COA Question paper of 3rd Sem (2015)

Question bank of COA 

Sub Code: - 1618304

2015 (Odd)

Time : 3Hrs 

Sem. – III / CSE 

C .O. A

Full Marks : 70

 Pass marks : 28

 Group B 

➥ Answer all Five Questions: - (4 × 5 =20)

2. Briefly explain the von Neuman architecture of computer .

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What is a multiplexer ?

3. Define the following ?
(a) Micro operation (b) Micro instruction
(c) Micro program (d) Micro code

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Explain Machine language ?

4. Differentiate between RAM and ROM .

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Add the binary number 1011 and its 2’s complement .

5. What is the use of ?
(a) Address register
(b) Control register

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Differentiate between Hard wire and micro programmed control

6. What are the main features of Booth’s algorithm ?

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What is stored program concept ?
Define : - (i) Response time
(ii) Throughput

Group C

➥ Answer all five question: - (5 × 6=30)

7. Explain basic gates with their logic diagram

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Explain the basic organization of micro programmed controller.

8. Explain the evaluation of computer .

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What is a semi conductor memory . What are various types of RAM ?

9. What are the various data transfer modes available under DMA ?
Explain in detail

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what is pipelining ? What are the different types of pipeline hazard ?

10. Differentiate between indexed addressing mode and base register
addressing mode

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What is bit sliced processor ? Give important feature of bit-slicing .

11. Briefly explain the following :-
(a) Flip Flop (b) Decoder
(c) Multiplexer (d) Shift register

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Explain the following :-
(a) Assembly language (b) Cache memory
(c) Operand & Opcode (d) Virtual memory