PTU Punjab Technical University B-Tech May 2019 Question Papers 3rd Semester Computer Science Engineering (CSE)
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Total No. of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 18
B.Tech.(CSE)/(IT) (2011 Onwards)
B.Tech.(3D Animation & Graphics) (2012 Onwards)
(Sem.?3)
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Subject Code : BTCS-301
M.Code : 56591
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :
1.
SECTION-A is COMPULSORY consisting of TEN questions carrying T WO marks
each.
2.
SECTION-B contains FIVE questions carrying FIVE marks each and students
have to attempt any FOUR questions.
3.
SECTION-C contains T HREE questions carrying T EN marks each and students
have to attempt any T WO questions.
SECTION-A
Q1
Differentiate between Computer Architecture and Organization.
Q2
What do you understand by Fetch Cycle?
Q3
Differentiate between Arithmetic Shift Left and Arithmetic Shift Right.
Q4
What is a microprogram sequencer?
Q5
What is instruction-level parallelism?
Q6
Why does increasi www.FirstRanker.com
ng the capacity of cache tend to increase its hit rate?
Q7
What do you mean by memory hierarchy?
Q8
Draw a neat diagram for handshaking mode of data transfer.
Q9
How many 128?8 ROM memory chips are needed to provide a memory capacity of
4096?16?
Q10
What do you mean by Inter-processor Communication?
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SECTION -B
Q11
Give the comparison between hardwired control unit and micro programmed control unit.
Q12
Compare RISC and CISC architecture.
Q13
Explain all the phases of instruction cycle.
Q14
What are the various types of interrupts? Explain.
Q15
Formulate a six-segment instruction pipeline for a computer. Specify the operations to be
performed in each pipeline.
SECTION -C
Q16
Explain with an example, how effective address is calculated in different types of
addressing modes?
Q17
Explain in detail the different mappings used for cache memory. Compare them.
Q18
With neat block diagram, explain how DMA controller is initialized for DMA data
transfer?
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