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Inte 216: Computer Organization And Architecture Question Paper

Inte 216: Computer Organization And Architecture

Course:Bachelor Of Business Management & Information Technology

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KABARAK
UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INTE 216: COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE
DAY: WEDNESDAY

DATE: 07/08/2013
TIME: 2.00 – 4.00 P.M.

STREAM: Y2S1
INSTRUCTIONS:
• Answer question ONE and any other TWO from section B

SECTION A (30 MARKS)

QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)
a) Computers have developed over the years for the purpose of making it easier for humans
to work smoothly, but for this to be possible there are basic functional units to make it
give services to the user. What are these basic functional units of a computer?

(4marks)
b) Define memory access time.

(2marks)
c) Digital codes need to be transferred within the computer system. Discuss the computer
bus and its different types

(5marks)
d) What are condition code flags? What are the commonly used flags?

(5marks)
e) What are the difference between Stack and Queue?

(4marks)

f) By the help of AND and OR gates draw a circuit that represent this expression

X= AB + BC(B+C)

(5marks)
g) What are the techniques used to measure the performance of a computer?

(5marks)

SECTION B (40 MARKS)
QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)
a) Discuss the uses of interrupts in computer organization and architecture

(4marks)
b) Define parallel processing.

(2marks)
c) Answer the following
i.
How will you perform arithmetic or logic operation?

(3marks)
ii.
How will you fetch a word from memory and store a word in memory?

(3marks)
d) Simplify the following:
i.
A + B(A+C) + AC

(3marks)
ii.
AB(A + B)(B + B)

(2marks)
iii.
(A + C)(AD + AD) + AC + C

(3marks)

QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
a) Combinational logic connects multiple logic gates by using the outputs from some of the
gates as the inputs to others. Using the combination below compute the result X by truth
table and Boolean expressions.

(5marks)

b) Discuss the Exclusive OR gate giving the truth table.

(4marks)

c) What are the two aspects of machine instruction? Explain them.
(4marks)
d) Draw and explain the modified three-bus structure of the processor suitable for four –
stage pipelined execution. How this structure is suitable to provide four-stage
pipelined execution?

(5marks)
e) Give the classification of the Optical Media

(2marks)

QUESTION FOUR (20MARKS)
a) Discuss the basic performance equation

(5marks)
b) Outline the different types of addressing modes

(4marks)
c) Give the difference between RISC and CISC processor.

(5marks)

d) Explain about instruction and instruction sequencing

(4marks)
e) Define micro programmed control.

(2marks)

QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)
a) Explain the various classifications of parallel structures.

(4marks)

b) What is the role of IR and PC?

(4marks)
c) Explain in detail about nano programming and list out its benefits.
(4marks)
d) How Compiler is used in Pipelining?

(2marks)
e) List some objectives for using RAID Systems.

(4marks)
f) Explain in brief about IDE

(2marks)

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