step process.
6. What are Memory-Reference Instructions? Provide examples and their functions.
7. Discuss Input-Output operations and interrupts in Basic Computer Design.
8. Design a Basic Computer and describe its components, including the accumulator logic.

Unit 3:
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1. Explain General Register Organization in a computer system.
2. What is Stack Organization? Discuss its role in computer systems.
3. Explain the different Instruction Formats used in computer systems.
4. Discuss Addressing Modes with examples.
5. Explain the concept of Parallel Processing and its advantages in modern computer systems.
How does it improve the performance of a CPU?
6. Discuss the concept of Pipelining in computer architecture. Explain its types, including
Arithmetic and Instruction Pipelining.
7. Explain the process of Binary Addition and Subtraction in computer arithmetic.
8. Explain Booth's Multiplication Algorithm. How does it work for signed binary numbers?

Unit 4:
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1. What are peripheral devices? How do these connect with the processor?
2. Discuss asynchronous data transfer and write the difference between the strobe control
method and handshaking.
3. Explain the data transfer mode between peripheral devices to the processor, such as
Programmed I/O, Interrupt Initiated I/O, and Direct Memory Access (DMA), with their strengths
and limitations.
4. What is priority interrupt? Explain the Daisy Chaining priority and Parallel priority interrupt.
5. Discuss the function of the DMA controller.
6. What is Input Output Processor (IOP)? How does it differ from DMA in handling input-output
operations?
7. What is the serial communication? Discuss the role of the Data Communication Processor.

Unit 5:
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1. What is Memory? Discuss the types of memory and explain them in terms of their speed,
size, cost, and structure.
2. Why is main memory faster than auxiliary (secondary) memory? Which memory is suitable for
permanent storage? Write a comparative analysis of memory.
3. Discuss the block diagram of RAM, ROM, and memory connection of the CPU.
4. What is Associative Memory? How does it differ from others? Explain with an example.
5. What is the locality of reference, cache hit, and cache miss? Why is cache memory faster
(see spatial and temporal locality of reference)?
6. Compute average access time, where hit ratio is 0.9, cache access time is 100 ns, and main
memory access time is 1000 ns.
7. What is the mapping? Explain Direct, Associative, and Set-Associative mapping with
examples.
8. Discuss write-through and write-back methods for writing into the cache.
9. What is paging? How do you compute the number of pages and number of frames? Discuss
page replacement methods: FIFO, LRU, and Optimal with examples.

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