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P.G. DIPLOMA DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Computer Organization
Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks 70
Answer any FIVE questions x 14 70)
All questions carry equal marks
Q1) Discuss various generations of digital computer.
Q2) Discuss about performance assessment issues in digital computer.
Q3) What is an Interrupt? Explain the flowchart Interrupt cycle.
Q4) What is bus structure? Explain Multiple-Bus Hierarchies with neat diagram.
Q5) Discuss about the operation principle of magnetic disks and magnetic tapes.
Q6) Describe about seven RAID levels. How is redundancy achieved in a RAID system?
Q7) Explain IEEE floating point representation and perform addition of two floating
numbers.
Q8) Discuss about various integer arithmetic operations with example.
Q9) What is pipelining? Write about pipelining strategy and pipelining performance.
Q10) Write about user visible registers, control and status registers.