Computer Organization 2024 — MAKAUT · PCC-CS-302 · Mid Sem PYQ with solutions

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Group AVery Short Answer Type Question · answer any 10 · 1 mark each

  1. 1(i)

    What are the different categories of memory/storage?

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    Answer: Primary memory (e.g., RAM, ROM), Secondary memory (e.g., Hard Disk, SSD), Cache memory, and Auxiliary/Tertiary storage.

  2. 1(ii)

    Write one advantage of pipelining.

  3. 1(iii)

    Which type of program acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware?

  4. 1(iv)

    The 2's complement of 15 is _____.

  5. 1(v)

    Name some types of devices used for Auxiliary Memory.

  6. 1(vi)

    What is interpreter ?

  7. 1(vii)

    What is the functions of the operating system?

  8. 1(viii)

    Carry, Overflow are also called _____.

  9. 1(ix)

    Which memory has the fastest speed in the computer memory hierarchy?

  10. 1(x)

    What is the full form of CISC?

  11. 1(xi)

    Which bus is bidirectional ?

  12. 1(xii)

    Which algorithms are based on add/subtract and shift category ?

Group BShort Answer Type Question · answer any 3 · 5 marks each

  1. 2

    What is Von Neumann bottleneck ?

  2. 3

    Describe IEEE 754 standard format for floating point representation.

  3. 4

    Explain the reading and writing operations of a SRAM

  4. 5

    Explain DMA controller.

  5. 6

    Explain the concept of hand shaking in IO operation .

Group CLong Answer Type Question · answer any 3 · 15 marks each

  1. 7

    What are the advantages of Carry Look Ahead( CLA) over ripple carry adder? Explain with diagram.

  2. 8

    Explain the concept of virtual memory. What do you understand by page fault?

  3. 9

    Explain the difference between instruction pipeline and arithmetic pipeline.

  4. 10

    What is Operating System ? What are the different roles of an Operating System?

  5. 11

    Explain the difference between full associative and direct mapped cache mapping approaches . Explain "write through" and "write back" policies in cache.

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The MAKAUT Computer Organization (PCC-CS-302) 2024 Mid Sem previous year question paper, set in semester 3. Download the verified PDF or read it online, then check your answers against the worked solutions above.

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