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This document contains questions related to computer organization and architecture, CPU design and computer arithmetic, register transfer language and design of control unit, and memory and input/output organization. Some of the questions ask about basic components of a computing system, instruction cycles, CPU architecture, buses, memory hierarchies, cache memory, virtual memory, input/output interfacing methods like strobe control and handshake, interrupt handling, and direct memory access. The document provides study questions for students in a digital logic and computer design course.

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Question of Unit 3 and 4

This document contains questions related to computer organization and architecture, CPU design and computer arithmetic, register transfer language and design of control unit, and memory and input/output organization. Some of the questions ask about basic components of a computing system, instruction cycles, CPU architecture, buses, memory hierarchies, cache memory, virtual memory, input/output interfacing methods like strobe control and handshake, interrupt handling, and direct memory access. The document provides study questions for students in a digital logic and computer design course.

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Delhi Technical Campus Greater

Question Bank Unit 3 and 4

Subject: Digital Logic and Computer Design Subject Code: ECC 207
Class: B.Tech CSE 2nd Faculty Name: Dr Neha Jain

Introduction to Computer Organization and Architecture


1. Explain the basic components of Generic Computing system regardless of its internal
architecture with practical real time examples
2. Explain the phases involved in Instruction cycle with the help of necessary timing
diagrams?
3. Sketch the internal organization of CPU out with its functionalities and block diagram.
4. Write about hierarchy of buses, bus signals and its functionalities.
5. Elaborate how CPU is concordant with its Input & Output devices and explain the
interfacingmodules involved?
6. Demonstrate how the Compatibility between CPU & Bidirectional IO components are
devised using its interfacing modules
7. Imagine you are storing a video game in your computer and you want to play it now.
Withthis assumption answer the following questions
8. In which type of memory reserved bootable information resides and why?
9. Which memory component contains your video game and why?
10. Once you click on the video game, where will it be loaded and why?
11. Mostly Hard disk is preferred as secondary storage device rather than SRAM. Justify it.
12. a) List out the features of different levels in computer programming languages? b) Explain
about compiling process and assembly process with a neat flow diagram?
13. List out the general aspects of ROM, RAM and IO interfacing modules.
14. Design a relatively simple computer which incorporates 8K RAM, 8K ROM, IO
interfacing modules along with processor.
15. With suitable paradigms, describe the Instruction types used in Assembly level
languages.
16. Elucidate modes of addressing used in assembly language instructions with examples?
17. Identify the crucial features to design the instruction set architecture for a specific
purposeprocessor?
18. Describe the Instruction set Architecture of simple computer.
19. Differentiate SRAM and DRAM.
20. a) Differentiate High level and low level langauges. What is an Interrupt?
21. Draw block diagram for a bidirectional input/output device with its interface and
enable/loadlogic.
CPU Design and Computer Arithmetic

1. What is an instruction cycle and write the phases of Instruction cycle?


2. With a neat flowchart, explain how the control unit determines the instruction after
decoding aninstruction.
3. Write the basic instruction formats for IO, Register and Memory Reference instructions.
4. With a neat schematic, explain the steps involved in fetch and decode phases using register
transfer instructions.
5. Elaborate the steps involved in execution of Memory-Reference instructions with its timing
signals b) Using the register transfer notations, explain the Memory-Reference instructions
with examples.
6. Illustrate the basic requirements for Input and Output communication using a terminal unit
suchas keyboard and printer.
7. Tabulate the Input-Output Instructions using register transfer notations?
8. Write about Interrupt and its types? Illustrate the phases of Interrupt Cycle with a neat
flowchart.
9. Design hardware for signed magnitude addition and subtraction? Explain the process for
signed magnitude addition and subtraction with flow chart.
10. Implement hardware for multiplying Two fixed- point binary numbers in signed-magnitude

Register Transfer Language and Design of Control unit


1. Why RTL is preferred for describing internal organization of digital computers.
2. Illustrate the register transfer mechanism for P: R2<- R1 with necessary diagrams.
3. Design Bus system for Four-bit register using 4x1 Mux. Implement Bus line for an 8-bit
register using three state-buffers.
4. List out the Register transfer notations for Arithmetic Micro Operations.
5. Design and implement 4-bit Arithmetic unit which performs ADD, ADD with carry, SUB,
Sub with borrow, Increment and decrement operations.
6. Tabulate the logical and shift micro operations with its RTL notations.
7. Implement 4-bit Binary Adder-Subtractor and Binary Incrementor.
8. Explain the logical micro operations which manipulates individual bits of word in register
with examples.
9. Explain about address sequencing in control memory with neat diagrams?
10. Present a Simple digital computer and show how it can be micro programmed with the help
of necessary formats and notations.
11. Illustrate the phases involved in decoding of micro operation fields with necessary
diagrams.
12. What is the difference between a micro-processor and a micro program? Is it possible to
design amicroprocessor without a micro program?
13. Differentiate Hardwired and Micro programmed control unit. Is it possible to have a
hardwired control associated with a control memory?
14. Design a 4-bit ALU which performs arithmetic, Logical and shift operations.
15. write about hardware organization of micro programmed control unit.

Memory and Input/Output Organization

1. Discuss the Memory Hierarchy in computer system with regard to Speed, Size and Cost?
Explain about main memory and its types. Write about Auxiliary memory devices.
2. Explain the mechanism involved in Magnetic Disks and Magnetic Tapes. Write a suitable
practical scenario for Content Addressable memory?
3. Brief out the hardware organization of Associative memory with diagrams. What is
Locality of Reference and explain about Cache memory in detail. Illustrate the mapping
process involved in transformation of data from main to Cache memory.
4. What is virtual memory? Explain the relation between address space and memory space in
a virtual memory system along with its memory table for mapping? Explain Virtual address
Mapping using Pages with necessary examples.
5. List out the importance of interfacing. b) With practical Examples, Explain the connection
of I/O bus to input-output devices and its mapping Specifications.
6. Explain in detail about strobe control method of asynchronous data transfer?
7. What is the disadvantage of strobe method? Explain how handshake method solves the
problem?
8. Classify and describe the possible modes of data transfer to and from peripherals with
examples.
9. List out the methodologies involved in handling Priority Interrupt.
10. Explain Daisy-Chaining priority and Parallel priority Interrupt with its hardware diagram.
11. Elaborate how DMA bypasses CPU and speeds up the memory operation?
12. With a neat schematic, Explain about DMA controller and its mode of data transfer.

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