School of Engineering (CSE-CYBERSECURITY)

II Year B. Tech - II Semester

Subject Name: COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
Subject Code: MR23-1CS0407

Question Bank
Qno Question Marks Section Unit
1 Discuss the Various Addressing Modes with few Examples? 8 Section-I 1
2 Explain various instruction formats based on the number of 8 Section-I 1
address fields used in the instruction format with an example?
3 Differentiate between RISC and CISC ? 8 Section-I 1
4 Explain different functional units of a digital computer with a 8 Section-I 1
neat sketch ?

5 Discuss the inter connection between the processor and memory 8 Section-I 1
with neat diagram ?

6 Discuss the difference between SRAM and DRAM ? 8 Section-I 1

7 Explain about ROM and its types with examples ? 8 Section-I 1

8 Define I/O Interface and also discuss the I/O sub system 8 Section-I 1
Organization and its types ?
9 What are the three basic types of data manipulation 8 Section-I 1
instructions?
10 What are the features of Stack Organization ? 8 Section-I 1
11 What is Instruction Cycle ? Breifly explain with help of state 8 Section-II 2
diagram ?
12 List and explain shift micro operations ? 8 Section-II 2
13 Discuss the various applications of logical micro operations 8 Section-II 2
with examples ?
14 Explain memory reference instructions with an example each 8 Section-II 2
?
15 Show to construction of bus system with four registers ? 8 Section-II 2
16 What is meant by timing and control signals? Explain the 8 Section-II 2
architecture and timing diagram ?
17 Define Instruction Code? Explain the various types for 8 Section-II 2
instruction code?
 School of Engineering (CSE-CYBERSECURITY)
II Year B. Tech - II Semester
Subject Name: COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
Subject Code: MR23-1CS0407

18 What is an RTL? Discuss the various arthimetic micro 8 Section-II 2

operations using registers?
19 Explain the three state bus buffer with a neat sketch ? 8 Section-II 2
20 a) What is a register? explain briefly about input output 8 Section-II 2
interrupts
b) Discuss the various basic symbols for register transfer ?
21 What is floating point representation? Explain various ways 8 Section-III 3
of floating point representation with examples?
22 Explain about computer arithmetic Addition and its 8 Section-III 3
algorithm?
23 Explain the hardware architecture for Booth’s Multiplication 8 Section-III 3
Algorithm?
24 Explain algorithm and flowchart of division algorithm briefly? 8 Section-III 3
25 Explain about computer arithmetic subtraction and its 8 Section-III 3
algorithm?
26 Explain algorithm and flowchart of multiplication algorithm 8 Section-III 3
briefly?
27 Explain about 1’s and 2’s complement with an example? 8 Section-III 3
28 Explain different datatypes briefly? 8 Section-III 3
29 What is mean by computer arithmetic?explain with signed 8 Section-III 3
magnitude examples?
30 Difference between 1’s and 2’s complement? 8 Section-III 3
31 Draw the block diagram of DMA Controller and explain its 8 Section-IV 4
functioning?
32 What is Virtual Memory? Discuss the functionality of virtual 8 Section-IV 4
memory with their pro’s and con’s?
33 With a neat sketch explain the working principle of DMA ? 8 Section-IV 4
34 Explain the memory hierarchy in a computer system with a 8 Section-IV 4
neat sketch?
35 Discuss the various Modes of transfers with a neat sketch ? 8 Section-IV 4
 School of Engineering (CSE-CYBERSECURITY)
II Year B. Tech - II Semester
Subject Name: COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
Subject Code: MR23-1CS0407

36 Expalin the below terms 8 Section-IV 4

i) PROM ii) EEPROM iii) Flash Memory iv) DRAM

37 What is Auxiliary Memory? describe about magnetic disk and 8 Section-IV 4

magnetic tape ?
38 What is Cache Memory? Explain briefly about any two 8 Section-IV 4
mapping procedures?
39 List out the various peripheral devices with their usages? 8 Section-IV 4
40 What is Asynchronous data transfer? Explain about 8 Section-IV 4
Handshaking scheme with block diagram and timing
diagram?
41 What is multiprocessor system? Explain the advantages of 8 Section-V 5
multi-processor over uni Processors?
42 What is Parallel processing? Explain any parallel processing 8 Section-V 5
mechanism?
43 Discuss the Flynn’s Classification mechanisms with a neat 8 Section-V 5
sketch?
44 Explain briefly the characteristics of Vector Processing ? 8 Section-V 5
45 Explain pipeline processing with examples? 8 Section-V 5
46 Discuss the flowchart for Arthmetic pipeline for floating point 8 Section-V 5
addition and subtraction?
47 What is Array processor? Explain in detail about the types of 8 Section-V 5
Array processor’s?
48 Discuss the four segment instruction pipeline with flowchart 8 Section-V 5
and timing diagram?
49 Discuss the difference between Parallel processing and vector 8 Section-V 5
processing?
50 Explain about SIMD Array Processor with block diagram? 8 Section-V 5