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VTU QUESTION BANK

MODULE-I: BASIC STRUCTURE OF COMPUTERS

1. Discuss two ways in which byte addresses are assigned June 2015

2. Explain the different functional units of a computer with a neat block diagram
Dec 2015,Jan 2014

3. Write the basic performance equation. explain the role of each of the parameters in
the equation on the performance of the computer. July 2014
4. With a neat diagram, discuss the basic operational concepts of a computer.
Dec 2015
5. List the different systems used to represent a signed number July 2015
6. Explain in detail the generation of computers. Jan 2014

7. What is an addressing mode .Explain different generic addressing modes with an

example for each Dec 2014/Jan 2015
8. Explain the shift and rotate operation with examples June 2015

9. What is the need for an addressing mode? Explain the following addressing modes
with examples: immediate, direct, indirect, index, relative Dec 2014 /July 2015

10. a)What is subroutine linkage? How are parameters passed to subroutines

b.What is stack frame? Explain June 2016
11. Discuss briefly encoding of machine instructions. July 2015

12. Big-Endian and Little-Endian assignment, explain with necessary figure. Jan 2014

13. Explain logical and arithmetic shift instructions with an example. July 2016
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MODULE II: INPUT /OUTPUT ORGANISATION

1.Define and explain briefly the following

i) interrupt ii)vectored interrupt ii)interrupt nesting iv)an exception and give two examples
Dec 2015

2.Explain in with the help of a diagram the working of daisy chain with multiple priority
levels and multiple devices in each level .Dec 2014,Jan 2015

3.Discuss the different schemes available to disable and enable the interrupts June 2014
,July 2016

4. Discuss the different schemes available to disable and enable the interrupts(8M)Dec 2015

5. Write a short note on any 1 bus arbitration scheme.June 2014,July 2016

6.Draw the arrangement of a single bus structure and brief about memory mapped I/O.
Jan 2014

7 Explain i)interrupt enabling ii)edge triggering with respect interrupts. Jan 2015

8. Explain with a block diagram a general 8 bit parallel interface. July 2015

9.With the help of a data transfer signals explain how a real operation is performed usingPCI
bus. Dec 2015

10. Explain briefly bus arbitration phase in SCSI bus. June 2015,July 2016

11.In a computer system why a PCI bus is used? With a neat sketch, explain how the read
operation is performed along with the role of IRDY#/TRDY# on the PCI bus Dec 2014 ,July
2016.

12.Draw the block diagram of universal bus(USB)structure connected to the host computer
Briefly explain all fields of packets that are used for communication between a host and a
device connected to an USB port. June 2014/July 2015

13. Draw the hardware components needed for connecting a keyboard to a process and
explain in brief. Jan 2014

14. List the SCSI bus signals with their functionalities. Jan 2014
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MODULE-III- MEMORY SYSTEM

1. Draw the organization of a 1Kx1 memory cell and explain its working. June 2014,JAN
2015.

2. Explain the working of a single-transistor dynamic memory cell. July 2016

3. Define memory latency and bandwidth in case of burst operation that is used for
transferring a block of data to or from synchronous DRAM memory unit June 2015

4. Explain any two cache mapping functions. July 2014/Jan 2015

5.With figure explain about direct mapping cache memory. Jan 2014

MODULE-IV: ARITHMETIC

1. Show the organization of virtual memory address translation based in fixed-length pages
and explains its working. June 2014,July 2015

2. Explain the design of a 4-bit carry-look a head adder. Dec 2015,July 2016

3.Answer the following w.r.t. to magnetic disk,the secondary storage device:

i)seek time

ii) latency

iii) access time June2015

4.With figure explain circuit arrangements for binary division Jan 2014

5.IEEE standard for floating point numbers,explain. Jan 2014

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MODULE -V: BASIC PROCESSING UNIT

1. Performance signed multiplication of numbers 13 and -6 using both multiplication

algorithm represent the numbers in 5-bit including sign bit .Give booth multiplier recording
table that is used in the above multiplication Dec 2014,June 2015

2. Perform division of numbers 8 by 3 using non-restoring division algorithm June2015

3.Write the algorithm for binary division using restoring division method Dec2015,July 2016

4.. List the rules for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of floating point
numbers June 2014,July 2015

5.Draw and explain the single-bus organization of tha data path inside a processor.
Jan 2014

6.Explain control sequence for an un-conditional branch instruction Jan 2014

7. Write and explain the control sequences for the execution of an unconditional branch
instruction June 2015

8.Explain with block diagram the basic organization of a micro programmed control unit
Dec 2015

9. What are modifications required in the basic organization of a microprogrammed control

unit to support conditional branching in the microprogram June 2014,Jan 2015

10. List out differences between shared memory multiprocessor and cluster July 2015,Jan
2014

11.What are the classifications of parallel processing Jan 2014