Roll No.

Paper Code: TCS 404

B.TECH Even End Semester Back Paper Examination, 2015
IV Semester
COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

Time: Three Hours

Note:
(i)
This question paper contains two Sections Sec. A (Part I and II) and Sec. B.
(ii)
Answer all questions in Section A, Part I briefly in not more than fifty words.
Each question carries two marks.
(iii)

Answer any four questions from Section A, Part II. Each question carries six
marks.

(iv)

Answer any four questions from Section B. Each question carries fourteen
marks.
Section A Part I

1. Attempt all questions briefly in not more than fifty words.

(10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

(i) Describe IEEE Floating point standard in brief.

(ii) What are characteristics of buses.
(iii) Subtract 546 478 using 2s complement
(iv) An 8 bit register contains the binary value 10011100. What is the register
value after an arithmetic shift right? Starting from the initial number
10011100, determine the register value after an arithmetic shift left, and
state whether there is an overflow.
(v) What are the different types of ROM
(vi) Differentiate between MISD and MIMD
(vii) Give 3 features each of RISC and CISC architectures
(viii) Define hit ratio for a cache memory.
(ix) Define Neural Networks.
(x) Describe DMA in brief.

Section A Part II
2. Write short notes on any four of the following:
(a) Amdahls law
(b) Carry Lookahead adder
(c) Programmed I/O
(d) Interrupts
(e) USB

(4 x 6= 24 Marks)

(f) Addressing modes

Section B
**Answer any four of the following questions:

(4 x 14 = 56 Marks)

3. (a) List in brief the various computer generations, clearly specifying the features
of each generation
(b) Explain Booths algorithm for multiplication of following signed numbers
6)*(-3)

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4. (a) Explain Von Neumann architecture with the help of suitable diagram
(b) Explain Flynns classification of parallel processing system.
5. (a) Describe in detail the various steps involved in execution of a complete
instruction
(b) ) Compare and contrast Paging and segmentation
6.(a)

Explain IEEE standard double precision floating point format . Represent

(92.125)10 in single precision IEEE format

(b) Briefly describe the various addressing modes

7. (a) A computer has 32-bit instructions and 12-bit addresses. If there are 250 twoaddress instructions, how many one-address instructions can be formulated?
(b) Briefly explain various bus arbitration schemes
8.(a) What do you understand by subroutine call? What steps are carried out when
a subroutine call is encountered?
(b) Explain the difference between memory mapped and I/O mapped (Isolated)
I/O
* Please mention the name of relevant examination/semester.
** Each question will have two parts. The first part will be of theory and the second
part will be of Numerical/Problem/Programming.