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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017
First Year
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Computer Organisation
Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 70
SECTION A
Answer Any Three Questions (3×15=45)
Q1) Explain about the Functional View and Structure of the Computer.
Q2) Explain about Computer Components: Top-Level View.
Q3) Explain about magnetic diskdata write and data read operations.
Q4) Use the Booth algorithm to multiply 23 (multiplicand) by 29 (multiplier),
Where each number is represented using 6 bits.
Q5) Explain about the Register Organization of a processor.
SECTION B
Answer Any Five Questions
Q6) Explain about the designing for Performance based on Microprocessor Speed.
Q7) Explain about Little's law.
Q8) Explain about Multiple-Bus Hierarchies.
Q9) Explain about PCle Transaction Layer.
Q10) Explain about Winchester Disk Format.
Q11) Assume numbers are represented in 8-bit twos complement representation.
Show the calculation of the following: 13 13
Q12) Explain about Pipeline Hazards.
Q13) Explain about the execution modes supported by the ARM architecture.
SECTION C
Answer All Questions
Q14) What is a stored program computer?
Q15) List and briefly define the possible states that define an instruction execution.
Q16) What common characteristics are shared by all RAID levels?
Q17) What is positive overflow and exponent overflow?
Q18) What is a program status word?